Front Page News
December 7, 2011
On this day, December 7th, let us pause at 1:55 pm local time to
think of those who were killed or injured during the attack on Pearl
Harbor that launched us into World War II.
That December Morn
To Those Who Died And Those Who Survived The Attack
As every day in the past the sun rose over Diamond Head
Men arose from sleep onboard ships berthed side by side
Navy bands onboard ships prepared to play the National Anthem
Unaware that enemy planes were heading their way to attack them
While at Hickam Army Airfield our planes wing tip to wing tip
Under guard to prevent any type of a sabotage attempt
While Airmen ate breakfast in the main mess hall
Enemy aircraft arrived and started to attack causing men to fall
Planes on Ford Island and Hickam Field began to incinerate
Leaving only a few aircraft that could take off and fight
Naval craft were heavily damaged and some sank right away
The USS Shaw exploded when a bomb destroyed her magazine bay
USS Oklahoma turned upside down trapping many of her crew
The harbor now covered in burning diesel fuel was no longer blue
Some of the injured were taken to Tripler Army Hospital
Doctors and nurses tried to save them all
The USS Arizona sank with over 1300 of her crew now entombed
Oil still bubbles to the surface as if she is crying for her
crew
Now a Memorial her crew listed on white marble
To remind us of the attack on Pearl Harbor
©Merrill Vaughan
December 7, 2001
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