CobyRupert
Super Member
Todays Dec 8, is also the 80th anniversary of another Japanese attack.
We should remember the service men who died or where captured with the Japanese attack that started at the same time as Pearl Harbor at another U.S. held territory and military base in the Pacific, the Philippines. The Philippines seem to always be forgotten. I wonder why, they were a territory in the Pacific that was attacked just like Hawaii was. Probably because they’re a bit farther out and didn’t later become a state.
US Army forced numbered about 31,000 there before the attack. Many went on to fight in the Battle of Bataan and were part of the brutal death March. R.I.P.
We should remember the service men who died or where captured with the Japanese attack that started at the same time as Pearl Harbor at another U.S. held territory and military base in the Pacific, the Philippines. The Philippines seem to always be forgotten. I wonder why, they were a territory in the Pacific that was attacked just like Hawaii was. Probably because they’re a bit farther out and didn’t later become a state.
US Army forced numbered about 31,000 there before the attack. Many went on to fight in the Battle of Bataan and were part of the brutal death March. R.I.P.