Backblast by Trey Fussell (Bill Nye) on 12/07/2023

Backblast Pearl Harbor
Thursday 12/7/23
AO: <#C068S18DSHE|ao_excalibur>
Q: Trey Fussell (Bill Nye)
PAX: Sharkbait (Jarrod Scott), Lucky, Tarzan, Rubix, Kubota (Brandon Long), Swoosh, Jack Ryan (David Foster)
FNG: 0
Total: 8
Conditions: Cold 30 F and clear

Warm-Up:
SSH
Good Mornings
Willy Mays Hayes

The Thang:
Pearl Harbor was attacked on this day in 1941.
P – Partner Carry (1 min per person to the military memorial)
The day after the attack, the US entered WW 2
E – Escalator (10 burpees, 20 WW2, 30 Arm circles, 40 shoulder taps , 50 calf raises
Nearly 20 American naval vessels, including 8 battleships and over 300 planes were damaged or destroyed
A – Aiken Legs (20 squats, 20 Box Jumps, 20 lunges, 20 Side Squats)
More than 2400 Americans died in the attack, over 1000 wounded
R – Ranger Merkins-25
L – LBCs (24 i.c.)
Half of the dead were on the USS Arizona, which now serves as a memorial to the Americans who died in the attack.

H – Happy Jacks (do 5 SSH i.c. after 5th 2 jump squats) x4
Mosey to rock pile
The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted for 1 hr and 15 min.
A – All About the Benjamins – 25 curls, 25 walking lunges, 25 squats, 25 walking lunges
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of the US and asked Congress to declare war on Japan.
R – Ranger Merkins – 25
3 days later Japan’s allies Germany and Italy declared war on the US
B – Bohemian Rhapsody – Slow freddy’s with a 5 second hold on each side (5 each side) finish with regular freddy’s 10 i.c.
The attack did not destroy all of the American Pacific fleet
This part was unfinished due to bad time management.
O – Outlaw – 10 each direction
The Battleship Missouri represented the end of the war because it hosted the formal surrender of Japan on Sept 2 1945.
R – Roxanne – In plank position, do merkin at every “red light”

Mary:
No Time

COT:
Announcements:
Prayers: Emily radiation, praise from Swoosh’s church-they can move into their building