Pearl Harbor Day – Dec. 7th or Dec. 8th?
Pearl Harbor Day.
Is it on December 7th or December 8th?
For years and years I thought it was December 8th. It comes partly with being slow of mind, but also because the 20 some years that I remembered it being December 8th, I was living in Japan.
When I read the morning newspapers, they said today was the day Japan in 1941 attacked Pearl Harbor.
A quick glance at the date above – December 8th.
So, the date stuck.
Then, when I returned to the States, suddenly it was December 7th.
Thinking…thinking….
Right…the international date line.
Japanese text books say Japan attacked on Dec. 8th, but it was still the 7th on this side of the IDL.
Whew!
And, I thought I was losing it.
What do you think about on Pearl Harbor Day?
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December 8, 2007
Hi Bill , you asked …I think about my daughter on Pearl Harbor Day . It is on this day in 1941 when the United States realized that our trust in Japan was not deserved, and that we were in effect, asleep with regards to Japan. On behalf of my illegally abducted American daughter, Melissa Braden, and the thousands of other illegally abducted children being held in Japan , and in hindsight, I suggest that we should all seriously consider the lesson of history on this day. Japanese people should seriously consider the perception of Japan that has continued to spread around the planet with regards to the Human Rights violations so carefully hidden in Japan , but that come to the surface in international dealings .
It appears that the Japan of 2007 has not changed in many ways from the pre-war Japan. Much of their actions may still be driven by the Empirical rule-the-world viewpoint that had to be stopped in WWII. Many significant parallels may be drawn between the history of the 1930s and 1940s, and today.
Today, Japan allows its citizens to ignore the laws, jurisdiction, and custody rulings previously established in another country , and in effect steal our children with impunity.
According to the US Dept of State and the NCMEC , JAPAN IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO RETURN EVEN 1 SINGLE ILLEGALLY ABDUCTED CHILD FROM! Japan continues to defiantly operate in numerous areas, as if they are not a part of our global society and should not be held up to international standards on numerous issues, in spite of the way they appear to the rest of the world. Today, for their handling of international child abductions, Japan has been demarched by most of the industrialized world, and their response has been zero.
Healing these old wounds from WWII is a two-way street. The Childrens Rights Council of Japan estimates that there are over 10,000 outstanding cases …all of them unresolved .
If you see a Pearl Harbor Day event, stop in and talk to those fellow Americans and any Japanese involved. Help spread our story.
Sincerely,
Patrick Braden
Global(dot)Future(at)Yahoo(dot)com