In the chaos of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor many heroes arose. Fifteen members of the United States Navy were awarded Medals of Honor for actions that day, four came from the flagship of the Battle Force of the US Pacific Fleet, USS California.
The appeal of one strange object, which achieved dizzying popularity in my lifetime, and today lives on mostly for nostalgia, is not so difficult to explain. All you need to do is turn one on and wait.
During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.