As Twitchy reported, SpaghettiOs’ Pearl Harbor tweet is getting a lot of attention today. While some thanked SpaghettiOs for at least remembering Pearl Harbor, others bristled at the image of the grinning SpaghettiOs mascot sticking out its Miley-tongue in remembrance.
Twitter user Allan Bourdius offers a better use of social media on the day we remember those who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
It would be very poignant if @USSArizona reached a minimum of 1,177 followers by 1:06 PM EST/8:06 AM HST today. #PearlHarbor #NeverForget
— Allan (@UnrealAllan) December 7, 2013
1,177 were KIA aboard #USSArizona #BB39 12/7/1941 when she was destroyed at 0806HST/1306EST. Let's get @USSArizona that many followers! #FF
— Allan (@UnrealAllan) December 7, 2013
The @USSArizona Twitter account’s mission is “honoring the officers and men of BB-39.” A selection of recent tweets:
72 years ago the USS Arizona sails into Pearl Harbor for the final time and is moored at Battleship Row. #PearlHarbor72
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 6, 2013
Tomorrow is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Nearly half of all the casualties that day, occurred on the USS Arizona. #PearlHarbor72
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 6, 2013
The USS Arizona band watched a band competition the night of December 6th. They would all die aboard the Arizona. pic.twitter.com/ZHY58eCQEL
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 6, 2013
The USS Arizona's band was known as being "the best US Navy band in the whole Pacific Fleet.” pic.twitter.com/n7qPNoChMc
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 6, 2013
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Join us tomorrow as we tweet live from the 72nd Anniversary #PearlHarbor72 Commemoration at the Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 6, 2013
Pearl Harbor sleeps quietly just as it did 72 years ago. The Arizona and its moment in history was but a few hours away. #PearlHarbor72
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 7, 2013
Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pause and remember those lives lost on what would become a “Day of Infamy”. #PearlHarbor72
— USSArizona (@USSArizona) December 7, 2013
@USSArizona currently has just over 650 followers.
https://twitter.com/mgc1967one/status/409331276072902656
[Update]
Goal reached. Thank you, Twitchy readers.
We got the 1,177 for the @USSArizona KIAs; let's get to 2,390 for each & every #PearlHarbor KIA by 7:55am HT/12:55pm ET!!! #NeverForget
— Allan (@UnrealAllan) December 7, 2013
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