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Dec 7th 1941 “Hero’s in your Hood”

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

Hero’s in your “Hood” Hero’s in your “Hood”   Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  I use to get a phone call on December 7th  each year from a retired WWII Marine (with the same name as ...

December 7th, Pearl Harbor…A Date that will live in Infamy

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

  Pearl Harbor  On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii By planning this attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet ...