Remembering Pearl Harbor

The American flag at the East Natchitoches Post Offie was at half staff Thursday, Dec. 7 to commemorate the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Some 2,403 Americans died and 1,178 were wounded. The attack began on a Sunday at 7:48 a.m., Hawiian time. Over the course of seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island and on the British Em…