Back to Golden Days

Three of my greatest passions are writing, history and the Old Hollywood era. When I created Back to Golden Days almost 11 years ago, I wanted to share my love for the films and stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, hoping to find people with the same interests. Learning more about this fascinating period of time and having people taking the time to read my articles has been an absolute joy.   Another one of my biggest passions is World War II. I have been completely fascinated by it ever since I learned about it in history class when I was in 9th grade. On this blog, I have written about some male actors who served in the armed forces and actually saw combat during World War, as well as some of the contributions made to the war effort on the homefront, such as the creation of the Hollywood Canteen . But I wanted to learn more, and I wanted to write more. So, I decided to start a new blog, which I named  Hollywood at War , where I will be writing about Hollywood during...

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy led a surprise military strike against the American naval base stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  Commencing at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time, the attack was carried out by 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launching from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships stationed at the base were damaged, with four sunk. All but the USS Arizona , which exploded beyond repair after being hit by four armour-piercing bombs, were later raised, and six were returned to service for the remainder of the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. In addition, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,430 Americans were killed, and 1,178 others were wounded. The following day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared war against Japan, which fully plunged the United States into World War II. After the attack on Pea...