Those of a mind, please say a prayer for those poor souls that gave their life so we might have what we do in our great country.

Ever since I was a kid (73 now) December 7th has never left me.

I did this morning when I looked at the kitchen calendar. Thanks for the public reminder. I'm 53 and I still remember this day, but I was always very into military history.

Flags should be at half staff today .

I couldn't tell you the number of times I've pulled into Pearl, but I can say that every time we rendered honors when sailing past the Arizona I got a little misty eyed.

Here's a 3-part series by Drachinifel (youtube) on the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor:

part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-V9cCSC8o

part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLCe1WNaIE

part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eibt2gYuFD4

He only finished the 3 part a few days ago and while I knew some of what took place, this series was really good and makes me want to find the books that he referenced.

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Originally posted by marksman41:
Here's a 3-part series by Drachinifel (youtube) on the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor:

part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-V9cCSC8o

part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLCe1WNaIE

part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eibt2gYuFD4

He only finished the 3 part a few days ago and while I knew some of what took place, this series was really good and makes me want to find the books that he referenced.

I read this one a few years back by Edward C. Raymer a Navy Diver who was there . I recommend it.
Descent Into Darkness Pearl Harbor, 1941: a Navy Diver's Memoir

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Originally posted by navyshooter:
I couldn't tell you the number of times I've pulled into Pearl, but I can say that every time we rendered honors when sailing past the Arizona I got a little misty eyed.

My Mom was 25 in 1941. She visited Hawaii for the first time when she was in her 70s. My sister said she cried the whole way back from the Arizona Memorial in the launch and she wasn't the only one.

Amen.

Truly "The Greatest Generation"

I am in shock! Our local mullet-wrapper, which, IMO truly deserves the title, actually put an article about Pearl Harbor and December 7th on its Front Page.

First time I can remember anything about Pearl Harbor Day being on the Front Page in years and, IIRC, nothing in the paper at all last year.

When I was younger, and especially when I was a kid in the fifties/sixties (can't recall the forties much) December 7th was quite a Holiday, yeah, we had school, but we talked about it in all the classes, it was all over the radio and TV and certainly on the Front Page of the paper.

Perhaps it's because the WW2 Vets are mostly gone, and their kids, too, I don't know, but, there seems little interest any more.

Bob

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
Those of a mind, please say a prayer for those poor souls that gave their life so we might have what we do in our great country.

Ever since I was a kid (73 now) December 7th has never left me.

I'll be 73 on the 20th of this month and this day is a reminder of the impact the attack had on my parents. My father and 2 uncles served in the Army Aircorps and my mother worked at a military communication center in San Francisco. Their lives would never be the same going forward from that day. Huge impact for sure.

Jim

I made sure my 10 year old son knew why today was historical.

Thank God for the men who sacrificed on this day 79 years ago today that we aren't speaking Japanese.

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Originally posted by lizardman_u:
I made sure my 10 year old son knew why today was historical.

Thank God for the men who sacrificed on this day 79 years ago today that we aren't speaking Japanese.

Or German.

Jim

When I was in grade school, we had a local guy come in and give a talk about Pearl Harbor. He was on the Nevada at the time. Interesting to say the least.

Had an old friend who was there that morning as a young sailor. Knew him after he finished his career in the '70's as a Chief Petty Officer.

When the attack came up in conversation he always made the same remark: "We were asleep that morning. But the US Navy has not slept since; and we will NEVER be caught asleep again."

He's no longer with us. May the Good Lord rest his soul...

We trudge on.

A few years ago my then 8 year old grandson called, popped a surprise question, "grandpa, can you explain the connection between Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima?" (My dad was in the Navy at the latter part of WWII, we have a pic of him in his Navy dungarees standing on a hill overlooking the remains of Hiroshima).

Last week I did a facetime with a friend who had a stroke a few months ago, we got in a chat re our respective dads and WWII. My friends dad was a tail gunner in the Pacific. But then his friend/care-giver chimed in. Her dad was on a destroyer in Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec 7, 1941. The attack flew right over his ship to attack a battleship. Seems they had orders to attack the big ships, don't worry about the little ships.

I took my family to Hawaii a few weeks after the 50th anniversary of the attack. We spent a bit of time there taking the tour, visiting the museum. Something I will always remember, and which seems to have more meaning to me as the years pass.

Today is a day that still lives in some of our hearts and minds. Because of these men and women we as a country do not have to speak Japanese or German or any other language as our national language . During the past year one of the last living survivors of the USS Arizona passed away and his ashes were interned under water with his shipmates. God Bless Our Troops Be They Past / Present / and Future. ......... drill sgt.

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Funny, today is also my wife’s birthday. Coincidence?

Today I turn 66.
I visited Pearl Harbor when I was in the Army on my way to and back from Korea.
I've been to the US Cemeteries in France when I was stationed in West Germany.
The feeling of being to those places casts a strong emotion on your soul that never leaves.

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Originally posted by drill sgt:
Today is a day that still lives in some of our hearts and minds. Because of these men and women we as a country do not have to speak Japanese or German or any other language as our national language . God Bless Our Troops Be They Past / Present / and Future. ......... drill sgt.

Amen and amen.

May God bless each and every one of these men.