IN SCR0022

Indiana General Assembly commemorates the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred on December 7, 1941 at 7:55 a.m. at the U.S. naval base in Hawaii.

Japanese forces launched 353 aircraft in two waves, sinking four U.S. Navy battleships, damaging four others, destroying 188 aircraft, killing 2,402 American military personnel, and wounding 1,282.

Attack resulted in U.S. declaration of war on Japan on December 8, 1941, followed by Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States on December 11.

Fourteen survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, who were members of the former Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, currently reside in Indiana.

Secretary of the Senate directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to Indiana State Chairman of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, James M. Laud, Sr., and remaining Indiana Pearl Harbor survivors.