I hope no one misunderstood. The "real" Pearl Harbor day was my 7th birthday. I was old enough that I remember it clearly, but too young at the time to realize the real impact.
I've always been something of a history buff. Our daughter got a degree in history before she went on to become a paralegal in the real estate field. Her two big interests in history are the U.S. Civil war, and Nazi Germany. As an exchange student in Germany, she was able to visit many of the significant areas of WWII. Since I've always been interested in both those wars, she and I have many in-depth discussions.
I took a semester of American History in high school, and two semesters in college. I had the same prof for both classes in college, and with him you didn't beat around the bush. Half of the final exam of the second semester consisted of one essay type question: "Write a in-depth, comprehensive overview of the U.S Revolutionary War".
And he didn't want generalities. He wanted names, dates, places, results, etc.
I was frankly appalled a number of years ago when high schools across the country began dropping classes in American History as required classes. How can people appreciate current events if they don't know what went on in the past? Guess they don't. And the sorry part is, our current crop of politicians have learned to feed on that ignorance to their own benefit.
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