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December 7 1941

December 7, 2010 by · Comments Off on December 7 1941 

December 7 1941, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941; the United States entered the war. Over the next four years, troops from southern Delaware fought on battlefields around the world. When the men answered the call to serve, they had no idea where they are stationed. Soldiers in southern Delaware were found in the middle of great battles. Others were located in isolated posts away from the front lines.

At the beginning of World War II, the 198th Coast Artillery National Guard of Delaware, with many men from southern Delaware in its ranks, has been called into federal service. Less than two months after Pearl Harbor, the Sussex County men were aboard a ship bound for a destination known only by the codename “Bobcat”. After a trip through the Panama Canal, the men were sent to the other side of the Pacific Ocean until they reached “Bobcat”.

According to Delaware’s role in World War II, “As the ship neared the land and the island took shape, all hands were happy with what they saw. In” Bobcat “seems to be the dream of Paradise South Sea Island. Deep blue-green water in a port locked coral, palm trees, huts, and the natives with canoes Pereau dark and stabilizers. And the war that they were supposed to hasten seemed more distant than ever. ”

“Bobcat” was the island of Bora Bora, located 150 miles southwest of Tahiti. He has served as inspiration for James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Tales of the South Pacific,” which also became a hit Broadway musical. When soldiers in southern Delaware have landed in Bora Bora, they found friendly natives, but without electricity, roads, and, fortunately, no Japanese soldiers. The mission of the 198th was to transform the tropical island into a modern military installation. It was hot, difficult work, and 198th spent a year in Bora Bora before he was sent to other assignments.

Finally, the men of Sussex County were scattered in the units of all armed forces, but few, if any, men who served on the tropical island, were sent to the missions frigid as that encountered Harmon Parker Jr., a Nanticoke Indian Millsboro area. He worked in apple orchards Townsend before he was inducted into the U.S. Army six weeks before Pearl Harbor. Assigned to the Corps of Engineers, Harmon has been sent to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada, where his unit and their Canadian counterparts working in freezing conditions to build a road linking the interior ice to the Canadian Coast Pacific.

June 6 1944

June 6, 2010 by · Comments Off on June 6 1944 

June 6 1944June 6 1944:June 6 marks the D-Day, which was in 1944.

More than 150,000 soldiers landed on the French coast “to fight against Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France (Army.mil) in the Second World War. More than 9,000 soldiers were killed in the Battle of Normandy. The thousands survivors continued their journey and defeated Hitler.

U.S. leaders included George Patton (pictured), Dwight. D. Eisenhower, James Gavin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

D-Day is called D-Day, as it marked the first day that the Allied Powers
(Including the U.S.) was established in France. The battles took place in the final analysis
defeated Hitler.

“The release had reached a high cost: more than 200,000 dead, wounded and
lack in the Allied forces, over 300,000 German. French civilian losses numbered more than 12,000. However, the Normandy campaign had been a stunning success. In early September 1944 all but a small part of France had been liberated. U.S. forces, British and Canadians had occupied Belgium and part of the Netherlands and had reached the German border. They had, however, escape from their logistical support
and had no forces to launch an offensive that culminated. The next winter would be hard to see much fighting and a German counteroffensive in the Belgian Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge-before the German army in the west was finally equal “(Encyclopedia Britannica).

My grandfather fought in World War II under General Patton in the Battle of the Bulge. Today is a very important day in American history, and should never be overlooked.

December 7 1941

December 7, 2009 by · Comments Off on December 7 1941 

pearlDecember 7 1941:Today, December 7, marks the anniversary of “a date that will live in infamy”, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This was the event that brought the United States into WW II, ultimately leading to the defeat of what was then a overwhelming threat to the security of the world. Had the Japanese not committed this act, and had the United States not entered the war, who is to know the state of the world today.

That hypothetical gives way to the actual reality of the day, that of the global threat of both t*rror*sm through “conventional” means, as well as through nuclear weapons that could bring global devastation in seconds. Let us never forget that those who wish to control and dictate through the belief that all in the world should be a certain way, whether ethnically, religiously or both, can only be defeated in one way.

World-Trade-Center-AttackAs seen with Hitler, and as we are trying to accomplish through appeasement today, a negotiated promise through a signature on a piece of paper is meaningless. The totalitarian desires of these factions know no level of compromise. It is win at all costs and those who wish to attempt to pacify through third parties such as the U.N. or through diplomacy and the threat of sanctions are merely playing into the hands of those who seek to destroy us.

Our enemies believe that the world does not have the stomach or the will to stop them, much as Hitler knew as he marched into country’s and made therm his.

As the philosopher George Santayana wrote, and which rings as true today as at any point in history, ‘Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea are merely symptoms of a much greater problem. But as any doctor will tell you, these symptoms need to be treated, or like a cancer they will continue to flourish and will eventually take over the body.

Pearl Harbor Day

December 7, 2009 by · Comments Off on Pearl Harbor Day 

Pearl Harbor Day:If you’ve noticed flags flying at half-mast today, you may have wondered why. Well if you glance at a calendar you will see that today is the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the flags are flying at half-mast to honor those who died in the attack.

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the American Army and Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The attack came as a surprise to the American Army and Navy and lead to great losses of life and equipment. More than 2000 American citizens were killed and more than 1000 were injured. Following the attack, the United States declared a war on Japan.

Veterans and other related organizations throughout the nation will hold ceremonies today commemorating the date with the biggest ceremony taking place in Hawaii. The United States National Parks Service and the United States Navy will host joint memorial ceremony commemorating the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 7, 2009 on the Naval Station Pearl Harbor’s Kilo Pier, from 7:40 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The ceremony will include music by the Pacific Fleet Band, morning colors, a Hawaiian blessing, a rifle salute by members of the U.S. Marine Corps, wreath presentations, echo taps and recognition of the men and women who survived that December 7, 1941, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

At 7:55 a.m. – the exact moment the Japanese attack began 68 years ago – a moment of silence will be observed. The USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) will render honors to the USS Arizona. Military aircraft will fly over the memorial in a “missing man” formation. The event is free of charge and the general public is invited to attend. The general public will be transported to the event on U.S. Navy shuttle boats on a first come first served basis, between 6:20 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. the visitors center will open at 5:30 a.m.

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