Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. [explosions] their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all of north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. [explosions] only one of the worlds major powers was still not at war the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941, and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. As if she was the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in new york, Early Morning in hawaii, and another great harbor where american ships rested dockside. Planes with cold engines stood idle at nearby hickam field when suddenly, without warning [explosions] [airplanes roaring] [explosions] [somber music] [rousing music] the immediate Japanese Military objective was to knock out United States naval and air pow
Pres. Trump i stand before you at this noble fortress of american liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free. Earlier today the first lady and in their sacred honor at Arlington National cemetery. Now we come together to salute the flag they gave their lives so boldly and brilliantly we pledge and their Cherished Memories that this majestic flag will proudly fly forever. We are joined for todays ceremony by secretary of defense mark esper. Secretary of the interior david bernhardt, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general congressman andy harris, and a number of Service Members and veterans of the armed forces. The dignity, daring, and devotion of the American Military is unrivaled anywhere in history and anywhere in the world. In recent months our nation and the world have been engaged in a new form of battle against an invisible enemy. The men and women of the United States military have answered the call to duty and raced into danger. T
Going to see probably tomorrow in a to wednesday, potentially. Heres a look at the memorial day proper forecast today 70s, the coast 90s going on in london. We have a heat advisory covering a good piece of real estate, not quite the coverage that we saw from the watch of yesterday well get into all of that and of course a lot of county with the warning will have that in your more extended forecast in just a bit marty back to you ok day thank you well as the day warms up around the bay area lot more people expected to head outdoors to enjoy. Their memorial day commemoration kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in dolores park in San Francisco with what we can expect later today and sarah that has been a popular place over the weekend. Marty a dolores park has been a popular place for people to get out of their homes during the shelterinplace and people are just eager to get out as its memorial day they have the day off or they want to enjoy the outdoors like they normally do however were still in
This was the europe of 1941. The nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgium, denmark, norway, and luxembourg. Russian armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. Their objective, to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forces were driving forward in their bloody conquest of china. Only one of the worlds major powers was still not at war. The United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941, and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. As if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in new york, Early Morning in hawaii. And another great harbor where American Warships were at dockside or anchored. Planes with cold engines stood idle at nearby hickam field, when suddenly, without warning [ sound of explosions ] [ sounds of plane engines an