BREAKFAST CLUB OF GRAND RAPIDS
Established 1936 – John A. Collins, President
UNIVERSITY CLUB
10th Floor of the Fifth/Third Bank Building
111 Lyon St. N.W. #1025, Grand Rapids
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2022 – 7:15 a.m.
"December 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy. The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
There will forever be a controversy as to whether the Washington types knew in advance. But we do know that our military responded, and, in the process, WW2 brought about killing, mayhem and injury to last most of us a lifetime. Join our leader Paul Chardoul who will tell us about “A Historical Introduction of Unpreparedness in the Pacific.”
INVOCATOR: Mr. Eric Nelson INTRODUCER: James Booth Burr, Jr., Esq.
Pearl Harbor attack:
The surprise aerial attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese. This act was the “final straw.” The European War before the attack was anything but peaceful. On September 1, 1939, Germany’s leader, Adolph Hitler, invaded Poland. Though Germany had previously angered the British and France by annexing Austria and Hungry, this attack was the breaking point.
