President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used these words to describe December 7, 1941. On that clear and sunny Sunday morning the Empire of Japan attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. All it took was a couple of hours to strike a major blow to the American war machine. That day, the United States suffered:
- 3,345 casualties
- The loss of:
- 188 airplanes
- 8 battleships
- 3 light cruisers
Four carriers had been assigned to the Pacific battle group to protect Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. They were the Enterprise, Lexington, Yorktown and the Saratoga. Fortunately, the carriers were not moored at Pearl Harbor during the attack. If they had been damaged or destroyed, there would have been no effective defense preventing a Japanese invasion of the United States West Coast.
Why weren’t the American carriers docked at Pearl Harbor? Japanese intelligence indicated they were there, and photographed surveillance confirmed this days before. The USS Saratoga had undergone an overhaul in Washington and had sailed to the Naval Air Station in San Diego. Aircraft and supplies were to be loaded there before it headed to Pearl Harbor. The Saratoga was in San Diego the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Enterprise was dispatched on November 28 to move aircraft to Wake Island. The Enterprise was not scheduled to return to Pearl Harbor until later on December 7. The Lexington had carried out a similar mission moving planes and supplies to Midway Island. The Yorktown was en route to Hawaii after being reassigned from the Atlantic Fleet.
If the attack on Pearl Harbor would have occurred just 24 hours later, we could have lost at least two aircraft carriers as well. If that would have happened, the United States would have been dominated in the Pacific. The likelihood of an invasion on US soil could have been imminent. Our ability to defend Western Civilization against the Axis powers in World War II would have been drastically diminished. Think of how different America and the rest of the world could have been.
Today 1,177 sailors still lie within the sunken battleship USS Arizona. This is their final resting place. Oil can still be seen leaking from its hull 81 years later. Thousands of people travel there every year to commemorate this event and honor their service. Our world was saved due to the service and sacrifice of 18, 19 and 20+ year-olds. That Sunday morning was sunny and peaceful. Warning signs were ignored – signs that could have led to the defeat of our Republic
Today our Republic is in jeopardy as well, albeit in other ways. We have strayed from our Founding Principles and our Constitution. We have allowed much of our society to decay into immorality, and we have allowed our government to lose virtue. The good news is we can fix these problems. We can restore our Constitution and our Republic. How, you say? We do this by pursuing and championing Absolute Truths. We have the opportunity to be successful if we remain faithful and committed to our duty. Or, will we again ignore the warning signs?
After the attack on Pearl Harbor and upon learning that none of the US carriers were present, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” You are here because you know our Republic is ill. We need your help. If you are not a volunteer, I humbly ask you to go to www.conventionofstates.com/take_action to sign up and become one. With God’s guidance and grace, we will be the light that helps save this once magnificent country.
In liberty,
Brett
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