Japanese picked a good weekend to attackWhat John Zarli says most people don’t know about Dec. 7, 1941, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, is that Dec. 5 was payday.
That means most of the fleet had been out partying that weekend and weren’t in the best shape on Sunday morning,” the 89-year-old former sailor recalled.
But he guesses the Japanese knew that quite well.
Zarli, and an Army veteran of the attacks, Abe Stein, were honored at the Fort Lauderdale Coast Guard Station on Sunday in a ceremony held by the Coast Guard, the Navy League and the Broward County Navy Days.
The ceremony included dropping a wreath in the water, honoring the 2,402 U.S. service members who died that day, and a young Coast Guardsman playing taps on a bugle.
But the fact it was payday was how Zarli, a machinist’s mate and a submariner, came to have the duty on Dec. 7, 1941. It was he who […]
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Japanese picked a good weekend to attackFrom Marinecorpstimes.com (USMC)
