From our family album, sailors leaving their ship, anchored at Pearl Harbor, for a few hours of 'Liberty', just days before Pearl Harbor was bombed. On December 7, a total of 18 U.S. ships were hit, resulting in the deaths of 2,335 servicemen and women. 68 civilians were injured and 1178 people were wounded. Tensions had been high between the U.S. and Japan, but we never suspected.....just like we never thought an attack on such a large scale would ever happen again within the U.S. ...but fast forward 60 years to New York City. Did we learn anything? Are we just a little more vigilant?
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