Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It’s the only thing “real” men do that doesn’t seem to threaten their masculinity. ~ Erma Bombeck

Petifog DAY OF INFAMY — “We all know the story – the history – the tragedy – the anger – the pain – the human losses and the sad, yet necessary final results.”

Iowa Voice (Brian) Last Reunion For Pearl Harbor Survivors — “It’s sad, but inevitable, I guess. What 300+ Japanese aircraft couldn’t do, time surely will.” [Brian, you will be greatly missed. Jim]

Blue Crab Boulevard (Gaius) Final Task — “On December 7th, 1941, the American battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was hit by a Japanese bomb and sunk at her moorings in Pearl Harbor. 1,177 of the 1,400 men aboard the ship perished in the attack. Most of those men’s remains are still on board the sunken remains of the ship. The US Navy considers the fallen to be buried at sea and the wreck to be a tomb and therefore not to be disturbed.”

TMH’s Bacon Bits (The MaryHunter) Remember Pearl Harbor — “Remember Pearl Harbor and everything for which it stands. Especially in the face of the Global War on Terrorism.”

I’ll add more links to Pearl Harbor posts later today.