Smart Talk: Pearl Harbor 74 years later; Refugees in PA
What to look for on Smart Talk Monday, December 7, 2015:
U.S.S. Arizona
At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the American Pacific Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt famously said in a speech before Congress and the nation that December 7th would live, “as a day of infamy.”
The bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. It also was one of the defining events in American history.
More than 2,400 Americans were killed and another 1,300 wounded.
Thousands survived the attack and went on to help the U.S. defeat Japan and Germany to win the war.
Seventy-four years later, there are not many Pearl Harbor survivors left.
One of the heroes of Pearl Harbor will be with us on Monday’s Smart Talk.
Maj. Hank Heim
Retired Maj. Henry Heim makes his home in Central Pennsylvania. He was a machine gunner at Pearl Harbor and has quite a story to tell.
Dr. Conrad Crane, Chief of Historical Services at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, also joins us.
Dr. Conrad Crane
Also, WITF Keystone Crossroads reporter Emily Previti is with us to talk about Lancaster and refugees.
