My late mother, who would have been 98, had an American penpal in the late 1930s called Weldon Havens, and they exchanged letters frequently. I still have some of those he sent her. He was killed at Pearl Harbour and she kept his name alive out of respect. She always cried when she recalled that his mother took the time in her grief to write to her in England and tell her what had happened to him. May he rest in peace.
Today is the 80th Anniversary of the attack on Pear Harbor. God Bless All Those Brave Men and Women Who Lost Their Lives So Long Ago. We Will Never Forgot You.
i was in King Soopers grocery store in Denver Co. I came across a WWII vet I walked up to him and said " Thank you for our Freedom ..and shock his hand." voicegirl the dead can't hear you............
They attack on Sunday...why is this not brought up. Knowing that most were in church or having breakfast. I was born in 1965. I will never forgive the Japan for there asshole move. We as a nation that won the war against the Japanese. Should own that could. Like Germany...we should own that soil also. The world owes the United States of America a debt that can never be paid...
After Bombing Pearl Harbour, the Japanese bombed Darwin Australia including 2 American Ships. Some Americans are unaware that 236 people, including 113 American died. (A few vids on RUclips about it) The 2 American ships sunk were the USS Peary, HMAS Mavie, USAT Meigs, MV Neptuna from four of the same aircraft carriers used at Pearl Harbour. The 4-inch gun from the USS Peary was salvaged and installed overlooking the harbour at the USS Peary Memorial in 1992. On 19 February of that year, two US survivors of the sinking returned to dedicate the memorial, and to dedicate a plaque to Lieutenant Robert J Buel, who was the first Allied serviceman to die in aerial combat in the Darwin region. It is estimated that approximately 683 bombs were dropped on Darwin over the two attacks. In Darwin Harbour 10 ships were sunk and another 25 ships were damaged while at the airfields 23 aircraft were destroyed. Videos on RUclips are called - WW2 in Australia The Bombing of Darwin.
I was stunned to find that my Dad's (RAF) Brother had actually written to Mitsuo Fuchida in the early 1970's He'd bought a commemorative 'First Day Cover' (stamp set) made in 1971, with "Tora, Tora, Tora" on it. He didn't reply straight away, but DID reply the following year & wrote him a full letter (amazingly), apologising for not writng back sooner - Also stunned to find he'd visited London as a 'Presbyterian Church Minister' which frankly blew me away. Before he died, my RAF Uncle photocopied the actual letter (& the F.D.C) & gave me a full A.3 sized copy, which I now have in the loft / attic, inside a Monogram Boeing B.17 box for safekeeping - sadly, my cousin who died, had the original of both Whilst the 7th Dec' 41 attack was truly bad news, I was actually pleased (as an older man), that both Mitsuo Fuchida & Saburo Sakai had turned their lives around from fearsome Japanese warrior / aviators, to peaceful & favourable interactions with the United States people - Saburo Sakai as a Buddhist & Mitsuo Fuchida as a Church Minister. I also recall reading (decades ago), that, Postwar, Mitsuo Fuchida had done a Christian Church tour directly with one of the B.25 Mitchell navigators on the famous "Doolittle Raid" (launched from USS Hornet)
seaman 1st class francis "frank " reagan , of uss schley dd 103 . he was at the base hospital., at the beginning of the attack helping to save the wounded. a 500 pound Japanese bomb picked him up and threw him 90 feet into the side of a building head first . he served the next 33 years at danville soldiers and sailors hospital. he sleeps at camp butler national cemetery . an unknown american hero.
I want anyone reading this to understand that I believe Memorial Day is for remembering all the people who have lost their lives in wars and not just a day for picnics and sales. I’m not sure that a lot of young people realize just what that day stands for just like December 7, 1941. A lot of people know about 9-11 but that is fading too, just like Christmas and Easter is sales and feasts. Thanksgiving isn’t a time for family to get together and be thankful, it’s a day to get ready to go and spend big piles of money, excuse me, I mean charge items that are so overpriced and has put so many people in debt. Black Friday…..that is appropriate for what it has become, actually sales start on Thanksgiving. 😢😢
I feel that from the moment the first Japanese bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbor, the war was lost for Japan. Basically, I think the Americans took the attitude of: "If you were not looking for a fight, you shouldn't have picked one." This is the right attitude to take.
Arguably one of the greatest errors in strategy in the history of warfare. Japan launches underhand sneak attack at Pearl Harbor believing that by sinking USN ships, it will break the will of the Americans and they simply cave in. WRONG! The Japanese completely miscalculated and misunderstood the American national character. Quite how the Japanese thought that American's would be anything other an incandescent with rage is a great mystery. If you poke a tiger with a stick, it's going to turn around and rip you apart. As a Briton, I've always admired the unshakeable resolve the American's displayed in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. When the American's get the bit between their teeth- standby! RIP to all those American's who lost their lives at Pearl- *RESPECT.*
@@Dragon43ish you will get nothing but tragedy from war there is nothing called win in a war Try out japanese anime grave of the fireflies than you will understand what am talking about
My wife's grand uncle was a fireman onboard the Oklahoma. They found his remains, and he's being buried on Sept 9th, 2024. The news and everything has been here. It's a big deal.
@@brodyking7095 In war the victors write the history so as to make the losers crime of war look worse than the victors crime of war....War is a Racket, all wars are started for reasons other than what the commoners are told, only a few at the top actually know the real reasons for war...the rest just obediently follow orders, doing as told, joining the killing machine or supporting it back home, always believeing they are on the 'right' side of what amounts to a "crime" and you know it is a crime because innocent men, women, children are killed, have homes & communities destroyed due to no fault of their own....that is a crime! The question the intelligent thinking men or women ask, "Is there a person, group or demographic that profits from the people of two countries (or more) killing each other and yet suffers none of the horrors of war?" The US Government did not retaliate, rather it is clear they and its financial backers (Wall Street) did everything possible to bring it to such conclusions. Wars are Rackets that the very wealthy always profit handsomely from, it creates more wealth and more millionaires, billionairss who will be sympathetic to the Racket, accepting the propaganda because they believe they are on the 'right' side reinforcing the whole notion of the Racket making it seem legitimate, real, truthful when the reality is the entire narrative is (a lie) being funded into existence by the very wealthiest who profit from the misery of mankind killing itself...war is suicide that the 1% of the 1% gleefully and joyfully orchestrate to the demise of the 99.99% always been this way. but don't believe me... do your own research starting with Smedley Butler author of "War is a Racket" “WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.” “I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism." “A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes" ― Smedley Butler, Two time recipient of the Medal of Honor and author of the book "War is a Racket" Smedley Butler Cannot be impugned, rebuked or repudiated!
""AMEN"" My daddy was there at age 15yrs.. He went into the Army on his brothers ( my uncle) birth certificate because my uncle went deaf and mute at 3 yrs from a fever. My daddy served up until 1964.. I was born March 22nd 1963. My mom lied to me my whole life telling me that my daddy just served the service men food.. We kept moving so my daddy would not find me... R.I.P. DADDY MASTER SEARGENT GEORGE E HENSCHEL MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO SERVED AND THERE CHILDREN..GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL 🇺🇸 😭🙏🦅🙏🇺🇸 LOVE YA"LL IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME 🙏AMEN🙏🦅🦅🦅
Today, we honor and remember the lives lost on December 7, 1941, "...A day that will live in infamy." We must never forget our history in America, the good and the bad, so that younger generations continue the fight for freedom. #PearlHarborDay #history #WWII
Yamamoto was the spirit of the people of Japan and he gave his all. He did not consider himself a god. He figured himself an offering to the people of Japan
@@shreyakodaganur1879 Well get ready to read then. Basically ww2 was fuelled by a Hitler ruled Germany attempting to invade other European territories such as Norway. Britain which had already chosen to join the war were fighting them back as they attempted to invade more countries. You see it was in Britain’s interest to fight Germany because they knew that if Hitler took over Europe there would be no stopping him. The US being allies of Britain were already assisting the Brits in their fight against Germany. Then Japan signed an alliance pact with Germany and Italy, which meant that each of those countries would support each other in the event of an attack. Japan was already at war with China and other British territories such as Hong Kong at the time. They wanted to expand their economic status and displace the US as the main world powers at the time. America did hope to avoid war with Japan and were under the impression that an agreement between them would diffuse tensions. This however, didn’t happen and the Japanese without a declaration of war, launched a surprise attack on the US Pacific army base called Pearl Harbor. They killed around 3,000 people and this was when the US declared war on Japan! It was a hard lesson for Japan unfortunately and from this point on their country suffered the consequences.
..you dont bomb a strong country and expect to sit by a table and talk clamly.. ..its been 81years.. and the enemy then was now a strong ally with U.S... .. many lessons have been learned from ww2.. the enemies have been defeated..and allies have been formed.. ..may the lessons of ww2 would not be forgoten..
Churchills dream came true and is was worth the sacrifice, I read that Churchill knew about the plans and considered a small sacrifice as a good way to get the yanks on side
My late mother, who would have been 98, had an American penpal in the late 1930s called Weldon Havens, and they exchanged letters frequently. I still have some of those he sent her. He was killed at Pearl Harbour and she kept his name alive out of respect. She always cried when she recalled that his mother took the time in her grief to write to her in England and tell her what had happened to him. May he rest in peace.
Wow thank you 🙏 May he rest in Paradise Weldon Havens . A true war hero . Make me cry every time I see this about pear .
Today is the 80th Anniversary of the attack on Pear Harbor. God Bless All Those Brave Men and Women Who Lost Their Lives So Long Ago. We Will Never Forgot You.
i was in King Soopers grocery store in Denver Co. I came across a WWII vet I walked up to him and said " Thank you for our Freedom ..and shock his hand." voicegirl the dead can't hear you............
Yamamoto: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" 😨
Hello...
I mean.. Damn Straight
He never said that it's a myth
They attack on Sunday...why is this not brought up. Knowing that most were in church or having breakfast. I was born in 1965. I will never forgive the Japan for there asshole move. We as a nation that won the war against the Japanese. Should own that could. Like Germany...we should own that soil also. The world owes the United States of America a debt that can never be paid...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki learnt the hard way...😮
Japan actually issued a declaration of war against the USA and the British Empire within hours of the attack.
Rest In Peace my patriots. You will shortly rise again in another assigned life. Till later my friends, Gull.
that word patriots has lost its value.
Never forget so it will never be repeated.
Japan had some balls back then.
After Bombing Pearl Harbour, the Japanese bombed Darwin Australia including 2 American Ships.
Some Americans are unaware that 236 people, including 113 American died.
(A few vids on RUclips about it)
The 2 American ships sunk were the USS Peary, HMAS Mavie, USAT Meigs, MV Neptuna from four of the same aircraft carriers used at Pearl Harbour.
The 4-inch gun from the USS Peary was salvaged and installed overlooking the harbour at the USS Peary Memorial in 1992. On 19 February of that year, two US survivors of the sinking returned to dedicate the memorial, and to dedicate a plaque to Lieutenant Robert J Buel, who was the first Allied serviceman to die in aerial combat in the Darwin region.
It is estimated that approximately 683 bombs were dropped on Darwin over the two attacks. In Darwin Harbour 10 ships were sunk and another 25 ships were damaged while at the airfields 23 aircraft were destroyed.
Videos on RUclips are called -
WW2 in Australia The Bombing of Darwin.
I was stunned to find that my Dad's (RAF) Brother had actually written to Mitsuo Fuchida in the early 1970's
He'd bought a commemorative 'First Day Cover' (stamp set) made in 1971, with "Tora, Tora, Tora" on it.
He didn't reply straight away, but DID reply the following year & wrote him a full letter (amazingly), apologising for not writng back sooner - Also stunned to find he'd visited London as a 'Presbyterian Church Minister' which frankly blew me away.
Before he died, my RAF Uncle photocopied the actual letter (& the F.D.C) & gave me a full A.3 sized copy, which I now have in the loft / attic, inside a Monogram Boeing B.17 box for safekeeping - sadly, my cousin who died, had the original of both
Whilst the 7th Dec' 41 attack was truly bad news, I was actually pleased (as an older man), that both Mitsuo Fuchida & Saburo Sakai had turned their lives around from fearsome Japanese warrior / aviators, to peaceful & favourable interactions with the United States people - Saburo Sakai as a Buddhist & Mitsuo Fuchida as a Church Minister.
I also recall reading (decades ago), that, Postwar, Mitsuo Fuchida had done a Christian Church tour directly with one of the B.25 Mitchell navigators on the famous "Doolittle Raid" (launched from USS Hornet)
It wasn't just the navy base, the Army Air Corps base nearby was also attacked, putting those forces out of commission for some time.
80 years today December 7 1941- December 7 2021
seaman 1st class francis "frank " reagan , of uss schley dd 103 . he was at the base hospital., at the beginning of the attack helping to save the wounded. a 500 pound Japanese bomb picked him up and threw him 90 feet into the side of a building head first . he served the next 33 years at danville soldiers and sailors hospital. he sleeps at camp butler national cemetery . an unknown american hero.
Top 10 historical mistakes caught on tape.
I want anyone reading this to understand that I believe Memorial Day is for remembering all the people who have lost their lives in wars and not just a day for picnics and sales. I’m not sure that a lot of young people realize just what that day stands for just like December 7, 1941. A lot of people know about 9-11 but that is fading too, just like Christmas and Easter is sales and feasts. Thanksgiving isn’t a time for family to get together and be thankful, it’s a day to get ready to go and spend big piles of money, excuse me, I mean charge items that are so overpriced and has put so many people in debt. Black Friday…..that is appropriate for what it has become, actually sales start on Thanksgiving. 😢😢
you are so very correct.....
But hey, we should move on from the past.
I feel that from the moment the first Japanese bomb was dropped on
Pearl Harbor, the war was lost for Japan.
Basically, I think the Americans took the attitude of:
"If you were not looking for a fight, you shouldn't have picked one."
This is the right attitude to take.
Arguably one of the greatest errors in strategy in the history of warfare. Japan launches underhand sneak attack at Pearl Harbor believing that by sinking USN ships, it will break the will of the Americans and they simply cave in. WRONG! The Japanese completely miscalculated and misunderstood the American national character. Quite how the Japanese thought that American's would be anything other an incandescent with rage is a great mystery. If you poke a tiger with a stick, it's going to turn around and rip you apart.
As a Briton, I've always admired the unshakeable resolve the American's displayed in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. When the American's get the bit between their teeth- standby!
RIP to all those American's who lost their lives at Pearl- *RESPECT.*
We were fighting for the freedom of the World. and we won.....
@@Dragon43ish you will get nothing but tragedy from war there is nothing called win in a war
Try out japanese anime grave of the fireflies than you will understand what am talking about
Remembering the 81st Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. God Bless You All.
Dedicated to the U.S.S. Arizona BB-39 (1915 - 1941)
"You have pricked the side of a mighty beast and entirely failed to run"
- Dorium Maldovar
A Dark Dark day it was
Thank you all for your service u gave your lives not really they were taken away
We will never forget
Rest in Peace, Ken Potts.
Only 75 minutes? That a long ass time for a bombing attack
Lol I said the same thing.
How much time does it normally take?
It's December 7th today, what a coincidence I am learning about this on the same day of the year.
Japan 15-20th century = War crime
Japan 21st century = Hentai
My wife's grand uncle was a fireman onboard the Oklahoma. They found his remains, and he's being buried on Sept 9th, 2024. The news and everything has been here. It's a big deal.
Very clear. Great explanation. Very sad😪
I mean america did way worse.
@@kodakbar645 yeah sure, they ended the world war, how could they dare to do that?
@@kodakbar645 they wouldn’t have to if the nazis and Japan doing war crime in china and eroup
@@kodakbar645 America only retaliated. You also think they did worse then the Holocaust?
@@brodyking7095 In war the victors write the history so as to make the losers crime of war look worse than the victors crime of war....War is a Racket, all wars are started for reasons other than what the commoners are told, only a few at the top actually know the real reasons for war...the rest just obediently follow orders, doing as told, joining the killing machine or supporting it back home, always believeing they are on the 'right' side of what amounts to a "crime" and you know it is a crime because innocent men, women, children are killed, have homes & communities destroyed due to no fault of their own....that is a crime!
The question the intelligent thinking men or women ask, "Is there a person, group or demographic that profits from the people of two countries (or more) killing each other and yet suffers none of the horrors of war?"
The US Government did not retaliate, rather it is clear they and its financial backers (Wall Street) did everything possible to bring it to such conclusions.
Wars are Rackets that the very wealthy always profit handsomely from, it creates more wealth and more millionaires, billionairss who will be sympathetic to the Racket, accepting the propaganda because they believe they are on the 'right' side reinforcing the whole notion of the Racket making it seem legitimate, real, truthful when the reality is the entire narrative is (a lie) being funded into existence by the very wealthiest who profit from the misery of mankind killing itself...war is suicide that the 1% of the 1% gleefully and joyfully orchestrate to the demise of the 99.99% always been this way.
but don't believe me... do your own research starting with Smedley Butler author of "War is a Racket"
“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.”
“I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism."
“A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes"
― Smedley Butler, Two time recipient of the Medal of Honor and author of the book "War is a Racket"
Smedley Butler Cannot be impugned, rebuked or repudiated!
I'm old enough to know that it can repeat itself and we're very much in the front of the line wake up America
God bless these souls! :)
""AMEN"" My daddy was there at age 15yrs.. He went into the Army on his brothers ( my uncle) birth certificate because my uncle went deaf and mute at 3 yrs from a fever. My daddy served up until 1964.. I was born March 22nd 1963. My mom lied to me my whole life telling me that my daddy just served the service men food.. We kept moving so my daddy would not find me... R.I.P. DADDY
MASTER SEARGENT GEORGE E
HENSCHEL
MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO SERVED AND THERE CHILDREN..GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL
🇺🇸 😭🙏🦅🙏🇺🇸 LOVE YA"LL IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME 🙏AMEN🙏🦅🦅🦅
America was a magnificent country with a population of magnificent people
Thanks this was amazing and thank you for giving me answer to my essay
"Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell"
Today, we honor and remember the lives lost on December 7, 1941, "...A day that will live in infamy."
We must never forget our history in America, the good and the bad, so that younger generations continue the fight for freedom.
#PearlHarborDay #history #WWII
Just like what biff said, that's the funny thing of screendoor on a battleships.
I learned this from a museum 😊
Yamamoto was the spirit of the people of Japan and he gave his all. He did not consider himself a god. He figured himself an offering to the people of Japan
I wonder why the Japanese would do that..
In my class(in stage 5 I’m in year 9)where learning about this
God bless them😢
Lest we forget
At least usa have revenge on japan
@Michael Lawson But how about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
@@Voodoo18393 no man why they where fighting i dint understand till now
@@shreyakodaganur1879 Well get ready to read then. Basically ww2 was fuelled by a Hitler ruled Germany attempting to invade other European territories such as Norway. Britain which had already chosen to join the war were fighting them back as they attempted to invade more countries. You see it was in Britain’s interest to fight Germany because they knew that if Hitler took over Europe there would be no stopping him. The US being allies of Britain were already assisting the Brits in their fight against Germany. Then Japan signed an alliance pact with Germany and Italy, which meant that each of those countries would support each other in the event of an attack. Japan was already at war with China and other British territories such as Hong Kong at the time. They wanted to expand their economic status and displace the US as the main world powers at the time. America did hope to avoid war with Japan and were under the impression that an agreement between them would diffuse tensions. This however, didn’t happen and the Japanese without a declaration of war, launched a surprise attack on the US Pacific army base called Pearl Harbor. They killed around 3,000 people and this was when the US declared war on Japan! It was a hard lesson for Japan unfortunately and from this point on their country suffered the consequences.
@@Voodoo18393 usa bombed hiroshima and nagasaki and THEN japan clapped back
we watched this in class
america: i aint joining ww2
japan:FIGHT ME!!
america:no
japan:*(bombs pearl harbor)*
america:il take it back, im joining ww2
I like this video.
Educational.
GOod.
..you dont bomb a strong country and expect to sit by a table and talk clamly..
..its been 81years.. and the enemy then was now a strong ally with U.S...
.. many lessons have been learned from ww2.. the enemies have been defeated..and allies have been formed..
..may the lessons of ww2 would not be forgoten..
This man said “only 75mins”…sir that is 1 hr and 15 mins. Nothing “only” about that. That’s a long time to be attacked on a big or small scale…
Churchills dream came true and is was worth the sacrifice, I read that Churchill knew about the plans and considered a small sacrifice as a good way to get the yanks on side
Our govt played their people like a fiddle and got our country behind joining the war. They tried so hard and we had to lose so much forbit
War with Japan was not what the FDR administration had in mind.
we do a little trolling
pov: u watching this for school
same lol
bru same
No
Nope, watching this because I'm an American citizen who thinks its important to know this
Very nice video ☺️
Wild💀
sad
L + bozo to the people who disliked it
I pray Putin and Biden see this
WE 1941.WE DIDN'T START THE WOULD WAR TWO. WE DIDN'T START IT. BUT WE FINISHED UP DIDN'T WE. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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