My game playing habits tend to fall into trends and for some reason, I have been in a wargame “mood” for several months now, and more specifically, tactical wargames. Even the painting reinforced the difference in perspective-being from the view of a Japanese plane. However, it prompted me to think about perspective. Now, anyone who travels internationally or happens to cross the International Date Line, will realize that was the date in Japan. As I looked closer, I noticed something out of place – well, out of place to us in the US who grew up with Franklin Roosevelt’s historic radio address of “December 7th, 1941 a date that will live in infamy” - the little bronze title placard stated December 8, 1941. While viewing the pieces, I notice a painting of the attack on Pearl Harbor depicting the Japanese planes flying over the island toward the harbor. During a business trip, I was able to stop by the art museum next to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. It stems partly from my uncles, one who served on the USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea, one who fought at Iwo Jima and the other who died in New Guinea (the only one of 6 brothers to serve during WWII who was drafted) and partly from my visit to Japan in the mid-2000s. December 7th will always have a special reverence in my memory. Submitting this the day before National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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