[Publib] History

[Backwage at aol.com]

Today's New York Times contains some very interesting material.   They've put 
together a collection of articles and photographs revealing the  rebuilding 
of the Pearl Harbor Naval facilities after the attack of December  1941.  
Included in the report are communications about the wartime  censorship of the 
original articles by writer Robert Trumbull--none of the  pieces saw light during 
the war.  A good introduction to any discussion  about censorship in wartime, 
or any other time, for that matter.  And the  entire series of articles and 
archives would be good to print for any   library's collection.  
 
How long ago was all that?  Three houses down from me lives a man who  was 
stationed on the USS Maryland (BB-46).  She was inboard of the  Oklahoma, which 
took at least five bomb hits, rolled over and  sank.  Maryland, hit twice, 
survived more or less intact and  fought through the rest of the war.  History is 
all around us.
 
See:  _http://www.nytimes.com/opinion/opinionspecial/index.html_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/opinion/opinionspecial/index.html) 
 
Michael McGrorty
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