"I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant."

Just a reminder that 62 years ago, 3,000+ Americans died in a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, dragging the US into WWII . Ultimately, more than 55,000 Marines and Sailors, and over 300,000 Army soldiers would be killed, two cities would be leveled by atomic bombs, and Europe would be pretty uniformly leveled by a half decade of strategic bombing. More than 16 million Americans, out of a population of about 100 million, would serve in the armed forces. Cost of liberating the world - Approx $335 billion dollars in 1945 dollars.

I hope that we can continue the tradition of our grandparents, and may the American giant never sleep again.

Posted by jank at December 7, 2003 1:03 PM