"Battleship Row"
From the Naval Historical Center:
The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion. America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant.
World War I, or The Great War, was to be the war that ended all wars, but - Alas! - it was not to be. The twentieth century was full of bloody wars. Early in 21st century, we are once again at war on two fronts. When will we ever learn?
World War I
World War II
The Cold War (A good many near misses)
Korean War
Vietnam War
Desert Storm
War in Afghanistan
War in Iraq
Prayer For Those in the Armed Forces of Our Country
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Book of Common Prayer, p. 823)
Prayer for Peace
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
(Book of Common Prayer, p.815)
Photo by the U. S. Navy.
Amen and amen.
ReplyDeleteI'm too bleeding busy and stressed out today for a proper commemoration.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mimi for remembering.
Here's to my late cousin Jim Corey who was a Marine on the USS Arizona on that Sunday morning...and was one of the few survivors.
Counterlight, as I am now having a glass of wine, I raise my glass to Cousin Jim.
ReplyDeletePrayers for Peace!
ReplyDeleteMany prayers for peace - and many thanks to those who serve, and have served.
ReplyDeletemimi, whatare your memories of that time? Most of us know it only from history (and for the youngest generation not sure they know it at all...)
ReplyDeleteIT, I was 7 years old, and my only memory of Pearl Harbor is quite vague, a sense that something awful had happened and the the adults were serious and solemn. I don't even remember that the awful thing was a bombing attack or where it was. The solemnity of the occasion is what stands out when I try to remember.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall hearing Roosevelt's address to the country - although I must have listened - except from hearing recordings long after the event.
Thanks for this post, including the wonderful song. Oh! Joanie and Bob ... how beautiful and young they were.
ReplyDeleteOh! Joanie and Bob ... how beautiful and young they were.
ReplyDeleteMy thought exactly, Mary Clara.