Lakeland in Polk County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Pearl Harbor Memorial
Veterans Memorial Park
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
1. Pearl Harbor Memorial
Inscription.
Pearl Harbor Memorial. Veterans Memorial Park.
we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vein Remember Dec. 7th! . Images of the attack from top to left clockwise Photo #1: A 1942 poster by Allen Sandburg, issued by the office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in remembrance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor features a quotation from Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address, "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vein Photo #2: torpedo planes attack "Battleships Row" as viewed from a Japanese aircraft. West Virginia, Oklahoma and California, torpedoed marked by ripples and, spreading oil, listing to port. Torpedo drop splashes and running tracks visible at left and center. Photo #3: The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode asa Japanese bomb hit. Photo #4: sailors rescue a survivor alongside the sunken US West Virginia. (BB-48).
"A Day that Will Live in Infamy" . At 7:48 am On December 7, 1941, a surprise military strike was conducted by the Imperial Japanese navy against the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers, 353 fighter, planes, bombers and Torpedo planes attacked in two waves. Four U.S. Navy battleships Were SUI (all were raised except the USS Arizona, which remains today a memorial park the resting place of 1,102 sailors and marines killed on the ship during the attack .) The Japanese also hit three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. 188 US aircraft were destroyed, 2403 Americans were killed and 1178 wounded. The attack was a profound shock to the country. Precipationing Americas entry into World War II.
Memorial History . This plaza and Pearl Harbor Memorial were made possible with sponsorship from Wanda Pope Felton, The Polk County Veterans Council, and local individuals and organizational philanthropists. Mrs. Felton donated, this memorial to honor her late husband, Navy Captain Lester Pope who manned the base hospital while she and her 15 - month - old daughter sought refuge in the Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Stations Officer Quarters basement. On December, 2014, the 73rd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, this monument was dedicated to honor the generation of Americans who fought in World War II. Visitors to this memorial are encouraged to explore additional information regarding Pearl Harbor and World War II.
we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vein
Remember Dec. 7th!
Images of the attack from top to left clockwise
Photo #1: A 1942 poster by Allen Sandburg, issued by the office of
War Information, Washington, D.C., in remembrance of the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor features a quotation from Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address, "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vein Photo #2: torpedo planes attack
"Battleships Row" as viewed from a Japanese aircraft. West Virginia,
Oklahoma and California, torpedoed marked by ripples and, spreading oil, listing to port. Torpedo drop splashes and running
tracks visible at left and center. Photo #3: The forward magazines
of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode asa Japanese bomb hit. Photo #4:
sailors rescue a survivor alongside the sunken US West Virginia. (BB-48).
"A Day that Will Live in Infamy"
At 7:48 am On December 7, 1941, a surprise military strike was conducted by the Imperial Japanese navy against the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launched from six Japanese aircraft
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carriers, 353 fighter, planes, bombers and Torpedo planes attacked in two waves. Four U.S. Navy battleships Were SUI
(all were raised except the USS Arizona, which remains today a memorial park the resting place of 1,102 sailors and marines killed on the ship during the attack .) The Japanese also hit three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. 188 US aircraft were destroyed, 2403 Americans were killed and 1178 wounded. The attack was a profound shock to the country.
Precipationing Americas entry into World War II.
Memorial History
This plaza and Pearl Harbor Memorial were made possible with
sponsorship from Wanda Pope Felton, The Polk County Veterans
Council, and local individuals and organizational philanthropists. Mrs.
Felton donated, this memorial to honor her late husband, Navy
Captain Lester Pope who manned the base hospital while she and
her 15 - month - old daughter sought refuge in the Kaneohe Bay
Naval Air Stations Officer Quarters basement. On December, 2014,
the 73rd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, this monument was dedicated to honor the generation of
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
2. Pearl Harbor Memorial
Americans who fought in World War II.
Visitors to this memorial are encouraged to explore additional information regarding Pearl Harbor and World War II.
Location. 28° 2.429′ N, 81° 57.984′ W. Memorial is in Lakeland, Florida, in Polk County. It can be reached from Lake Beulah Drive 0.1 miles north of Lime Street. Located on the grounds of Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 141 Lake Beulah Dr, Orlando FL 32801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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via Naval History and Heritage Command, December 7, 1941
3. USS Arizona (BB-39) ablaze, immediately following the explosion of her forward magazines.
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
Naval History and Heritage Command website entry Click for more information.
Regarding Pearl Harbor Memorial. Whether the typographical errors present are in the actual marker or in the transcription cannot be determined without the corresponding photos to examine.
Also see . . . Veterans Memorial Park. City of Lakeland website entry (Submitted on October 21, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 295 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 1, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 3. submitted on October 21, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
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