Pearl Harbour

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Ths week marks the 70-year anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that pushed the U.S. into officially entering World War II by declaring war on Japan.
On the morning of December 7, 1941 over 350 Japanese planes attacked the American navy base in Hawaii killing 2,402 people and basically obliterating the U.S. military fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor.

See photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 >

 

U.S. Navy