Clear and Present Dangers . . . . Pearl Harbor Edition

“There are no extraordinary men… just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.”

~Admiral William “Bull” Halsey

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”

~Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

~Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

The magazine of the destroyer USS Shaw (DD 373) explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941

Pearl Harbor Overview – Naval Heritage and History Command