December 7th, 1941.
Not many still left alive who remember first hand.
But 2400 Americans died that day and countless others wounded physically and spiritually.
Worth a moment or two of solemn remembrance.
Regards
Randy
Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early...
No U.S. operatives were hurt or killed in the dramatic, early-morning raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in his northern Pakistan hideout. At least, none that we know about here at 1:50 a.m. Monday, EDT. But there may have been casualties among American allies, according to...
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Libyan troops captured by rebels in Misrata said on Saturday the army had been ordered to retreat from the besieged port, marking a possible shift in a two-month revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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A magnitude-6.6 earthquake hit Japan about 35 miles from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s stricken nuclear power plant, shaking buildings in the capital city and causing fires to break out in the northeast of the country.
The quake struck at 5:16 p.m. local time 38 kilometers (24 miles) west of...
JERUSALEM – A bomb struck a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 other people in what authorities said was the first major Palestinian militant attack in the city in several years.
The bombing brought back memories of the second...
TOKYO (Reuters) – It seemed too good to be true. A young man pulled alive from the rubble on Saturday eight days after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Hours after the man made international headlines on Saturday, a glimmer of hope in Japan's worst tragedy since World War Two...