December 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy. I am off today because I am going with some fellow members of the Native Sons of the Golden West to dedicate the pier at the former Alameda Naval Air Station, now called Alameda Point, from which General James Doolittle and his raiders embarked aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) for their raid on Japan as a historical site. Preserving the memory of General Doolittle and the men who flew with him seems like a very worthy thing to do on this day, a day which more than any other changed the lives of Americans. I hope and pray that this country will never have to live through another December 7, 1941 nor another September 11, 2001.
