Pearl Harbor

I've read about that before.

We need to remember the sacrifices of the greatest generation.
 
I've read about that before.

We need to remember the sacrifices of the greatest generation.


May God Bless them all and may we "NEVER FORGET" !!! :sFl_america2:
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I know that my dad (who will be 96 in a few weeks) always tells me war stories of when he served in the Philippines back in the early 1940's. I can even fathom what he and his fellow soldiers had to go through.
They were and are one tough bunch of men. :sFl_america2:
 
Just awful.
 
Many yearz ago my wife and I celebrated our 25th year being life parteners together touring partz of the pacific and culminating on Oahu over the Christmas Holidays. We went to the Pearl Harbor monument park, watched the manditory movie, and road the launch over to the Arizona Monument. After walking to the far end and gazing at the brass wall with every name of those who parished that December day inscribed on it we looked at each other and we were both weeping silently. If anyone ever spends more then 24 hours on the main Island without making a visit to that monument you've a memorable opportunity to cry that's needed by all. Jer
 
This just in.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/0...-to-pearl-harbor-ceremony-booted-from-flight/

World War II veteran en route to Pearl Harbor ceremony booted from flight

Published December 08, 2013FoxNews.com



A 90-year-old World War II veteran en route to a ceremony marking the 72nd anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor was booted from his flight to accommodate the weight of additional jet fuel needed for the trip.
According to Hawaii News Now, Ewalt “Walt” Shatz, a WWII veteran credited with shooting down a Japanese plane during the 1941 attack...
 
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That he was a Pearl Harbor Vet/survivor probably meant nothing to the people at the counter.
 
The people at the counter probably have never heard of Pearl Harbor, given the abominable state of history education in schools these days.

My father-in-law was there that morning. He and three other men ran for a machine gun emplacement to begin shooting Zeros out of the sky...they never made it. The three guys with him were shot up, while he took a round straight through the left shoulder, which shattered his shoulder blade, six ribs and the rotator cuff. He was hospitalized for seven months, and was then medically discharged. He died in 1998 at 78 years of age. Jim was very active in DAV for many years, but never spoke of December 7th.
 
Sickening story - more proof of why the are called the "greatest generation."

And all that spilt blood only to watch the country go down the toilet anyway thanks to many who do not know the meaning of the word sacrifice.
 
It is a somber place to visit. I was there last year. 2 pictures of the constant oil spill, one picture of the wall with some of the names inscribed that perished.

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Pearl Harbor another mandatory stop on my bucket list.....

Too bad I can't drive the NYB there.

The WWII Memorial in D.C. is just spectacular and very much worth visiting. Arlington National Cemetery is just a few minutes away and they have a ton of Admirals, Generals, and just plain old grunts proudly laying in formation.

There is so much to see in D.C. Iwo Jima Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Holocaust Museum, WWI Memorial, Pentagon.
 
On a side note..........

My Grandma got her official birth certificate for the first time in 1943 (we think she was born in 1909) she worked for A/C Delco making bomb-sights during WWII.
 
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