| (Copyright 12-07-2024) by Gary C. Miller (Pocahontas, Arkansas) |
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“…Come…to the mountain of Yahweh…and He will teach us of His ways…And He shall judge among the nations,…And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: Nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war anymore.” (Isa. 2:4) (Top Left: Sailors at Ford Island Naval Air Station watch the USS Shaw explode during Japanese Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, attack, December 7, 1941; Top Right: Newspaper article of attack; Bottom Left: Hiroshima atomic bomb blast) Location U.S. Pacific Fleet’s base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Time 7:55 a. m. Hawaiian time, December 7, 1941 Lasted 1 hour 15 minutes Japanese Attack Force 6 aircraft carriers 420 planes 3200 miles traveled from Hitokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands Damage Inflicted 2,403 U.S. service members killed including 68 civilians 1,178 more U.S. wounded Average age of U.S. casualties was 23 169 U.S. Navy and Army Air Corp planes destroyed U.S.S. Arizona exploded and sank killing 1,177 service members Japanese Losses 29 aircraft 5 midget submarines 129 attackers killed 1 prisoner taken WORLD WAR II December 8, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress for and received a declaration of war against Japan. December 11, Germany and Italy, allied with Japan, declared war on the United States HIROSHIMA BOMBED August 6, 1945 hydrogen bomb killed 70,000 in 9 seconds NAGASAKI BOMBED August 9, 1945 plutonium bomb killed 60,000 to 80,000 JAPAN SURRENDERS, WW2 ENDS September 2, 1945  ——————————————————————————————————- See Gary C. Miller’s other articles at: Miller, Gary C. – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org) Reprinted with permission from: International Congregation of Yahweh http://www.icyahweh.org/ ——————————————————————————————————- |
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