"The degenerative and loony should never be denigrated but, rather, thanked. In their absence, the rest of you would be obliged to fill congressional seats... positions naturally unsavory to the sane and honorable."

Thorax

All the way, sir!!!

Type A, B & C Midget Submarines--
Japanese Type A Midget Submarines used in the attack on Pearl Harbor

The Japanese Navy included five Type A midget submarines in the Pearl Harbor raid of 7 December 1941. Transported on board large I type submarines, the midgets were launched near the entrance to Pearl Harbor the night before the attack was to begin. One, spotted trying to enter the harbor before dawn, was attacked by USS Ward (DD-139) and presumably sunk in the first combat action of the as yet unopened Pacific War. At least one of the midgets was able to enter the harbor and was sunk there by USS Monaghan (DD-354). Another, the Ha-19, unsuccessful in its attempts to penetrate Pearl Harbor, drifted around to the east coast of Oahu and was captured there the day after the attack.

Three of the five Pearl Harbor midget submarines have been salvaged, Ha-19 immediately after the attack and the one sunk by USS Monaghan a few days later. The third was found off the harbor entrance in 1960. Monaghan's submarine was buried in a landfill shortly after its recovery. The other two are on exhibit, Ha-19 at Fredericksburg, Texas, and the one found in 1960 at Eta Jima, Japan.

The two remaining midgets are still unaccounted for, including the one attributed to USS Ward. Recent studies of Pearl Harbor attack photograpy have led some observers to argue that one of the midgets was in place off "Battleship Row" as the Japanese torpedo planes came in, and may have fired its torpedoes at USS Oklahoma (BB-37) or USS West Virginia (BB-48). This contention is still controversial, but, if it is true, one Type A midget submarine may lie undiscovered inside Pearl Harbor.

This page features views of, or related to, the Japanese Type A midget submarines used in the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japtp-ss/mdg-a-2.htm

"Let's Go Downtown" - Flight of the Intruder
 

http://www.327infantry.org/second/c_co 

Same Mud Same Blood - NBC documentary filmed 1967 RVN, chronicle Frank McGee

 The feeling was still there in 1969 about the attack on Pearl Harbor, but you really don't understand anything about Dec 7, untill you visit the Arizona Memorial.

 I wonder what history will show how we remembered 9-11, some 50 years from now?

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 Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there, Eighty are just targets, Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." - Hericletus, circa 500 BC

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OK, I can really only go by what has been documented and carried down thru to our generation, but could someone please tell me if this yahoo on this site has any credibility whatsoever, or is just spouting bilge water.

I googled "lessons from pearl harbor" and looked into the results 6 links down the list - looks like the writer supports ISR for socialism!

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Civil_Liberties/Pearl%20Harbor_Internment.html

"Let's Go Downtown" - Flight of the Intruder
 

http://www.327infantry.org/second/c_co 

Same Mud Same Blood - NBC documentary filmed 1967 RVN, chronicle Frank McGee