December 7th - Pearl Harbor Day - the "date which will live in infamy," according to President Roosevelt. A Date with Destiny. December 7, 1941 was, for what is called "the Greatest Generation," the day that changed their world, just as September 11th is the day that changed the world for the generation of today.
"Where were you when you heard about September 11th?" We all could answer that. "Where were you when you heard about Pearl Harbor?" Even 60+ years later, just as easily remembered by those who lived through it. Patty Lundahl(1) had just come home from a movie - unusual, because this was a Sunday, and she was not normally permitted movies on Sunday. Her father was standing by the radio as she came home. That is when she heard. Mary Jane Hubbard was out on the porch - it was a dece…