At dawn on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor In Hawaii.

Anxious to maintain their military and economic power in the region the Japanese planned to cripple the U.S. fleet which would then allow them to attack the Philippines and Indo-China without opposition and acquire the raw materials they needed to maintain their position.

Several ships were sunk or damaged, the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized, and the U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed. More than 2,300 Americans died in the attack.

The next day President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress, which declared war against Japan, and the United States officially entered World War II. The Japanese had no idea they were awakening a sleeping giant. December 7th, 1941 truly was a date which would live in infamy.

James Bradley, whose father was one of those who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, has studied the war and the reason Japan attacked us in the first place.

In a secret presidential cable to Tokyo, in July 1905, Roosevelt approved the Japanese annexation of Korea and agreed to an “understanding or alliance” among Japan, the United States and Britain “as if the United States were under treaty obligations.” The “as if” was key: Congress was much less interested in North Asia than Roosevelt was, so he came to his agreement with Japan in secret, an unconstitutional act.

Bradley’s op-ed in the New York Times is an excellent read for anyone who wants to know the real reason that Japan decided to attack us the way they did.

Take a moment today to remember all of those who died on that December morning in 1941.

Those Who Fell At Pearl Harbor:

AARON, Hubert Charles Titus, ABERCROMBIE, Samuel Adolphus, ADAMS, Jesse Leroy, ADAMS, John Kalauwae, ADAMS, Joseph Kanehoa, ADAMS, Robert Franklin, ADKINS, Howard Lucas, ADKINS, Marvin Birch, ADKISON, James Dillion, AGOLA, Mathew Joe, AGOLA, Mathew Joe, AGUIRRE, Reyner Aceves, AGUON, Gregorio San N., AHERN, Richard James, AKINA, August, ALBANESE, Salvatore J., ALBEROVSKY, Francis Severin, ALBRIGHT, Galen Winston, ALDRIDGE, Thomas Elwood, ALDRIDGE, Willard Henry, ALEXANDER, Elvis Author, ALEXANDER, Hugh R., ALLEN, Eric Jr., ALLEN, Moses Anderson, ALLEN, Robert G., ALLEN, Robert Lee, ALLEN, Stanley W., ALLEN, Thomas Benton, ALLEN, William Clayborn, ALLEN, William Lewis, ALLEY, Jay Edgar, ALLISON, Andrew K., ALLISON, Hal Jake, ALLISON, J. T., ALOIS, Ralph, ALTEN, Ernest Mathew, AMON, Frederick Purdy, AMUNDSON, Leo DeVere, ANDERSON, Arnold Leo, ANDERSON, Charles Titus, ANDERSON, Delbert Jake, ANDERSON, Donald William, ANDERSON, Garland C., ANDERSON, Harry, ANDERSON, Howard Taisey, ANDERSON, Irwin Corinthis, ANDERSON, James Pickins Jr., ANDERSON, Lawrence Donald, ANDERSON, Manfred Carl, ANDERSON, Robert Adair, ANDERSON, William T., ANDREWS, Brainerd Wells, ANGELICH, Jerry Mike, ANGLE, Earnest Hersea, ANNUNZIATO, Frank John, ANTHONY, Glenn Samuel, APLIN, James Raymond, APPLE, Robert William, APREA, Frank Anthony, AQUINO, Zoilo, ARAKAKI, Nancy Masako, ARBUCKLE, William Delanno, ARICKX, Leon, ARLEDGE, Eston, ARMSTRONG, Kenneth Berton, ARNAUD, Achilles, ARNEBERG, Harold Raymond, ARNEBERG, William Robert, ARNESEN, Robert Arne, ARNOLD, Claude Duran Jr., ARNOLD, Thell, ARNOTT, Robert Everett, ARRANT, John Anderson, ARTHURHOLZ, Marley Richard, ARTLEY, Daryle Edward, ARVIDSON, Carl Harry, ASHBY, Welborn Lee, ASHMORE, Wilburn James, ATCHISON, John Calvin, ATKINS, Gerald Arthur, AULD, John Cuthbert, AUSTIN, John Arnold, AUSTIN, Laverne Alfred, AUTRY, Eligah T. Jr., AVERY, Robert L., AVES, Willard Charles, AYDELL, Miller Xavier, AYERS, Dee Cumpie, BACKMAN, Walter Howard, BADILLA, Manuel Domonic, BAILEY, George Richmond, BAILEY, Gerald John, BAILEY, James Edward, BAILEY, Robert Edward, BAILEY, Wilbur Houston, BAIRD, Billy Bryon, BAJORIMS, Joseph, BAKER, George W., BAKER, Glen, BAKER, Henry Ernest Jr., BAKER, J. W., BAKER, Robert Dewey, BALL, James William, BALL, William V., BALLANCE, Wilbur Frank, BANDEMER, Harold William, BANDY, Wayne Lynn, BANGERT, John Henry, BANKS, Layton Thomas, BARAGA, Joseph, BARBER, Leroy Kenneth, BARBER, Malcolm John, BARBER, Randolph Harold, BARDON, Charles Thomas, BARGERHUFF, Benjamin E. Jr., BARKER, Loren Joe, BARKSDALE, James M., BARNCORD, Cecil Everett, BARNER, Walter Ray, BARNES, Charles Edward, BARNES, Delmar Hayes, BARNETT, William Leroy, BARNETT, William Thermon, BARRETT, Wilbur Clayton, BARRON, Thomas Noble, BARTA, Joseph, BARTEK, Frank Joseph Jr., BARTLETT, David William, BARTLETT, Paul Clement, BATES, Edward Munroe Jr., BATES, Harold Eugene, BATES, Tobert Alvin, BATOR, Edward, BATTLES, Ralph Curtis, BAUER, Harold Walter, BAUM, Earl Paul, BAYS, Donald E., BAZETTI, Michael Louis, BEAL, Albert Quentin, BEAN, Howard Warren, BEARDSLEY, Loren Leigh, BEASLEY, Leland V., BEATON, Freddie, BEAUMONT, James Ammon, BECK, George Richard, BECKER, Marvin Otto, BECKER, Wesley Paulson, BECKWITH, Thomas Stewart, BEDFORD, Purdy Renaker, BEERMAN, Henry Carl, BEGGS, Harold Eugene, BELL, Hershel Homer, BELL, Richard Leroy, BELLAMY, James Curtis, BELT, Everett Ray Jr., BELT, Walter Sidney Jr., BENFORD, Sam Austin, BENNETT, Gordon R. Jr., BENNETT, Robert James, BENNETT, William Edmond Jr., BENNION, Mervyn Sharp, BENSON, James Thomas, BERGIN, Roger Joseph, BERKANSKI, Albert Charles, BERNARD, Frank Peter, BERRY, Gordon Eugene, BERRY, James Winford, BERSCH, Arthur Anthony, BERTIE, George Allan Jr., BIBBY, Charles Henry, BICKEL, Kenneth Robert, BICKNELL, Dale Deen, BIELKA, Rudolph Paul, BIGHAM, Virgil Cornelius, BILLS, Mathew T., BILYI, Anthony, BINGHAM, James Robert, BIRCHER, Frederick Robert, BIRD, John Arthur, BIRD, John Arthur, BIRDSELL, Rayon Delois, BIRGE, George Albert, BISHOP, Grover Barron, BISHOP, Millard Charles, BISHO Regis James, BOEMER, Paul Louis, BOGGESS, Roy Eugene, BOHLENDER, Sam, BOLAN, George P., BOLEN, Albert James, BOLLING, Gerald Revese, BOLLING, Walter Karr, BOND, Burnis Leroy, BONEBRAKE, Buford Earl, BONFIGLIO, William John, BONNIE, Felix, BOOE, James Brazier, BOOTH, Robert Sinclair Jr., BOOTON, Charlie Vinton, BOOZE, Asbury Legare, BORGELT, Harold W., BORGER, Richard, BORING, James Bryce, BOROVICH, Joseph John, BORUSKY, Edwin Charles, BOSLEY, Kenneth Leroy, BOSWELL, Frank G., BOUDREAUX, Ralph McHenry, BOVIALL, Walter Robert, BOWDEN, Edward Daniel, BOWERS, Robert K., BOWMAN, Howard Alton, BOXRUCKER, Lawrence Anton, BOYD, Charles Andrew, BOYDSTUN, Don Jasper, BOYDSTUN, R. L., BOYER, Fred Hunter, BOYLE, Arthur F., BOYNTON, Raymond Devere, BRABBZSON, Oran Merrill, BRADLEY, Bruce Dean, BRADLEY, Carl Merrill, BRAGA, Charles Jr., BRAKKE, Kenneth Gay, BRANDT, Billy O., BRANDT, Oris Vernelle, BRANHAM, George Ohara, BREEDLOVE, Jack Asbury, BREKKEN, Evan Benhart, BREWER, Randall Walter, BREWER, Robert Leroy, BRICKLEY, Eugene, BRIDGES, James Leon, BRIDGES, Paul Hyatt, BRIDIE, Robert Maurice, BRIER, Claire Raymond, BRIGGS, Lyle Lee, BRIGNOLE, Erminio Joseph, BRITTAN, Charles Edward, BRITTON, Thomas Alonzo, BROADHEAD, Johnnie Cecil, BROCK, Walter Pershing, BROMLEY, George Edward, BROMLEY, Jimmie, BROOKS, B.J. Jr., BROOKS, Ennis Edgar, BROOKS, Robert Neal, BROOKS, William, BROOME, Loy Raymond, BROONER, Allen Ottis, BROPHY, Myron Alonzo, BROWER, Rennie V. Jr., BROWN, Benjamin Lee, BROWN, Charles Darling, BROWN, Charles Martin, BROWN, Clyde C., BROWN, Elwyn Leroy, BROWN, Frank George, BROWN, Pallas Franklin, BROWN, Richard Corbett, BROWN, Riley Mirville, BROWN, Robert S., BROWN, Walter Scott, BROWN, Wesley James, BROWN, William Howard, BROWNE, Frederick Arthur, BROWNE, Harry Lamont, BROWNING, Tilmon David, BROWNLEE, William John, BRUBAKER, Brooks J., BRUESEWITZ, William G., BRUMMWELL, Malcolm J., BRUNE, James William, BRUNNER, William Frank, BRYAN, Leland Howard, BRYANT, Claude L., BRYANT, Lloyd Glenn, BUBB, Eugene R., BUCHANAN, James Rufus, BUCKLEY, Jack C., BUCKLEY, John Daniel, BUDD, Robert Emile, BUGARIN, Feliciano Todias, BUHR, Clarence Edward, BURCH, Earl George, BURDEN, Ralph Leon, BURDETTE, Ralph Warren, BURGER, Oliver Kenneth, BURGESS, John Edwin Jr., BURK, Millard Jr., BURKE, Frank Edmond Jr., BURLISON, Weldon C., BURNETT, Charlie Leroy, BURNS, Edward J., BURNS, John Edward, BUSH, Joseph, BUSH, Samuel Jackson, BUSICK, Dewey Olney, BUSS, Robert P., BUTCHER, David Adrian, BUTLER, James Warren, BUTLER, John Dabney, BUTTS, Rodger Cornelius, BYRD, Charles Dewitt, BYRD, Theodore F., CABAY, Louis Clarence, CADE, Richard Esh, CALDWELL, Charles Jr., CALLAGHAN, James Thomas, CALLAHAN, Archie Jr., CAMDEN, Raymond Edward, CAMERY, Raymond Ralph, CAMM, William Fielden, CAMPA, Ralph, CAMPBELL, Burdette Charles, CAMPBELL, William Clarence, CAMPBELL, William Vane, CAMPIGLIA, Francis Edward, CANNON, George H., CAPLINGER, Donald William, CAREY, Francis Lloyd, CARGILE, Murry Randolph, CARLISLE, Robert Wayne, CARLSON, Harry Ludwig, CARLSON, Lawrence Robert, CARMACK, Harold Milton, CARNEY, Harold Francis, CARO, Joseph I., CARPENTER, Elmer Lemuel, CARPENTER, Robert Nelson, CARREIRA, John, CARROLL, Guy Wayne, CARROLL, Joseph William, CARROLL, Robert Lewis, CARTER, Burton Lowell, CARTER, Howard Frederick, CARTER, Lloyd George, CARTER, Paxton Turner, CARTER, William John, CASEY, James Warren, CASHEN, Malachy J., CASHMAN, Edward J., CASILAN, Epifanio Miranda, CASINGER, Edward Eugene, CASKEY, Clarence Merton, CASOLA, Biacio, CASTLEBERRY, Claude W. Jr., CASTO, Charles Ray, CASTO, Richard Eugene, CATSOS, George, CEBERT, Dean W., CHACE, Raymond Vincent, CHADWICK, Charles Bruce, CHADWICK, Harold, CHAGNON, Joseph J., CHAMBERS, Eugene L., CHANDLER, Donald Ross, CHAPMAN, Donal V., CHAPMAN, Naaman N., CHARLTON, Charles Nicholas, CHERNUCHA, Harry Gregory, CHESHIRE, James Thomas, CHESS, Patrick Lloyd, CHESTER, Edward, CHESTNUTT, George V. Jr., CHONG, Patrick Kahamokupuni, CHRISTENSEN, Elmer Emil, CHRISTENSEN, Lloyd Raymond, CHRISTIAN, William Garnett, CHRISTIANSEN, CLOUES, Edward Blanchard, CLOUGH, Edward Hay, COBB, Ballard Burgher, COBURN, Walter Overton, COCKRUM, Kenneth Earl, COFFIN, Robert, COFFMAN, Marshall Herman, COHN, Mitchell, COKE, George Anderson, COLE, Charles Warren, COLE, David Lester, COLE, Francis Eugene, COLEGROVE, Willett S. Jr., COLLIER, John, COLLIER, Linald Long Jr., COLLIER, Walter Leon, COLLINS, Austin, COLLINS, Billy Murl, COLLINS, James Earl, COLLINS, Thomas W., COMSTOCK, Harold Kenneth, CONANT, Clarence Albert, CONLIN, Bernard Eugene, CONLIN, James Leo, CONNELLY, Richard Earl, CONNER, Joseph Ucline, CONNOLLY, John Gaynor, CONNOLLY, Keefe Richard, CONRAD, Homer Milton Jr., CONRAD, Robert Frank, CONRAD, Walter Ralph, CONWAY, Edward Leroy, COOK, Grant Clark Jr., COOK, Joseph William, COOPER, Clarence Eugene, COOPER, Frank Bernard, COOPER, Kenneth Erven, COOPER, Kenneth James, CORBIN, Leon John, CORCORAN, Gerard John, COREY, Ernest Eugene, CORN, Robert Livingston, CORNELIUS, P. W., CORNING, Russell Dale, CORZATT, Beoin Hume, COSTER, Richard Lee, COSTILL, Harold Kendall, COSTIN, Louis Albert, COTNER, Leo Paul, COTTIER, Charles Edwin, COUHIG, John H., COULTER, Arthur Lee, COWAN, William, COWDEN, Joel Beman, COX, Gerald Blinton, COX, William Milford, COYNE, William Jr., CRAFT, Harley Wade, CRAIG, James Edwin, CRAIG, John William, CRAIN, John Reeves, CRAWLEY, Wallace Dewight, CREECH, William C., CREMEAN, Alva J., CREMEENS, Louis Edward, CRIM, Warren Harding, CRISCUOLO, Michael, CRISWELL, Wilfred John, CROFT, Theodore Wheeler, CROMWELL, Howard Don, CROSSETT, David Lloyd, CROW, Howard Daniel, CROWDER, Samuel Warwick, CROWE, Cecil Thomas, CROWLEY, Thomas Ewing, CRUTHIRDS, John E., CURRY, William Joseph, CURRY, William McKnight, CURTIS, Herbert S. Jr., CURTIS, Lloyd B., CURTIS, Lyle Carl, CUTRER, Lloyd Henry, CYBULSKI, Harold Bernard, CYCHOSZ, Francis Anton, CYRIACK, Glenn Gerald, CZARNECKI, Stanley, CZEKAJSKI, Theophil, DA TORRE, Otreste, DAHLHEIMER, Richard Norbert, DAINS, John L., DALY, Edward Carlyle, DANIEL, Lloyd Naxton, DANIK, Andrew Joseph, DARBY, Marshall Eugene Jr., DARCH, Phillip Zane, DASENBROCK, Louis H., DAUGHERTY, Paul Eugene, DAVENPORT, Ernest J., DAVENPORT, James Watson Jr., DAVIS, Allen Arthur, DAVIS, Billy Rex, DAVIS, Edward Hope, DAVIS, Frederick Curtis, DAVIS, John Quitman, DAVIS, Milton Henry, DAVIS, Murle Melvin, DAVIS, Myrle Clarence, DAVIS, Thomas Ray, DAVIS, Virgil Denton, DAVIS, Walter Mindred, DAWSON, James Berkley, DAY, Francis Daniel, DAY, William John, DE ARMOUN, Donald Edwin, DE CASTRO, Vicente, DE POLIS, Frank J., DEAN, Lyle Bernard, DEETZ, John Wesley, DEFENBAUGH, Russell C., DELLES, Leslie Phillip, DELONG, Frederick Eugene, DENNIS, Leroy, DENSON, Eugene B., DERITIS, Russell Edwin, DERRINGTON, Ralph Alva, DERTHICK, James H., DEWITT, John James, DIAL, John Buchanan, DICK, Francis Edward, DICK, Ralph R., DICKENS, Ernest Boggio, DICKERSON, Richard A., DIECKHOFF, Douglas R., DILL, Leaman Robert, DINE, John George, DINEEN, Robert Joseph, DOBBINS, Richard Henry, DOBEY, Milton Paul Jr., DOERNENBURG, Kenneth E., DOHERTY, George Walter, DOHERTY, John Albert, DOMPIER, Marshall Leonard, DONALD, John Malcolm, DONOHUE, Ned Burton, DORITY, John Monroe, DORR, Carl David, DOSICK, Stanley Daniel, DOSSER, William Hugh, DOUGHERTY, Ralph Mc Clearn, DOUGLAS, Norman W., DOWNING, Eugene Victor, DOWNS, Jack A., DOYLE, Bernard Vincent, DOYLE, Wand B., DREESBACH, Herbert Allen, DREFAHL, Elmer Edwin, DRIVER, Bill Lester, DRUM, Donald Landford, DRWALL, Stanislaw Frank, DUANE, William, DUCOLON, Fred John, DUCREST, Louis Felix, DUFF, Robert C. Jr., DUGGER, Guy, DUKE, Lee Herwin, DUKE, Robert Edward, DUKES, Billie Joe, DUKES, Lonnie William, DULLUM, Jerald Fraser, DUNAWAY, Kenneth Leroy, DUNHAM, Elmer Marvin, DUNN, George S. Jr., DUNNAM, Robert Wesley, DUPREE, Arthur Joseph, DUQUETTE, Donat George Jr., DURHAM, William Teasdale, DURIO, Russell, DURKEE, Edward Norman, DURNING, Thomas Roy Jr., DURR, Clement Edward, DUSSET, Cyril Isaac, DUVEENE, John, DVORAK, Alvin Albert, DYE, Tommy, DYER, Buford Harvey, DYER, Daniel A. Jr., EAKES, Wallace Eldred, EATON, Emory Lowell, Harry, ELLSBERRY, Julius, ELWELL, Royal, ELYARD, Harold C., EMBREY, Bill Eugene, EMERY, Jack Marvin, EMERY, John Marvin, EMERY, Wesley Vernon, ENDICOTT, Ronald Burdette, ENGER, Stanley Gordon, ENGLAND, John Charles, ENGLAND, Richard Boyd, ERBES, Leland Earl, ERICKSON, Robert, ERNEST, Robert William, ERSKINE, Robert Charles, ERWIN, Stanley Joe, ERWIN, Walton Aluard, ESTEP, Carl James, ESTES, Carl Edwen, ESTES, Forrest Jesse, ETCHASON, Leslie Edgar, EULBERG, Richard Henry, EVANS, David Delton, EVANS, Evan Frederick, EVANS, Mickey Edward, EVANS, Paul Anthony, EVANS, William Orville, EVANS, Woodrow Wilson, EVERETT, James, EWELL, Alfred Adam, EYED, George, FADDIS, George Leon, FADON, Paul J., FAIRCHILD, Malcolm W., FAIRCHILD, Willard E., FALLIS, Alvin E., FANSLER, Edgar Arthur, FARFAN, Ignacio Camacho, FARLEY, Alfred Jack, FARMER, John Wilson, FARMER, Luther James, FAUFATA, Matilda Kaliko, FAVREAU, Arthur Armond, FECHO, Lawrence Herman, FEGURGUR, Nicolas San Nicolas, FELDMAN, Jack H., FELLMAN, Paul V., FERGUSON, Charlton Hanna, FERGUSON, Marvin Lee Jr., FERRIS, Homer E., FESS, John Junior, FIANDER, Stuart H., FIELD, Arnold E., FIELDS, Bernard, FIELDS, Reliford, FIELDS, Robert Auswell, FIFE, Ralph Elmer, FILKINS, George Arthur, FINCHER, Allen Brady, FINCHER, Dexter Wilson, FINLEY, Woodrow Wilson, FINNEGAN, William Michael, FINNEY, Patrick L., FIRTH, Henry Amis, FIRZGERALD, Kent Blake, FISCHER, Leslie Henry, FISHER, Delbert Ray, FISHER, James Anderson, FISHER, Robert Ray, FISK, Charles Porter III, FITCH, Simon, FITZSIMMONS, Eugene James, FLAHERTY, Francis Charles, FLANAGAN, James Monroe, FLANNERY, James Lowell, FLANNERY, Robert Joseph, FLEETWOOD, Donald Eugene, FLOEGE, Frank Norman, FLORES, Jose San Nicolas, FLORESE, Felicismo, FLORY, Max Edward, FOLEY, Walter Charles, FONES, George Everett, FOOTE, George Perry, FORD, George Calvin, FORD, Jack C., FORD, William Walker, FOREMAN, Elmer Lee, FORMOE, Clarence Melvin, FORTENBERRY, Alvie Charles, FOSS, Rodney Shelton, FOSTER, Rowena Kamohaulani, FOTH, Jack, FOWLER, George Parten, FOX, Daniel Russell, FOX, Gilbert Roy, FOX, Jack W., FOX, Lee Jr., FRANK, Leroy George, FRAZIER, John William, FREDERICK, Charles Donald, FREE, Paul B., FREE, Thomas Augusta, FREE, William Thomas, FRENCH, John Edmund, FRENCH, Joy Carol, FRENCH, Walter R., FRIZZELL, Robert Niven, FRYE, Neil Daniel, FUGATE, Fred, FUGATE, Kay Ivan, FULTON, Robert Wilson, FUNK, Frank Francis, FUNK, Lawrence Henry, FURR, Tedd McKinley, FUZI, Eugene Dash, GABRIELE, Angelo Michael, GAGER, Roy Arthur, GAGNE, Leo E. 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This year, like every year before, we should be grateful for our nation’s veterans. Here is my post from last year, which pays tribute the veterans in my family. Take a moment today to honor the veterans in your family, as well as all of the brave men and women who have shaped our great nation.

In 1918, on the 11th day of the 11th month at the eleventh hour, the Allies and Germany signed the armistice that brought an end to the hostilities on the Western Front and marked the end of fighting in World War I. The war officially ended on June 28, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day to remember those who were killed during the war. People around the world took time out of their day, each November 11th, to recognize those members of their armed forces who died during the war. In 1938, Armistice Day was made an official U.S. holiday as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.” Years later, new legislation changed the name to Veterans Day and it became a day to remember all of the men and women who have served our nation in the Armed Forces, not just those who died.

Veterans Day is a day to thank and honor all of the men and women who have served in our nation’s military, during peacetime and war. It is a day to acknowledge that their contributions to our nation are appreciated and the sacrifices they made to serve their country did not go unnoticed.

Every Veterans Day I think about the men and women in my own family who served our nation proudly.

My father, Robert Barrett, was 17 when he joined the U.S. Navy to serve during the Korean War. The image to the right is dated July 5, 1950 and was taken at the U.S. Navy Training Center in San Diego, California. He doesn’t talk much about his time in the Navy, but he does spout out a few Japanese phrases from time to time, which he learned while serving in the Pacific. I know he had a great time seeing the world, even if it was during a time of war, and serving his country is a vital part of who he is today. After the war, he continued to serve his nation honorably, but not in the Armed Forces. He went on to become a police officer and spent his career protecting the public and keeping the streets safe for everyone.

On November 9, 1917, my great-grandfather, Floyd S. Hirsch, accepted appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the Russian Railway Service Corps, which had been organized under the authority of President Woodrow Wilson. During his tour in Russia he was stationed at various times in Omask, Tomsk, and Vladivostok. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on October 13th, 1919. He was a railroad man his whole life. In fact, prior to serving in the RRSC, he traveled to Panama to work for the Panama Railroad Company as an Operator during the construction of the Panama Canal. Years later he was a Chief Dispatcher for the Union Pacific Railroad in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

James Strother Moore enlisted in the Army on January 30, 1943 and served as a member of the Army Air Forces. I’m not sure what role he played, or much else about his military career. In fact, all I know is shown in the photo to the right. I don’t have any other memories of him, although he died just before my 6th birthday.

His nickname was “Pete”. Why they called him that, I don’t know. He was my grandmother’s second husband, and he adopted my mom and her sister in August of 1950. While I have no memory of him, my mother’s eyes seem to light up when she talks about her “daddy”, and I am proud to call him my grandfather.

My grandmother’s third husband, Thomas Chilimpis, is the man I knew as Papa. He is the only grandfather I knew, and I treasure every memory I have of him. He was one of four children. He had two sisters and a twin brother. The photograph to the left was taken after all four of them enlisted during World War II.

Thomas enlisted in the Army while his brother Milton joined the Navy. Their sister Bess became a member of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), and their sister Minerva signed up for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).

Like all of the other veterans across the United States, my relatives stepped up when needed and helped to make this country what it is today. I thank them and all of the other veterans who have served our great nation. They have have my utmost respect and my whole-hearted appreciation for their service.

Without our veterans there would be no United States of America.

Today is the 439th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. Many of you probably have no idea what it was, or why it matters in world history, I didn’t either, until recently.

The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Spain (including its territories of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia), the Republic of Venice, the Papacy, the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Savoy, the Knights Hospitaller and others, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire.

Had it not been for the outcome of the Battle of Lepanto, the course of events throughout the world could have been much different. It is very likely that there would have been no ‘established’ Church, and we would all be kneeling down on prayer rugs facing east every afternoon.

The Holy League credited the victory to the Virgin Mary, whose intercession with God they had implored for victory through the use of the Rosary. Andrea Doria had kept a copy of the miraculous image of our Our Lady of Guadalupe given to him by King Philip II of Spain in his ship’s state room. Pope Pius V instituted a new Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Victory to commemorate the battle, which is now celebrated by the Catholic Church as the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Take a moment today to read the history of the Battle of Lepanto, you might just learn something you didn’t know beforehand.

Did you know, if you order a copy of the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence from Wilder Publications (no I am not linking to them), you’ll see the following at the end of their reprints.

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Since when do we need a warning label on the U.S Constitution?

It is obvious that the publishers, who also seem to be claiming copyright to the document, feel that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are outdated and do not the reflect the same values today as they did back in the day.

Really?

Many Americans (including myself) believe the values within the U.S. Constitution are the same today as they were when the document was written. Those who think otherwise never held those values in the first place.

Why on Earth would I purchase a product from a company that doesn’t believe in our founding principles and feels the need to add a disclaimer to our founding documents?

Thanks, but no thanks. Oh, and I’ll use, reprint, and reproduce the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, and any other founding document, whenever I want, with or without your permission. The executives at Wilder Publications are crazy if they think they own the copyright to any of our founding documents.

At dawn on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor In Hawaii.

Anxious to maintain their military and economic power in the region the Japanese planned to cripple the U.S. fleet which would then allow them to attack the Philippines and Indo-China without opposition and acquire the raw materials they needed to maintain their position.

Several ships were sunk or damaged, the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized, and the U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed. More than 2,300 Americans died in the attack.

The next day President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress, which declared war against Japan, and the United States officially entered World War II. The Japanese had no idea they were awakening a sleeping giant. December 7th, 1941 truly was a date which would live in infamy.

James Bradley, whose father was one of those who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, has studied the war and the reason Japan attacked us in the first place.

In a secret presidential cable to Tokyo, in July 1905, Roosevelt approved the Japanese annexation of Korea and agreed to an “understanding or alliance” among Japan, the United States and Britain “as if the United States were under treaty obligations.” The “as if” was key: Congress was much less interested in North Asia than Roosevelt was, so he came to his agreement with Japan in secret, an unconstitutional act.

Bradley’s op-ed in the New York Times is an excellent read for anyone who wants to know the real reason that Japan decided to attack us the way they did.

Take a moment today to remember all of those who died on that December morning in 1941.

Those Who Fell At Pearl Harbor:

AARON, Hubert Charles Titus, ABERCROMBIE, Samuel Adolphus, ADAMS, Jesse Leroy, ADAMS, John Kalauwae, ADAMS, Joseph Kanehoa, ADAMS, Robert Franklin, ADKINS, Howard Lucas, ADKINS, Marvin Birch, ADKISON, James Dillion, AGOLA, Mathew Joe, AGOLA, Mathew Joe, AGUIRRE, Reyner Aceves, AGUON, Gregorio San N., AHERN, Richard James, AKINA, August, ALBANESE, Salvatore J., ALBEROVSKY, Francis Severin, ALBRIGHT, Galen Winston, ALDRIDGE, Thomas Elwood, ALDRIDGE, Willard Henry, ALEXANDER, Elvis Author, ALEXANDER, Hugh R., ALLEN, Eric Jr., ALLEN, Moses Anderson, ALLEN, Robert G., ALLEN, Robert Lee, ALLEN, Stanley W., ALLEN, Thomas Benton, ALLEN, William Clayborn, ALLEN, William Lewis, ALLEY, Jay Edgar, ALLISON, Andrew K., ALLISON, Hal Jake, ALLISON, J. T., ALOIS, Ralph, ALTEN, Ernest Mathew, AMON, Frederick Purdy, AMUNDSON, Leo DeVere, ANDERSON, Arnold Leo, ANDERSON, Charles Titus, ANDERSON, Delbert Jake, ANDERSON, Donald William, ANDERSON, Garland C., ANDERSON, Harry, ANDERSON, Howard Taisey, ANDERSON, Irwin Corinthis, ANDERSON, James Pickins Jr., ANDERSON, Lawrence Donald, ANDERSON, Manfred Carl, ANDERSON, Robert Adair, ANDERSON, William T., ANDREWS, Brainerd Wells, ANGELICH, Jerry Mike, ANGLE, Earnest Hersea, ANNUNZIATO, Frank John, ANTHONY, Glenn Samuel, APLIN, James Raymond, APPLE, Robert William, APREA, Frank Anthony, AQUINO, Zoilo, ARAKAKI, Nancy Masako, ARBUCKLE, William Delanno, ARICKX, Leon, ARLEDGE, Eston, ARMSTRONG, Kenneth Berton, ARNAUD, Achilles, ARNEBERG, Harold Raymond, ARNEBERG, William Robert, ARNESEN, Robert Arne, ARNOLD, Claude Duran Jr., ARNOLD, Thell, ARNOTT, Robert Everett, ARRANT, John Anderson, ARTHURHOLZ, Marley Richard, ARTLEY, Daryle Edward, ARVIDSON, Carl Harry, ASHBY, Welborn Lee, ASHMORE, Wilburn James, ATCHISON, John Calvin, ATKINS, Gerald Arthur, AULD, John Cuthbert, AUSTIN, John Arnold, AUSTIN, Laverne Alfred, AUTRY, Eligah T. Jr., AVERY, Robert L., AVES, Willard Charles, AYDELL, Miller Xavier, AYERS, Dee Cumpie, BACKMAN, Walter Howard, BADILLA, Manuel Domonic, BAILEY, George Richmond, BAILEY, Gerald John, BAILEY, James Edward, BAILEY, Robert Edward, BAILEY, Wilbur Houston, BAIRD, Billy Bryon, BAJORIMS, Joseph, BAKER, George W., BAKER, Glen, BAKER, Henry Ernest Jr., BAKER, J. W., BAKER, Robert Dewey, BALL, James William, BALL, William V., BALLANCE, Wilbur Frank, BANDEMER, Harold William, BANDY, Wayne Lynn, BANGERT, John Henry, BANKS, Layton Thomas, BARAGA, Joseph, BARBER, Leroy Kenneth, BARBER, Malcolm John, BARBER, Randolph Harold, BARDON, Charles Thomas, BARGERHUFF, Benjamin E. 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This year, like every year before, we should be grateful for our nation’s veterans. Here is my post from last year, which pays tribute the veterans in my family. Take a moment today to honor the veterans in your family, as well as all of the brave men and women who have shaped our great nation.

In 1918, on the 11th day of the 11th month at the eleventh hour, the Allies and Germany signed the armistice that brought an end to the hostilities on the Western Front and marked the end of fighting in World War I. The war officially ended on June 28, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day to remember those who were killed during the war. People around the world took time out of their day, each November 11th, to recognize those members of their armed forces who died during the war. In 1938, Armistice Day was made an official U.S. holiday as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.” Years later, new legislation changed the name to Veterans Day and it became a day to remember all of the men and women who have served our nation in the Armed Forces, not just those who died.

Veterans Day is a day to thank and honor all of the men and women who have served in our nation’s military, during peacetime and war. It is a day to acknowledge that their contributions to our nation are appreciated and the sacrifices they made to serve their country did not go unnoticed.

Every Veterans Day I think about the men and women in my own family who served our nation proudly.

My father, Robert Barrett, was 17 when he joined the U.S. Navy to serve during the Korean War. The image to the right is dated July 5, 1950 and was taken at the U.S. Navy Training Center in San Diego, California. He doesn’t talk much about his time in the Navy, but he does spout out a few Japanese phrases from time to time, which he learned while serving in the Pacific. I know he had a great time seeing the world, even if it was during a time of war, and serving his country is a vital part of who he is today. After the war, he continued to serve his nation honorably, but not in the Armed Forces. He went on to become a police officer and spent his career protecting the public and keeping the streets safe for everyone.

On November 9, 1917, my great-grandfather, Floyd S. Hirsch, accepted appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the Russian Railway Service Corps, which had been organized under the authority of President Woodrow Wilson. During his tour in Russia he was stationed at various times in Omask, Tomsk, and Vladivostok. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on October 13th, 1919. He was a railroad man his whole life. In fact, prior to serving in the RRSC, he traveled to Panama to work for the Panama Railroad Company as an Operator during the construction of the Panama Canal. Years later he was a Chief Dispatcher for the Union Pacific Railroad in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

James Strother Moore enlisted in the Army on January 30, 1943 and served as a member of the Army Air Forces. I’m not sure what role he played, or much else about his military career. In fact, all I know is shown in the photo to the right. I don’t have any other memories of him, although he died just before my 6th birthday.

His nickname was “Pete”. Why they called him that, I don’t know. He was my grandmother’s second husband, and he adopted my mom and her sister in August of 1950. While I have no memory of him, my mother’s eyes seem to light up when she talks about her “daddy”, and I am proud to call him my grandfather.

My grandmother’s third husband, Thomas Chilimpis, is the man I knew as Papa. He is the only grandfather I knew, and I treasure every memory I have of him. He was one of four children. He had two sisters and a twin brother. The photograph to the left was taken after all four of them enlisted during World War II.

Thomas enlisted in the Army while his brother Milton joined the Navy. Their sister Bess became a member of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), and their sister Minerva signed up for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).

Like all of the other veterans across the United States, my relatives stepped up when needed and helped to make this country what it is today. I thank them and all of the other veterans who have served our great nation. They have have my utmost respect and my whole-hearted appreciation for their service.

Without our veterans there would be no United States of America.

While analyzing H.R. 3200 I mentioned the clear violation of States rights as guaranteed by the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. How ironic is it that I completed my analysis of the President’s speech on health care to the Joint Session of Congress just in time for Constitution Day?

At first, I thought of writing a “traditional” Constitution Day type post where I might point out the fact that on September 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the final time and signed the Constitution of the United States of America. I thought of pointing out the fact that I scored 100% in the sample naturalization test, and the Founding Father I am most like is James Madison, from Virginia, but as you know, I’m not like anybody else. The U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of our nation’s laws and it’s important to read it, learn it, and respect it, everyday, not just on September 17th each year.

One of the biggest dangers to our Constitution is the constant stripping away of our rights by those who do so “for the common good”. Whether it’s in the name of protecting our country from terrorism, providing health care for all, or defining the rights of a child, no act, no comprehensive bill, and no U.N. Convention should be allowed to erode our rights as citizens of this great nation.

Some of our liberties slipped away with the signing of the Patriot Act and its subsequent amendments and addendums. The government wants to infringe on States rights, and more of our liberties with H.R. 3200, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, if adopted by the United States, will supersede American law and severely restrict the rights of parents in the United States.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC, has some far reaching implications. Let’s review some of the more interesting (and frightening) sections of the CRC.

Article 2 states that all states parties shall “take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child’s parents, legal guardians, or family members.”

This article will protect the child from punishment. Please take a moment and read it again, carefully. This article would terminate a parents right to discipline their children for any reason, regardless of the parent’s opinions or beliefs.

Article 5 says, “States Parties shall respect the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents or, where applicable, the members of the extended family or community as provided for by local custom, legal guardians or other persons legally responsible for the child, to provide, in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise by the child of the rights recognized in the present Convention.”

Article 5 seems to contradict Article 2 by “respecting the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents”, but then we learn that this idea only applies with the “evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance”. As long as you, as a parent, are working to help your child evolve in the appropriate direction your rights will be respected.

Article 7 states that “the child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and. as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents“.

Children will have the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents. What about those children who are adopted? Yes, it’s a clear violation of the child’s rights if they are denied the right (from birth) to know and be cared for by their parents.

Things really start to get interesting with Article 13, which says,

1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child’s choice.

2. The exercise of this right may be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary:

(a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; or

(b) For the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals.

This article gives a child the right to completely disregard the authority of his or her parents when interacting with any form of information, art, or media. This right is guaranteed even if the parents deem the material unacceptable.

Article 14 protects the child’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and places strict limitations on the rights and duties of parents forcing them to provide direction to the child in the exercise of his or her right in a manner consistent with their evolving capabilities. For example, an Episcopalian parent may be required to provide direction to their Satan worshipping child in a manner consistent with the evolving capabilities of the child’s thoughts and conscience. It’s one thing to retain a freedom of religion, it’s quite another to force a parent to help their child pursue that freedom.

Article 15 recognizes the rights of the child to “freedom of association” and “freedom of peaceful assembly“.

In other words, that demure daughter of yours will have the right to associate with anyone she wants whether you like it or not. Yes, that includes the bagboy at the supermarket with 32 piercings and the skull tattoo.

Article 16 states,

No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation

Your child will have the right to privacy and shall not be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference from anyone, including family. This means you will no longer have the right to inspect your sons room for drugs, take the pornography from under his mattress, or have the right to parental notification before that demure daughter of yours obtains an abortion because she was spending so much time with the bagboy mentioned above.

Article 19 establishes the monitoring of families to guarantee that a child’s rights have not been violated.

1. States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.

2. Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement.

These are just a few of the 54 articles defined in the CRC. The CRC was adopted and opened for signature and ratification on November 20, 1989. It became enforceable on September 2, 1990. The United States has not signed nor adopted the convention, yet a federal judge in New York has already ruled that the treaty is in fact binding on the United States under the doctrine of customary international law.

Many of the articles of the CRC consist of common sense ideas and definitions, but many of them only serve to erode the rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit. Parental rights is one of the fundamental rights that was left out of our U.S. Constitution and something needs to be done to prevent international treaties, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, from superseding the rights of parents in choosing what’s best for their children.

So what can we do about it? Parentalrights.org has information on the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution called the Parental Rights Amendment.

The Parental Rights Amendment (H.J.RES.42) states,

Section 1. The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right.

Section 2. Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.

Section 3. No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article.

The purpose of the amendment is to guarantee parental rights and specifically prohibit international law from superseding those rights. The laws of all 50 states which pertain to children and parents would be superseded by the CRC because of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which states,

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Unless an amendment is made to the U.S. Constitution which prevents states from being bound by international treaties, every state law regarding the rights of the child or the parent will be null and void. Virtually all law pertaining to children and their parents falls under state law. I’m still not sure I fully support the Parental Rights Amendment as it is written, but I would support any amendment to the Constitution which stated,

“No treaty made under the Authority of the United States will supersede the rights of citizens or the laws of any State.”

That’s about as simple as it can get and would be sure to pass by an overwhelming margin. Time is of the essence because America is finally at the point of adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. President Barack Obama supports the treaty, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been a leading advocate of this treaty for over twenty years, and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has made it clear that it’s the intention of Congress to ratify the treaty during this term of Congress.

Are you going to step up and say something, or will you sit idly by as our rights are slowly eroded? Remember, our country was founded by “we the people” and it will grow stronger by our action or fail miserably because of our inaction.

Many people feel that nothing can be done to change the direction of our country. Those people are wrong. On September 17th, 1787, fifty-six men gathered to chart a new course for our young country. All it took was stepping up and putting forth the effort to get things done.

After reading through 1,018 pages of utter nonsense that could end up ruining our ountry, I’m taking an evening off from posting to relax, re-group, and prepare for the upcoming battle on Capitol Hill.

While I take the night to relax, you should watch this cartoon title, “Make MIne Freedom” from 1948, which is actually very fitting, especially with what we’re facing today.

Sixty-five years ago, our Greatest Generation stormed the beach at Normandy, France.

These are the words of General Dwight D. Eisenhower:

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed
peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year I944 ! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of I940-4I. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned ! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory !

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory ! Good Luck ! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.