Remembering Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

 

This post is dedicated to the brave American servicemen
 who lost their lives on that fateful morning 79 years ago today.
  Your valor under fire and service to our nation and people
  will never be forgotten.  May you rest in peace.

The burning USS Arizona After The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor

Sunday, December 7, 1941

It's a day that most people don't recall,

But so many Americans had taken a fall.

So many lives were taken on that day,

And very few survivors are now gray.

It was a peaceful morning calm as can be

Until the tragedy no one was able to see.

The world was at war but it wasn't our fight,

But that would soon change overnight.

It was a land of beauty and such paradise,

But it would soon be held in Satan's vice.

The air was filled with an ocean breeze,

But our tranquility they would soon cease.

The enemy arrived with a sneak attack,

And we didn't have enough time to react.

They came in so fast and had hit us hard,

Because they caught us off guard.

As quickly as they arrived they were gone,

In this vicious assault right after dawn.

So many innocent people were killed,

Leaving many voids to never be filled.

As the enemy returned back out to sea

There was devastation for the world to see.

The mission now was to rescue and save,

And find others who were bound for a grave.

When it was over there was only one thought,

To return the wrath that they had brought.

We weren't a nation at peace any more,

After the Japanese had just declared war.

"Pearl Harbor"
Jon M. Nelson
(2011)

Written to commemorate the 70th anniversary
of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
on the morning of Sunday December 7, 1941.
A date which shall "live in infamy".

Memorial Plaque 
USS Arizona Memorial
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii