Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Wednesday at a wreath-laying at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In an earlier message to survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, Panetta praised them as “the greatest generation.”
“I know you take great pride, as I do, that your legacy lives on in today’s men and women in uniform, who have borne the burden of a decade of war, and who are truly this nation’s next greatest generation,” said Panetta. “The 9/11 generation, like you, has stepped forward in your image of service and sacrifice, volunteering for military duty after another sudden and terrible attack on our shores.”
Panetta added that the sacrifice of veterans allowed for them to pass on a better world to their children and their grandchildren.
“This has always been the American dream, a dream we can realize because of the determination of our citizens to defend it,” Panetta said.
On Dec. 7, 1941, over 2,000 Americans perished in a surprise attack by Japanese forces on Pearl Harbor, prompting American’s entry into World War II.
In an earlier message to survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, Panetta praised them as “the greatest generation.”
“We treasure you. You have brought everlasting credit to your fallen comrades. The men and women in today’s military stand on the shoulders of your individual and combined sacrifice and service to our nation,” said Panetta, according to the Department of Defense. “You are the veterans of that greatest generation. You have lived full lives and witnessed years of great prosperity because of the freedom you helped to secure for America and her allies.”
The Defense Secretary drew a parallel between the survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor and survivors of 9/11.“I know you take great pride, as I do, that your legacy lives on in today’s men and women in uniform, who have borne the burden of a decade of war, and who are truly this nation’s next greatest generation,” said Panetta. “The 9/11 generation, like you, has stepped forward in your image of service and sacrifice, volunteering for military duty after another sudden and terrible attack on our shores.”
Panetta added that the sacrifice of veterans allowed for them to pass on a better world to their children and their grandchildren.
“This has always been the American dream, a dream we can realize because of the determination of our citizens to defend it,” Panetta said.
On Dec. 7, 1941, over 2,000 Americans perished in a surprise attack by Japanese forces on Pearl Harbor, prompting American’s entry into World War II.
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