Young men just boys
enlisted or were drafted
to serve their country,
to help free the world
of tyrants and threats,
only to find themselves
dead or seriously injured
in a cowardly surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor
by the Japanese military
December 7, 1941
a day to remember
many lives were cut short
families ties broken
in a day of senseless
terror and destruction
that began our involvement
in World War II