Pearl Harbor was just one target on December 7th.
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Originally Posted by tis
I remember visiting there---- I wish I could explain the feeling I got---it was very strange.
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That feeling could have been the warm sun...combined with the gentle rattling of palm fronds in the breeze. Viewing the ravages of December 7th—with the balmy quiet of the harbor—you probably experienced the confusion of tension and discomfort known as "cognitive-dissonance".
My Dad—most of whose patrol-aircraft squadron was destroyed that day—had a similar experience at the Arizona Memorial in a 1980's visit. While there, a group of Japanese tourists were conducting a ceremony memorializing the Japanese pilots who died in the attack.
Speaking of tension and discomfort, try to empathize with Hawaii tourists who looked out their hotel windows to take in their new view of Waikiki Beach: