Yakima is invited to share in the public visitation and burial Friday and Saturday of 24-year-old Patrick Lloyd Chess who was killed on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
he attack killed 24-hundred people and wounded another 12-hundred, while destroying eight of the battleships and a bunch of the cruisers in the pacific fleet.
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened December 7th in 1941. This is a day that none of us should ever forget. We lost many brave men and woman on that day. It was a surprise strike on United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution (More info)
1941 – In an early-morning sneak attack, Japanese warplanes bomb the US naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter World War II (More info)