Remember Pearl Harbor

Hoop

Hoop

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It's also my wife's birthday.

On Dec. 6th, 1941, her father was transferred OFF the USS Arizona.
Makes one wonder.......
 
We got transfered to Wheeler Field in '63. Wheeler was one of the first bases attacked. I'll never forget exploring the base on my bike and stopping to stick my fingers in the bullet holes still there in several of the buildings at Wheeler. Saw the USS Arizona Memorial that same year and, believe me, it will put a lump in your throat and bring a tear to your eyes.

As FDR said, it is truly a day "which will live in infamy", at least in my mind!

God Bless all of the good people who still fight for our freedom!

Ken
 
Does America have the will power to do it again in similar circumstances? What about manufacturing capacity? Pray that it never happens again. But you can bet your sweet bippy that it will, again and again. Man never learns how to live with his fellow man.
 
My father spent much of the war there, arriving shortly after the attack. I don't know much of what he did or saw there, but talked very little of it. We tried to get him to go with us to visit the island after Mom passed but he refused. He passed about 6 months later. We went back 4 years later and I made it a point to visit the few places he had mentioned.
 
Thanks for the post Hoop. There are not that many survivors left according to the news report I watched this morning. I think America would still have the will to defend the homeland but we definitely do not have the manufacturing capacity to quickly build a war machine as we did during WWII. Maybe with the super weapons we have today we would not need a huge manufacturing capability.
 
Both of my grandfathers had stories to tell about this date. One was a civilian contractor at Schofield Barracks during the attack and later enlisted for the duration. The other was kicked out of the navy for being underage when his mother tracked him down on the Arizona in 1925-ish. Ensign Arleigh Burke was his boss.
 
We do not have the leaders that are willing to use the big stick like we use to have. Look at the conflicts we have had the since 1950. We lost a lot lives and never finished the job. Should we have been there in the 1st place.
 
Kens 34 PU, the bullet holes are still in the buildings today. A lasting reminder to never forget.

Lonnie
 
I served in HQ PACAF (Hq, Pacific Air Force) for 3 years. Every morning as we entered that building we passed bullet holes made on Dec 7,1941. They we intentionally left unrepaired less we forget. I've flown from Wheeler Field and visited the Arizona Memorial where the ooil still bubbled to the serface reminding us all of those lost. War is so awfull
clem clement
 
Every American should have to go and visit the Arizona Memorial. As Kens 34 said, it's a sobering experience.

Lest we forget.
 
I think I was more in awe standing on the deck of the Missouri. Looking at the guns imagining them being fired. Then imagining just as big a gun being fired back. It was rather scary.
The V8 Times has written some good articles on Ford's involvement in the war. Not only were whole factories built but so were whole towns to meet the needs of the people running them. Planes were redesigned for assembly line manufacturing before they could even be built. I do not think this country has what it takes to endure a war on this scale again. Power goes out for 4 days and everyone is yelling and screaming looking for someone to blame.
 
Shame to say, but I believe that if we were attacked again, all the gov. people would go into hiding. I don't mean planning (if they are even capable of that) I mean hiding. It would be left to us to do something, then when it was over, and we won (if you can call it that) they would come out of hiding and take credit for everything.
just my opinion.
I wish nothing but the best this holiday season to all service members, past and present, and their families. and THANK YOU!!

You're right on Ol' Ron
 
We visited the Arizona memorial in 04,spent up in the store there,bought a few trinkets and a VERY nice book on the event,A veteran who was at Pearl harbour signed it for me.

The Us president and his wife had just visited and he told me he got told off by
the secrete service guys for trying to move in on her, as he said,
we talked to him for a while,he was a real laugh.
His name was Bill Cope, he was a B17 pilot.
Lawrie
 
Good thread Hoop! As a former Marine 1982-86, I will never forget. Have never been to Pearl, but that and Normandy are on my bucket list.

As I tore down my 39 pickup and pieces of dirt and rusty parts fell into my hand's more that once I thought, the guy who installed this could have fought on D Day. My restoration will make me remember and my grandson and nephews to learn and never forget:D
 
Somewhere I read this: For several days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, pecking noises could be heard from those trapped in capsized ships and living in an air bubble. The hulls of the ships were so thick that nothing could be done to rescue them. What a horrific death that would have been.
God bless those that served during this horrible time in history and every other war with terrible atrocities..
Shadetree
 
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