One Week From Today...

I am really looking forward to the release of The Adventures of Tintin: The Seceret of the Unicorn next Wednesday, the 21!

This film is directed by Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, E.T., Jurassic Park) and produced by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy).

The Adventures of Tintin is a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Georges Rémi(1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name of Hergé. The series was written from 1929-1986 and was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in more than 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.

Set during a largely realistic 20th century, the hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy. Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash and cynical Captain Haddock, the highly intelligent but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus and other supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson. Hergé himself features in several of the comics as a background character. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin

The new upcoming film is based on three Tintin comics.

#9: The Crab with the Golden Claws

#11 :The Secret of the Unicorn

#12: Red Rackham's Treasure

Click Here to View the Official Tintin Movie Site

Click Here to View the Tintin IMDb Page

~S

70 Years Ago Today: "A day that will live in infamy."

On December 7, 1941, 70 years ago today, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Teritory, killing more than 2,300 Americans.

The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized. A total of twelve ships sank or were beached in the attack.

More than 160 aircraft were destroyed and more than 150 others were damaged.

"Yesterday, 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 Delano Roosevelt

A hurried dispatch from the ranking United States naval officer in Pearl Harbor, Commander in Chief Pacific, provided to all major navy commands and fleet units the first official word of the attack. It said simply: AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL.

The day after, December 8th Congress declared war on Japan.

View of Pearl Harbor from a Japanese plane.

USS Arizona

The remaining surviviors of Pearl Harbor, gathered today in Hawaii for, possibly, the last time. There are not many left and soon there will be none. The conversations I have been blessed to have with WWII vets have been the most wonderful I have ever had.

Let us never forget to remember and honor those who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy today.

~S