Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th
Pearl Harbor Memorial by Megan Byrd, via Flickr
On December 7th, we will observe the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack On December 7th, we will observe the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, Hawaii. This devastating event killed more than two-thousand U.S. soldiers and sailors and wounded one-thousand more. The bombing destroyed eight battleships and numerous smaller vessels as well as 200 airplanes. The next day, the United States declared war on Japan, finally entering World War II.
- Remembering Pearl Harbor — National Geographic’s site includes articles, video, audio, images, a searchable archive of survivors’ stories,
- World War II: Valor in the Pacific National Monument — This site from the national Park Service includes video, images, and podcasts about the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial and the Pacific Theater during World War II.
- Battleship U.S.S. Arizona — Theh official site of the U.S.S. Arizona provides history and statistics of the battleship, stories of those who survived its bombing, lists of all casualties and survivors of U.S. ships at Pearl Harbor, and many other resources.
- Pearl Harbor — This site from History.com includes video, audio, articles and images about the attack on Pearl Harbor and other important events of World War II.
- Veterans History Project : Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary — Watch interviews with veterans who survived the attach on Pearl Harbor.
- Pearl Harbor Reading List — Selected books about the attack on Pearl Harbor for adults.
- Pearl Harbor Books for Kids — True accounts and novels about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
