My first reaction upon seeing the flag at half mast in Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park this morning was: “Oh no! What happened?”
Then about two seconds later I remembered. Today is December 7th.
The clip below of the USS Arizona exploding and sinking is from a 1942 Castle Films “News Parade” feature. Horrifying yet compelling, the footage is hard to turn away from, with billowing smoke that’s a spectacle worthy of a Hollywood film. But this is no movie, and watching it I can’t stop thinking of all the people whose deaths it represents.
It’s good to remember Pearl Harbor today . . . even though it would be nicer to forget. Here is Pathé newsreel footage of President Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech vowing that we never would.
Katherine Wikoff 
We need to remember. The world seems to have too short a memory about these things.
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A day in our history that should never be forgotten. When visiting Honolulu, the USS Arizona memorial is a must to pay respect to those who lost their lives that day so long ago.
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