HONOLULU—When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma. But a split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed his mind, and likely saved his life. “They started closing that hatch. And I decided to get out of…
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Commentary Dec. 7, 1941. “A date which will live in infamy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it. The attack’s 80th anniversary is this month. Infamy. Webster’s Dictionary defines infamy as: “evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal.” From the U.S. perspective, the Japanese 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor definitely fits…
An Event to Remember: The Consequences of Pearl Harbor
Many of the planes came in low over the harbor that Sunday morning, unleashing their torpedoes on the moored ships and dropping their bombs on other vessels or on aircraft parked wing to wing on airfields. As Navy Admiral William Furlong said of the first plane that passed over his ship, the pilot was so…
Conservatives Clash Over Whether to Defend Taiwan
November 2, 2021
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ORLANDO, Florida—Influential conservative thinkers were in stiff disagreement over whether the United States should defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China, at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando on Oct. 31. Michael Anton, a former Trump national security communications official and Hillsdale College lecturer, argued that China would seek to conquer Taiwan…
Pearl Harbor Hero, Missing in Action for Decades, Gets Patriotic Homecoming in Kentucky
MERRY OAKS, Kentucky—Nestled on the western edge of Barren County, Kentucky, is a small community named Merry Oaks, with a population of less than 300 people. In the 1900s, the community was mostly agricultural land with a few sawmills and general stores. The Great Depression hit every community hard and Merry Oaks did not escape…
Pearl Harbor Veteran, 99, Recounts the ‘Day of Infamy’ at the WWII Weekend Event
The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum hosted its 30th Annual World War II Weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania, from June 4 to 6. It is the largest and most well-known event of its kind in the world. Temperatures soared into the 90s but the event attracted over 30,000 who paid tribute to an era of great sacrifice and…
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