The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story.
By Capt. Don SandersSpecial to NKyTribune
Eighty-four years ago today, Sunday, December 07, 1941, the Empire of Japan “suddenly and deliberately attacked” the U. S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war. The Senate responded with a unanimous vote in support of war; only Montana pacifist Jeanette Rankin dissented in the House.
At 4 p.m. that same afternoon, President Roosevelt signed the declaration of war…