It was a "Day of Infamy" at Pearl Harbor when a fresh-faced, 17-year-old, Arles Cole miraculously escaped the USS West Virginia, rescued a shipmate, & hoisted Old Glory as the battle raged on... "...The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost...Japan has undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area.... No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.... With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God." - From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's declaration of war, December 8, 1941. Arles Cole was born in 1923 in the hills of eastern Oklahoma and grew up on a small farm where he helped his family work the land. His father's...

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