June 7, 2025. In April, John Phelan, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Donald J. Trump,

posted that he visited the USS Arizona Memorial to pay my respects to the service members and civilians we lost at

Pearl Harbor on the fateful day of June 7, 1941. The Secretary of the Navy is the civilian

head of the U.S. Navy, overseeing the readiness and well-being of almost one million Navy personnel.

Phelan never served in the military. He was nominated for his post because he was a large donor to Trump's

2024 presidential campaign. He told the Senate his experience overseeing and running large companies

made him an ideal candidate for leading the Navy.

The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is famous in U.S. history as the site of a

surprise attack by 353 Japanese aircraft that destroyed or damaged more than 300 aircraft, three

destroyers,

and all eight of the U.S. battleships in the harbor.

Four of those battleships sank, including the USS Arizona,

which remains at the bottom of the harbor

as a memorial to the more than 2,400 people who died in the attack,

including the 1,177 who died on the Arizona itself.

The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II.

Pearl Harbor Day is a landmark in U.S. history.

It is observed annually and known by the name President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

called it, a date which will live in infamy. But that date was not June 7th, 84 years ago today.

It was December 7th, 1941. The Trump administration claims to be deeply concerned about American history.

In March, Trump issued an executive order calling for restoring truth and sanity to American history.

It complained, as Trump did in his first term, that there has been a concerted and

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