Chuck Fleischmann remembers 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Chuck Fleischmann remembered the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

“Seventy years ago today, our country was attacked on a sleepy Sunday morning in Hawaii. In a matter of hours we were at war with Japan and the Second World War had reached our shores. Many brave Americans lost their lives that day fighting back against the sneak attack, and many still remain entombed at the bottom of the harbor to this day. The attack on Pearl Harbor sparked the rise of what become known as our country’s ‘Greatest Generation’; a generation of men and women who served our country both overseas and at home in a worldwide fight for freedom,” Fleischmann said.

“My dad is one of those who served in World War II, and I have seen in him the strength, patriotism and honor that made America so great during those trying times. Today we remember those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor and those who fired the first shots of America’s fight for freedom against fascism. December 7, 1941 is truly a day that ‘live[s] in infamy’, and one that reminds us of what Americans are capable of when their country needs them.”