From: CINCPAC
Date: 7 DEC 41
To: ALL SHIPS PRESENT AT HAWAIIN AREA
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AIRRAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL

Today is the 65th anniversary of the day that will live in infamy and this morning's paper thought it worthy of mention.

The Press Telegram gave it front page status with two articles, this one with the recollections of a Pearl Harbor survivor and this one with the stories of the veterans attending the quinquennial meeting of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

In The Times this morning is the obituary of Brigadier General Kenneth M. Taylor who as a 21 year-old Army Air Force pilot was one of the first two pilots to get airborne on December 7 and give the Japanese a little of their own back. It's a shame the webpage doesn't include the picture in the print edition. The then Lt Taylor looks about 12.

The Times also has a couple more articles on the survivors, here and here.

And the National Geographic's Interactive Pearl Harbor commemorative site is still up with, I think, a few additions. At least I don't remember them from last year. You can find it here.

An audio recording of President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech can be found here.