Pearl Harbor Day

[richhodg66]

Please remember it. Gonna talk to my Cadets about it today, damn shame so few are still alive who remember it.

 

[richhodg66]

Pearl Harbor News Reel

 

[Ben]

Thanks for your reminder !!!!!!!!

 

[Bret4207]

Never forget...

 

[358156 hp]

They're almost all gone now. I think I read somewhere that there are no living WWII Medal of Honor recipients left.

It was 80 years ago... The WWII Vets were my heroes when I was growing up. All of the ones I knew are long gone now.

 

[obssd1958]

One of the first things I thought of when I got up this morning.

 

[Glaciers]

Never forget...

What Bret said. ^^^

 

[JWinAZ]

The ship's bells from the USS Arizona are displayed at the University of Arizona. As an undergraduate I passed by the bell in the student union several times a week, often thinking about December 7th as I saw the bell.

Calendars used to have notations for significant dates in U.S. history such as Pearl Harbor, D-Day, VE and VJ days and others. Not so much anymore.

 

[sundog]

I had some WWII and Korea vets as mentors early in my military career, kept me in line..., mostly. My Dad was a WWII vet and Mom worked for Republic Aircraft..., I didn't get away with much.

I am in awe of those people! When I was a Battion Ops NCO our Comm Chief's Dad was a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He met with us at a military funeral once and told us what happened - he was on the USS Tennessee and [I think] stayed on it for the rest of the war. It was a chilling account.

 

[popper]

Born about a month late.

 

[RBHarter]

It's been on my mind over a week . The anniversaries have weighed heavy on me this year .

 

[shuz]

Dec 7th 1961, was the date when I first hit the flightline at Loring AFB in Limestone Maine.

 

[462]

December 7, 1981, a good looking lady smiled at me. We were married May 18, 1985.