December 7th 1941
Next Wednesday is Pearl Harbor Day. There are some events that happen in one’s lifetime that change the course of history. While it happened before I was born it was such a history changing event that it was still a day that, because of my parents it stayed with me none the less. For anyone who wants some more information on December 7, 1941 here are several sites with that information.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/pearl-harbor-december-7-1941
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pearl-harbor-bombed
https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack
Of course, there are many more sites and printed articles to look at.
At the time my dad was too old to be drafted so he worked at the Defoe Shipbuilding Co in Bay City Michigan during and for a long time after the war.
Here is some information on Defoe Shipbuilding in Bay City.