X-Message-Number: 19946 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:54:03 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: [off topic] Missing URL for Anthrax story--What if? Pearl Harbor I sent my previous post too soon. This URL was buried in the text "How is anthrax made into a weapon of death?" http://www.cnn.com/interactive/health/0110/anthrax.weaponized/frameset.exclude.html On another note I found this tidbit about how WE actually fired the first shot at Pearl Harbor, by sinking a mini sub headed for Pearl merely an hour or so before the Japanese attacked. Now my question is, who screwed the pooch on this one? An hour lead time and they couldn't put Pearl on alert status? Think of the lives that could have been saved. Heck, an hour was enough time to get the president to call the Jaanese and warn them to stop, maybe stopping that part of the war all togeether, though doubtful I admit. Their Pacific conquests would have urged action at some point. Here's the story: Look What They Found in Pearl Harbor! By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor A Japanese midget submarine has been located deep in the waters near Pearl Harbor--a discovery so significant it could rewrite the history of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Why? The submarine sunk more than an hour before the aerial attack that killed 2,390 people, wounded 1,178, damaged 21 U.S. ships, damaged or destroyed 323 aircraft, and brought the United States into World War II. The sub sunk because it was fired on by a Navy destroyer. That means the United States--not the Japanese--fired the first shot and inflicted the first casualties. See amazing photos of the Japanese midget submarine in the depths of Pearl Harbor. http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/ns/photosearch.jsp?&cap=pearl+harbor [These photos are not as described. They show the remotely piloted sub that found the mini sub and show a model of a Japanese mini sub only.] The submarine, which is 78 feet long and is believed to have been sunk by the USS Ward, led four other Japanese midget submarines into Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 to take part in the attack. The remains of the two Japanese crewmen are probably still inside the sub. "It's the shot that started World War II between the Americans and the Japanese," John Wiltshire, associate director of the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, which found the sub, told The Associated Press. The submarine is covered in growth, but it is still in excellent condition. "To actually come across it was a sobering moment, realizing that was the shot that started the Pacific war," Terry Kerby, chief pilot of the deep-diving submersible that found the submarine, told AP. Eyewitness accounts have always insisted a submarine was sunk before the aerial attack began, but those accounts could never be confirmed with hard evidence. Until now. "What they saw and what they felt was their recollection, now the proof has been found," historian Daniel Martinez told AP. We salute the U.S. armed forces. Download this FREE military screen saver from TIME and LIFE featuring images from "The Power and the Glory." http://channels.netscape.com/ns/wrap/linker.jsp?floc=ns-wnew&ref=http://www.life.com/Life/lifebooks/military/screensaver.html [I don't think this is free but could be wrong. I didn't] Here's another story on the newly found mini sub. http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/28/pearl.harbor.sub.ap/index.html James -- MY WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/~davidpascal/swayze/ A COLLECTION of photos of me and some of my artwork: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292752723&code=2039335&mode=invite A RADIO INTERVIEW on Dr. J's ChangeSurfer Radio program with me and the father of cryonics Prof. Robert Ettinger, author of "The Prospect of Immortality": http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=3728 A RELIGION I actually recommend: http://uk.geocities.com/venturist2001/index.html A FAVORITE quote: Last lines of the first Star Trek the Next Generation movie. Capt. Picard: "What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived, after all Number One, we're only mortal." Will Ryker: "Speak for yourself captain, I intend to live forever!" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19946