December 7th, 1941

My dad, some time before he died, told me that he was actually sent out – as a teenage boy – rifle in hand to guard the beaches of Los Angeles. It really seemed that bad at the time – the attack was so sudden and so devastating that the Japanese seemed capable of anything.

That entire generation is now passing away – the youngest of them are in their 80’s; soon, they will all be gone. Take time to remember them, this day.