A Day That Still Lives In Infamy

Dec. 7. Pearl Harbor. The entrance of the United States into World War II. It was and still is one of the turning point events in our national history. So what kind of things are being said about that Sunday in 1941?

Lessons learned? Pearl Harbor was easier than Sept. 11 - The Manchester Union Leader looks at the war on terror through the looking glass of 1941. It is really pretty good, not at all what I expected from such a clichéd topic.

Dec. 7 memories never fade - The Arizona Star Daily tells the story of petty officer second class Rex Bridgemon of the light cruiser USS Helena.

Pearl Harbor smoke burns in his memory - The Huntsville Times tells the story of Rob Robley who was a child growing up in Palama, Hawaii. Along the way, he points out that many people forget the casualties among the civilian residents of the island that headed out to Pearl to help.

The Pearl Harbor story: In the complexity of the Pearl Harbor story, one thing is certain: America was attacked and had to defend itself - The Austin American Statesman looks at the events of Dec. 7, 1941 and also the current movements to "balance" the story of Enola Gay and Hiroshima. Along the way they point out that we already have many, particularly amongst the historian sect, trying to rewrite history and how they are willing to dismiss the sanctity of a date such as Dec.7 in their effort to discredit the efforts and sacrifices of the American soldier in their quest for moral relevancy - "to tell the other side of the story."

As the number of survivors of that day dwindles, it will become more and more important to defend the memory of their actions and the immensity of their sacrifice. We cannot allow the appeasers and the relativists to marginalize and minimize their efforts in the name of political correctness. Pearl Harbor was not an event. It was (and still is) a seminal event in our history. It was AN EVENT. It cannot be allowed to be relegated to the status of an afterthought. It should be remembered with the great battles of American history like Yorktown, and Gettysburg It is the ultimate example of the resiliency of the American people. We were bloodied and down, but got off the mat not only to win, but to win twice simultaneously, both with full knockouts.

Dec. 7 is still a day that lives in infamy.