A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE ON IN INFAMY, AND A JAPANESE TRUCK

JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

"LAKE SMOKE" RISING

Saturday, 9:30 AM. -2 degrees F, wind SE, moderate with stronger gusts.  The sky is clear and bright, but great clouds of fog, or "lake smoke," are rising off Chequamegon Bay due to the contrast in air and water temperature.  The humidity is 85% and the barometer has risen to 30.68"  We got another couple of inches of lake effect snow last night.  The bright sunshine is very welcome indeed.
   Today is Pearl Harbor Day, the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.  2,402 Americans were killed, 1,282 wounded, and  the Pacific fleet was severely damaged.  It resulted in war being declared against Japan, and America's subsequent entry into the European war on Dec. 11th. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pronounced it "A date which will live on in infamy."
  The ultimate outcome of the attack on Pearl Harbor is that Japan was crushed, and I now drive a Japanese truck.  Go figure.