December 7, 2022 |
The U.S. and Wyoming flags are at half-mast today in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Governor Mark Gordon, in accordance with a presidential proclamation, ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until midnight tonight to commemorate the patriots who perished or were wounded and who on December 7, 1941.
Over the course of nearly two hours during the Sunday morning surprise attack, a fleet of Japanese fighters and bombers assaulted the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in hopes of crippling the US Navy for the duration of World War II.
In total, 2,403 Americans were killed during the attack. Most the dead, 2,008, were enlisted with the Navy, 218 were members of the US Army, 109 were Marines, and 68 were civilians.
Pictured above: A U.S. battleship sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack.
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
