RIP all you hero's. I will never forget 12-7-41

 

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Nice post carlsson3

 

I always do because it's mah birfday. My mom always said there was a connection.



RIP to those who lost their lives that fateful morning, and during the next 4 years while we collectively whooped *** around the world.

 

My grandfather signed up for the Army that day

 

I was stationed in Pearl Harbor for 9+ years. I went to the USS Arizona memorial at least once a year. Very humbling when your standing there looking at all of the names of those that "gave all" that day. Before you take the boat ride to the memorial, you watch a video, and let me tell ya it defiantly sinks in what happened that day. RIP

 

National Geographic website. Click on Full Story at the upper right hand side and go thru the time clock. It gives you a minute by minute happening of what the sailors endured that day from start to finish. There are also men that were there stories as told by them. I had the good fortune to met a man that was on the Arizona when it got hit. He was in the starboard directory which means the bomb that blew up the Arizona hit just in front of his position. He was severely burned and nearly died from his burns. His story was accounted in WWII magazine about 2 years ago. My Uncle Walt was also at Pearl that day but he was in the mountains working a radar station. There were two radar stations working that day. They saw the Jap planes coming and they also reported the flight but were told that it was US planes coming in. They saw the Zeros shortly after that and got in the brown Chevy and headed towards Pearl Harbor. They sat on a pass in the mountains and just watched. There was nothing they could do. He was later put into a P36 fighter as they were calling for any military personnel with pilot experience to report in. He had flown crop dusters as a kid. No licensing required back then. He later transferred out of fighter squad and into a new field called electronics. He was part of the proximity fuse project. He died of cancer 10 years ago. A very colorful man and I miss him a lot. He was my best friend.

National Geographic:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pe...geographic.com

 

x2.

 

great post man. i have nothing but respect for the greatest generation of fighting men. this country could be a drastically different country than how we know it today if it wasnt for these brave men that so selflessly fought for the better of not only there country, but the world. RIP to all that paid the ultimate sacrifice on this day in 1941 and everyday that followed.

 

Never forget, thank you to those men and all veterans for that matter. God bless.

 

Trip to the Arizona Memorial is a must for anyone going to Hawaii. I had a chance to go way back in 1971 when I was at Hickam AFB which was also attacked. RIP to all the Servicemen who lost their lives that day in a cowardly attack.

 

When you have 3 hours to spare, watch this movie:
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title...day_of_infamy/

It is a documentary about Pearl Harbor including interviews from people that were there and their stories.

 

I'm glad that on this Pearl Harbor day, I was able to thank some of our WWII vets personally. I was honored to attend a veterans rally at city hall, as our govenor has cut funding for outpatient services at several soldiers homes in this state. I'm not military but I don't think that you have to be to want to honor our veterans with the services they need.