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DECEMBER 7

ibtruknibtrukn Member Posts: 443 ✭✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR !!!
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I do. My father was there. My mother was going nuts because we didn't hear for about 3-4 days whether he was OK or not. He was OK. Went on to spend the war in Perth, Australia on submarines."And I won't forget the men who died, to give that right to me. And I'd gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today...."Mudge the tearful
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS![This message has been edited by mudge (edited 12-07-2001).]
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  • SXSMANSXSMAN Member Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife and I went to the pearl harbor memorial two years ago.If you told me I would have wept for straingers I never knew I would have said you were wrong.I don't think I've ever been so moved by an experiance before.I know a couple of names on the wall in DC,but if ever given a chance to see the PHM see it,it's a life changing experiance.I get a little teary eyed thinking about it.God bless all that gave their lives.I won't forget.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    I agree, visiting the Pearl Harbor Memorial is a very moving experience. I was lucky enough to do so many years ago when my wife and I celebrated our 25th anniversary in Hawaii. We saw many Japanese people there and they also had tears in their eyes. God bless America! May those brave souls continue to rest in peace these 60 years later and forever. Thank you to all of them to whom we owe our very lives. I was too young to join the service at the time, but did hear President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech on the radio, (which I still have).-Charlie
    It's the stuff dreams are made of AngelMember: NRA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2AMPD and the AARP. njretcop@copmail.com
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have two uncles that were abord the Oklahoma. They both survived. After the ship was refloated they got their personal effect (papers, clothes, pics.) out of the lockers. You can still smell the oil in the papers to this day. I was not born when this happened, but I have been told the story many times when I was growing up, So yes, I will remember Pearl Harbor as will my kids.
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Took my parents to Hawaii back about '69-'70.Went to the dock to catch the launch that goes to the PHM. My father couldn't do it.Too many memories. Didn't understand at the time. I do now."And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free...."Mudge the reflective
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • steve45steve45 Member Posts: 2,940 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My father was there also. He was 19 yrs. old and had only been in the Navy about 8 mos. He described that day to me as a day of high stress where everything you tried to do went wrong. He was at Kenohee navel air station as it was being strafed and bombed. When the attack happened all of the guns were locked up. They broke down the door and got some machineguns but there were no tripods you could use to shoot at aircraft. They ended up leaning the guns on top of 55 gallon drums to shoot back. It didnt end on December 7 either, my dad said they fully expected to be invaded.
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