December 7th, 1941…
…A day which will live in infamy.
I was walking through Arlington National Cemetery last January and happened across a headstone that caused me to freeze in my tracks. The date first caught my eye. Then, I realized the significance of the ship listed on the headstone.
The headstone for sailor, Gunners Mate Robert Edwin Kline, of New York, listed him as killed on December 7th, 1941, aboard the battleship USS Arizona. IThe date on the headstone was the same as the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which caused the U.S. to declare war the following day and enter …read more
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