Monthly Archives: November 2019

A rush of adrenaline surged through him as Commander Mitsuo Fuchida slid back the canopy of his torpedo bomber. He fired a dark blue flare to signal the 182 planes behind him and ordered his radio man to send the code words Tora! Tora! Tora! back to his carrier Akagi. Surprise at Pearl Harbor had been achieved. Like a hurricane out of nowhere, my torpedo planes, dive bombers and fighters struck suddenly with indescribable fury. As smoke began to billow…..

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            My name is Tisquantum. I was born among the Patuxets, in the area now known as Massachusetts in the year 1592. Life was hard for my people. To survive, we had to know how to hunt and fish, how to plant crops and how to store provisions for the harsh winters. But I loved my family and my people.  Life took a dramatic turn for me in my thirteenth year. In 1605 an English sea captain named George Weymouth…..

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