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Chris Coleman
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I've got a newspaper from December 8, 1941...

With a picture of a battleship on the front and the headline reads "The US Navy is Ready!" So at least one town (I think it was Trenton) didn't get the news before it was time to go to print. Ooops.
Posted: 12/07/2023 at 10:52 AM ET
(In response to this post by JKHokie-RunFor32)

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“December 7, 1941…a date that will live in infamy”.-Franklin D. Roosevelt**
JKHokie-RunFor32 • 12/07/23 08:27 AM ET
My grandfather and his brother were on USS Utah (BB-31) that morning
ValveHokie • 12/07/23 11:49 AM ET
My Grandfather was on the Rail that morning. But he never talked
HOKIE • 12/07/23 03:15 PM ET
My Dad was on the battleship Maryland.
BusLoadaBozos • 12/07/23 12:54 PM ET
I've got a newspaper from December 8, 1941... ◄
Chris ColemanAdmin • 12/07/23 10:52 AM ET
December 8th, I think we've f'ed up, signed the Empire of Japan...**
banishedtothelounge • 12/07/23 09:56 AM ET
If the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" is correct, ...
Atlee Hokie • 12/07/23 12:12 PM ET
Yea, and by some intervention- our carriers were out to sea...
banishedtothelounge • 12/07/23 12:37 PM ET
Spent a fair amount of time on Ford Island the last decade
Happy Dog • 12/07/23 09:26 AM ET
Hellish work for salvage divers that were recovering bodies into the summer
HokieDan95 • 12/07/23 10:38 AM ET
And, IMO, it's slowly fading from the collective memory and Infamy.**
Atlee Hokie • 12/07/23 08:42 AM ET
Don't get me started.**
JKHokie-RunFor32 • 12/07/23 03:15 PM ET
Such is the passage of time.
hoosnowahokie • 12/07/23 09:15 AM ET