Remember Pearl Harbor

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December 7, 1941

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RadishRose said:
December 7, 1941

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I made note in [today in history]

My dad was there @ Schofield for tank training......he said he thought the world was ending....

He went from there to New Jersey for some other training, then on to N/Africa .

He said he wanted to fight the "Japs" but of course in the military ya go where they send ya.....
 
My uncle was at Schofield, too. He was a PFC. He had been busted down from a Sargent a few days before the attack. I'm not sure what he did during the attack. But he exhibited bravery, and he was awarded a medal for his deeds, and given back his stripes.
 
One thing about Americans is that we never forget an injustice done to us but easily slough off all the injustices we've done to others.

Not saying the Pearl Harbor attack isn't worthy of reflection, just noting that we should likewise take some time to reflect on our own war-mongering.
 
My father enlisted in the army in 1943. They sent him to the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos. He saw the first detonation, code named Trinity.
 
Elvis: good for him, didn't know that.

Memorial Day located a site of loved one's weeping in military grave sites-touching.
That's what it is about, not parades, political speeches...
It is a day for mourning.
 
We were at the Arizona memorial two years ago. The boat to the site was full of loud talking tourists. I believe it was a member of the National Park Service who gave a stern speech reminding everyone that they were at a mass grave site and that we all needed to conduct ourselves accordingly. I think it is pathetic that people need to be admonished in such a way and I told him so. I hate thoughtless, inconsiderate and self-
absorbed people.
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I was 7 years old, my sister came in and said "the Japs" bombed Pearl Harbor". I had a vague idea who "the Japs" were, but no clue where Pearl Harbor was. We learned a lot about geography during that war.
My uncle had retired from the Navy in 1939. He was quickly called back in. He spent the war down in the South Pacific.
The Arizona Memorial had not yet been built when I went to Pearl Harbor in 1958. Hawaii was not yet a state then.
 
Nautilus said:
We were at the Arizona memorial two years ago. The boat to the site was full of loud talking tourists. I believe it was a member of the National Park Service who gave a stern speech reminding everyone that they were at a mass grave site and that we all needed to conduct ourselves accordingly. I think it is pathetic that people need to be admonished in such a way and I told him so. I hate thoughtless, inconsiderate and self-
absorbed people.
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As I recall when we were at the site, there also was a large tourist group, but it was very subdued all around the area ... very quiet.
I remember it so well ... the bubbling water was the only sound we heard. That's why I thought it so eerie.
 
We were listening to the radio. Waiting for the President to speak. My dad and mom, sitting at the kitchen table and me playing with my toys.

How are memories created? A vivid picture to this day. I was 5 years old, but can remember as if it were yeterday. Never saw my mom cry before, and the only time in my life that I ever heard my father swear. He said Damn!

It was 4 days later that the US formally declared war on Germany.

For the next year, the neighborhood changed... with the kids who were age eligible, joining up. Three uncles right away. Lost one over Austria a year later. Gold stars hanging in the windows of many, many houses.

In 2011, lived next door to a survivor of the attack... with many first hand stories as a fireman in Oahu. Seemed as if the attack lasted days... although it all happened in a few hours. His most most vivid memory was the disbelief by the people that it was happening.
 
StarSong said:
One thing about Americans is that we never forget an injustice done to us but easily slough off all the injustices we've done to others.

Not saying the Pearl Harbor attack isn't worthy of reflection, just noting that we should likewise take some time to reflect on our own war-mongering.
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Such as ?
 
The invasion and decimation of Iraq under the false guise of "weapons of mass destruction" springs immediately to mind.

Pearl Harbor was a terrible tragedy, no question about it. I visited the Arizona Memorial and was deeply moved by the loss of life and unprovoked, unexpected attack we suffered.

I'm merely saying that the take-away lessosn from that should not only include hardening our defenses, but also not foisting that kind of heartache on people in other countries.
 
StarSong said:
The invasion and decimation of Iraq under the false guise of "weapons of mass destruction" springs immediately to mind.

Pearl Harbor was a terrible tragedy, no question about it. I visited the Arizona Memorial and was deeply moved by the loss of life and unprovoked, unexpected attack we suffered.

I'm merely saying that take-away lesson from that should not only include hardening our defenses, but also not foisting that kind of heartache on people in other countries.
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Please SS, not in this thread, but certainly in it's own. This thread is about Pearl altho' I do appreciate your concerns. Thanks.
 

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