Sneak Attack: Small Arms at Pearl Harbor - The Ayoob Files

American Handgunner, Jan-Feb, 2002 by Massad Ayoob

It is sad that, only 60 years after the sacrifices of so many at Pearl Harbor, a generation of Americans has arisen that wishes to disarm its brothers. Sad. And contrary to the documented lessons of something that, in perspective, is very recent history.

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