Editorial
More than just another day

Yesterday, was the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor - the event that spurred most Americans to support entering World War II.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it "the day that will live in infamy."

But how infamous is it more than six decades later?

Who among us stopped and thought about the 2,403 American citizens who lost their lives in that attack. There were also 1,178 military and civilian wounded during bombing and strafing of the naval base.

According to the United States Navy, 181 Japanese planes took off from six carriers in the Pacific Ocean at 6 a.m. The planes descended on Oahu shortly before 8 on that Sunday morning.

The attack took less than two hours but had a lasting impact on the country's history, a generation of young men and women and even the world.

We all live with the effects of that attack, but not many people take the time to remember that day and those who lost their lives.

We must heed the past and to listen to the stories of earlier generations to ensure the day that once lived in infamy does not become just another day on the calendar.