B-Day Writing- Tony

December 7th, 1941: The warm breeze swept through the port, the large area of water moving with a slow, relaxing rhythm across one end of the port to another as if it had a life of its own. Everything was peaceful apart from the occasional drone of a plane as it flew across the island of Oahu, where the pride of the US Navy Battleship Fleet rested at its moorings, one of many repertoires that the US Navy had in store for its enemies. It was Sunday, and, like any other Sunday, it was a time of relaxing for the navy sailors who had worked hard for the entire week, working aboard the grey, floating cities of steel as they steamed through the rough waves of the Pacific Ocean. Word was that war with Japan and its armed forces was inevitable as its military stormed across Asia, immersed in the conquering of the entire continent and gloating along the way as they pressed on unchallenged by any foe. However, the only thing the battleships were fighting as of that time were the heavy swells in the ocean as they returned to Hawaii. Viewed even from far away, it was irrefutable that the floating fortresses were exquisite. The US Navy had not been frugal when building the humongous warships, which looked like irreparable fortresses rather than ships. They were the contemporary symbol of naval superiority and any country with a fleet of battleships was most likely a country with power and influence. Aboard the ships, sailors were drowsy, still half-asleep in their bunks after a debilitating week of abject and morose work, and about to transcend into a relaxed mood where they could just party hard on the island. All was quiet for the sailors, as the waves rocked the dreadnoughts up-and-down and side-to-side. The soothing rhythm of the waves tempted the sailors back to sleep the same way treasure tempted adventurers. But sleep was one of the most perilous things that they could've done on the day of December 7th, 1941 at the time of 7:48 AM that had severe repercussions that couldn't be alleviated, much less prevented. And everything... was going to change.