VFW pauses to remember America’s ‘greatest generation’

Remembering Pearl Harbor Via Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

December 7, 2011, marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the day that does in fact live “in infamy.” For on that fateful day in history, America suffered great loss: 3,500 dead or wounded, more than 350 aircraft destroyed and 18 ships sunk or severely damaged.

Remembering Pearl Harbor

Historical overview and special image selection on the Pearl Harbor raid, 7 December 1941 (Information and photos provided courtesy of, and with gratitude to the United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command)

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