I wrote, and posted an article; see here: November 22, 1963... Does Anyone Care Anymore?
So, I now ask that question again: does anyone care anymore?
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese air force attacked Pearl Harbor -- the home of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and killed an estimated 2,400-2,500 military and civilian personnel, wiping out a good number of our ships that were moored in the harbor -- like sitting ducks!
Why was that? How did that situation evolve so that our fleet was taken by "surprise"?
Fortunately, our aircraft carriers were not at Pearl on that fateful and terrible day, if they had been, we just might be speaking Japanese right now!
I put the word surprise in air quotes for a reason... The newly installed radar positioned atop a mountain overlooking the Pacific, and manned by two Army personnel, detected waves of planes on the radar screen. This was reported to the Duty Officer in the communications center but told the two low-ranking radar operators that it was probably a flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses approaching Hawaii after a 14-hour flight from California and scheduled to land at Hickam Field.
There was a total of 12 B-17s approaching Hawaii, but that does not constitute "waves of planes" as seen and reported by the radar operators...
So, who dropped the ball here? Was it the D.O. at the comm center?
Or was there a sinister plot, as some have theorized, to make sure the U.S. would finally enter the Second World War now in full, devastating swing in Europe, as well as in Asia, as the Japanese Empire continued to expand and gobble up one country after another, including the invasion and occupation of large portions of China?
I also wonder what happened, if anything, to that lowly Duty Officer who told the radar operators not to worry about the "waves of planes" approaching Pearl??
We do know that when Admiral Yamamoto learned that the attack on Pearl Harbor took place before the ultimatum was delivered to the political hierarchy in Washington, D.C., that an attack would take place, he quipped: I'm afraid all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve...
It's all history now...
The ultimate results of the Second World War? The U.S. and the world would never be the same again. Whatever innocence and joy that was left of an entire generation was sucked out of the minds and hearts, especially of those who lost loved ones in the conflagration that took the lives of millions of military, as well as civilian personnel, over the course of five horrendous years...
The groundwork of the future "Cold War" was firmly entrenched... Some say that "war" has ended, but has it? Maybe, but if another World War ever becomes a reality, it will be the end of humankind as we know it... Many nations will be annihilated... Where have I heard that prophecy before??
Pray for world peace and for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary...
Pray for strength and honor!
Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...
Gene DeLalla
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