Imagine you’re a ten-year-old living in Honolulu, Hawaii, just a few blocks from Waikiki.

Now imagine you wake up on a beautiful December morning to the sounds of planes overhead and explosions not so very far away.

You’re too young to understand: Why these planes are attacking. Why your mother and grandmother are so frightened. Why you won’t see your father again for more than 3 years.

And you definitely don’t understand that you’ve just witnessed America's entry into the Second World War.

Learn more about the people trying to keep Pacific POWs’ memories alive.

• Philippine Scout Heritage Society -- https://www.philippinescouts.org/
• American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society -- https://www.adbcmemorialsociety.org/

You’ll find images and maps about my family’s Pearl Harbor experience:

- Instagram: @leftbehindpodcast   -- www.instagram.com/leftbehindpodcast

- Left Behind Facebook: www.facebook.com/people/Left-Behind-Podcast/100092698653154/

- Left Behind Website (includes sources): https://leftbehindpodcast.com/PearlHarbor