(c) 2017 Edward York
There are days when we look back at history,
Where the memories are destined to last.
Nineteen forty-one at Pearl Harbor,
Is one memory we can never get past.
The men on the ships were unsuspecting.
They worked through their job with no clue.
They didn\'t have time for preparation,
For the battle that would shortly ensue.
They worked tirelessly trying to rescue,
So many lives just unable to save.
Many had jumped in the ocean,
Just to escape what would be a fiery grave.
So much destruction soon followed,
Planes were destroyed where they stood.
Not much could be done to stop it,
But the men just did what they could.
Many were surrounded by the battle,
With little or no chance to flee.
Their tombs are now in the ships where they stood,
And their graves are at the bottom of the sea.