Remember Pearl Harbo…

Remember Pearl Harbor…or not.

Remember Pearl Harbor?

The battle cry that once stirred troops to action has become a question that now stirs anguish in vets.

These days, few cast their minds back to Pearl Harbor, and some people under 30 are hard pressed to recite what happened on that “Day of Infamy” exactly 64 years ago.

“I have no idea whatsoever,” said Kristina Krakehl, 23, of Boca Raton.

“It’s not really that significant,” Brinsley Elliott, 20, of Fort Lauderdale, said after being told why Dec. 7, 1941, is notable in U.S. history.

Future interview, circa September, 2061:

“Remember 9/11?”

“Yeah, for calling the police, right? Oh the airplane thing! Eh, not really that significant.”

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