By Lisa Goudy
It’s been 71 years to the day since the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
After 71 years, I suspect there are some people who might say it’s an anniversary so it comes around every year and what’s
in the past is in the past.
Part
of that would be true. The date of the Pearl Harbor attack comes around
every year. I would argue, however, that we shouldn’t
just leave it in the past or forget about it.
As
for the Moose Jaw connection, there are a few. I found a post on an
ancestry site where someone mentioned a Moose Jaw resident
who died on the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor
in the Second World War. Whether it’s true or not is irrelevant.
The attack still killed more than 2,000 citizens and wounded more
than 1,000 in less than two hours.
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Official Pearl Harbor Memorial site
Awesome column!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emmett!
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