69 Years Ago Today

[Notch]

December 7th is here again, so lets take a moment to remember the poor souls that fought that day.

[1996shadow]

God bless America

And all of those who have fought with our military!

[Gipper]

For those who don't know, the gun that fired the very first shot (for the Americans) of WWII on the morning of December 7th is on the state capitol grounds here in Minnesota. The USS Ward sunk a Jap midget sub about an hour before the Pearl Harbor attack began.

http://www.mdva.state.mn.us/memorials/capitol/USSWardGun.htm

[Drunko McMoppo]

69 years since one of the largest mistakes in Japanese history.

[Max Power]

One of the?

[pubestripe]

:america:

[pubestripe]

Yeah the story about the uss ward is a good one. Pretty cool we have that gun here!

[Scorpner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZzIetRBiME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMa0LNnI-iA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnOtWm5OrM

[Hatch]

For those who don't know, the gun that fired the very first shot (for the Americans) of WWII on the morning of December 7th is on the state capitol grounds here in Minnesota. The USS Ward sunk a Jap midget sub about an hour before the Pearl Harbor attack began.

http://www.mdva.state.mn.us/memorials/capitol/USSWardGun.htm

Interesting, I didnt know this.

[Biff Tannen]

My Grandpa was stationed in Guam during this time.

[Southern]

Oops. Missed this one. Sorry Notch.

[NOTNSS]

[1moretoy]

[CleanLX]

Interesting, I didnt know this.

Pretty cool! I wonder how Minnesota was able to score that....

[work in progress]

My Grandpa was on the uss hornet.on its way back to pearl harbor.first ship back after
the attack.