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As soon as I read the post title I knew it was 12/7. I am better about remembering this when it's the work week and I have to jot the date down.

I remembered last night for some reason.

@mrbee: was it an issue for you growing up? I don't know what our age difference is, but I don't recall even knowing the depth of it until my college history courses.

@Mrs. Polish: oops, never replied to this!

I felt bad about Pearl Harbor growing up, so it was more just my own bad feelings. In terms of anti-Japanese sentiment, it's general strongest among older Koreans and some Chinese (for good reason)... but that has faded over time. Today, my anecdotal sense is that many Japanese think more often of Nagasaki and Hiroshima than any attacks or atrocities their country participated in. But that's more for native Japanese, as opposed to most Japanese Americans that I've talked to.

My family didn't fight in the war (on either side actually)... so I don't have any familial guilt over any of this. I've read a bunch about the war though, as I can relate to both sides a bit through my family background.