Tomorrow, December 7th, is a special day.

Lawson Cox

Lawson Cox

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December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy. Please remember those some 2500 who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on that fateful Sunday, and the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives bringing some sort of sanity back to the world. God rest their souls.
 
Same felt here Lawson.I was thinking the day was going to slip by unnoticed,thanks fellas. ken ct.
 
My Dad is a WWII disabled vet - lost his left arm somewhere in France/Belgium in '44. Trained/was in the army for 11 weeks and wasn't even there 3 weeks when he was hit. He has said to this day that he thinks it was friendly fire as there was no one around, they were under cover, and then all hell broke loose. Anyway, I went to a veterans function with him and I was priviledged to sit next to a Pearl Harbor survivor @ 89 years old (my Dad is 86). I don't know the numbers but very few Pearl survivors remain and I think my Dad said WWII vets are leaving us at a rate of 8 a day. We talked a bit - really nice guy - but what I noticed was that despite his years and his health not being too good at all, he still had that twinkle in his eye but with a certain hint sadness, he sat up straight, and looked you right in the eye when talking to you. He, my Dad, and all WWII vets, are a rare and disappearing breed of men. We should all be very thankful they gave us the freedoms we enjoy today.
 
Lawson Cox said:
December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy. Please remember those some 2500 who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on that fateful Sunday, and the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives bringing some sort of sanity back to the world. God rest their souls.
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The Greatest Generation.
 
I will fly my flag today to honor my Father, a WWII vet who spent five years in the army (1940-1945) three years in the Pacific island war. RIP Dad.
 
Thanks Lawson. I asked my son, who is a TV producer in PA, to make sure they remember and mention this in todays news cast.
 
My uncle was stationed on the USS Tennessee at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941. He had some stories to tell.......Sadly, we lost him a couple of years ago at 93 years old. There aren't too many survivors left.
 
I saw on TV this morning only 3000 are remaining from Pearl Harbor. We must remember and never forget what happened and what can still happen. God bless those vets dead and alive. We lost my wifes father back in Janurary we was at the Buldge, oh what stories he told.
 
I was at the Memorial with my Dad in '05. It was pretty tough not to be overcome with emotion watching the oil trickle up to the surface. They call that the Tears of the Dead. I will never forget that.

I keep this pin in my headliner.

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my flag with be flying in honor of those who gave there lives to protect our freedom...god bless america....
 
I lost my namesake Uncle(more like a brother) shortly after Pearl Harbor on the USS Pensacola, it had left Pearl the day before the attack. Dec. 7 is a anniversary to me as on that day in 1954 I returned from a miserable stint in the Korean war. There were no bands playing or crowds of people cheering at the dock, just some beat up old buses and a couple of cracker box ambulances for sick guys that were finally getting home having not been wounded but caught miserable diseases so prevalent in that area.
 
About 5 years ago my family went to the WW II Memorial in DC. While there we met an actual Pearl Harbor veteran who recalled 12/7/41 with tears in his eyes.

It was something we will remember all the days of our lives.
 
My Uncle lost his life on the U.S.S. Arizona on Dec. 7. Visiting the Memorial was one of the highlights of my life.
 
My Dads 91 - sailed into Pearl on DE368 after the devastation for supplies. He was the supply officer - spent the next 3 years battling across the Pacific - was the first ship to pick up Indianapolis survivors - was part of the occupation force - Tokyo, many engagements, many stories from a long time ago. The only time is was truly afraid was walking the streets of Tokyo - thought he would be shot in the back any second.
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Yesterday on the early morning news here ,(Australia) they had an interview with one of the last japanese aviators from the pearl harbour raid,he was the pilot of a torpedo bomber who sank the USS ---,I forgot the name of the ship,
He said it was a training ship and he was sorry ,but proud of the job he did. there was no interview of any US sevicemen .Sad,
Lawrie
 
TomT/Williamsburg.....................
I think, I hope you check, but we have been losing WWII veterans at a rate of about 1,000 a day.
MIKE :)
 
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