12-07-2020, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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Pearl Harbor
Did we all forget what day it is?
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12-07-2020, 01:20 PM | #2 |
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"A date which will live in infamy"
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12-07-2020, 01:26 PM | #3 |
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I actually forgot until I saw this post. God bless the greatest generation !
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12-07-2020, 01:29 PM | #4 |
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I was n Fox lake Ill on that day, I was 8 years old. learned a few new words that day
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12-07-2020, 01:39 PM | #5 |
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I was in San Francisco being potty trained on that day. ( I was told)
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To me, I see it loosing it's importance, in our "modern" society. Sad!
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12-07-2020, 02:54 PM | #7 |
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Not forgotten here. My navy buddies and I have already talked about it today even though we were not born yet!
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12-07-2020, 03:02 PM | #8 |
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Mom and dad both served in the Navy during the war, so when it came time for me to serve, I also joined the Navy to see the world.
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12-07-2020, 03:02 PM | #9 |
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I was thinking about it yesterday and most of today. I was six when all Hell broke loose. I think often about those "Heros" . We have a wonderful museum in Wolfeboro, N.H. Honoring people from that era, Probably find info at, "wright museum" . Never forget !
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12-07-2020, 03:17 PM | #10 |
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My Dad joined the Navy - assigned to Destroyer USS Barker - then to the brand new Destroyer Escort (DE368) Cecil J Doyle - participated in many actions all across the pacific right to the surrender in Tokyo. You may recall that DE 368 was the first ship to arrive to pick up survivors of the USS Indianapolis disaster.
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12-07-2020, 03:52 PM | #11 |
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I was born in '53, but all the dads in the neighborhood had served. An amazing generation of people. I got married about 8 years ago in Hawaii, but the wrong island, so I excused myself from the wedding party for a day and flew to the memorial and museum at Pearl. I will never forget it.
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12-07-2020, 03:58 PM | #12 |
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God bless that generation. Especially the men and women who served. How soon we forget the challenges they faced.
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12-07-2020, 04:27 PM | #13 |
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I used to know a man that survived the USS Indianapolis. He and his brother were both on that ship. His brother didn't survive. From what little he told me it must been pure hell. He passed away several years ago. Hell of a man! |
12-07-2020, 04:33 PM | #14 |
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I didn't forget! Yes the greatest generation! Thanks Dad!!
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12-07-2020, 05:37 PM | #15 |
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My father was too old to fight. He was a sheet metal worker, manufacturing bomb casings in San Francisco 7 days a week. Fraser & Johnson had been converted from Heating & Air, which it returned to after the war. My older brother was too young to fight, but had joined the Merchant Marine, serving in the Pacific. Me, I was a Cold War Vet, so my family has nothing but praise and admiration for those who served.
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Never forget Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, the Alamo and many others.
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12-07-2020, 06:43 PM | #17 |
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No, estout81: no one in this household has forgotten, nor will we ever - but thank you pointing this out on the Barn. My Dad served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. My Uncle, who passed on 30 Aug 20, served in the China-India-Burma Theater....,they returned and quietly helped to built this great country.
Just as an aside, and to vent my anger: my "Statewide Newspaper" which daily blames me for deplorable actions that occurred 250 years ago, had absolutely not one word about Pearl Harbor........The Clarion-Ledger has lost at least one family subscriber, effective today - And I have many friends and family who feel the same...enough rant, but thank you again for posting.......
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I agree with you Marcus. I cancelled the CL months ago only keeping digital access to check on deaths of friends and acquaintances. But, BUT, I checked Foxnews.com a little while ago and saw nothing of it in there either. They are all too consumed with sucking up to the powers that will be.
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12-07-2020, 07:01 PM | #19 |
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Same here. Not a word! Can't believe it! That's why I don't subscribe to papers or watch much TV. Oh well, at 79 don't have many more years to worry about it. |
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I've preached 3 funerals in the last months for some of America's greatest. One who fought in Africa, another in New Guinea and the other in Europe. An honor to conduct their funerals and a privilege to have known them.
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