Don’t need a reminder that December 7, tomorrow, is anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

But wonder if two great-grandsons will grow up to know the date as something other than their Dad’s birthday.

Perhaps a perceived fading memory of the Japanese attack on Pearl is a generational standard.

Once-widely known names and events are tucked away in history books, yielding to passage of time and events that replace them in the national memory.

Suspect that a generation with only passing knowledge of Pearl Harbor will not recognize naval engagement names such as Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway, Savo Island, Bismarck Sea, Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and the chain of island-capturing horrors endured by Army and Marines.

Those of us whose fathers were in the Pacific won’t forget, but our generation is, as MacArthur said, slowly fading away.

As the battles recede in the national memory they are being replaced by others — Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. And 9/11. And any to come.

Let us hope lessons learned — from those forgotten and those remembered — stick in our memory.