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Originally Posted by JusticePete
Oh yeah!
December 7th. I was just thinking about the crew on the Arizona. 1,177 shipmates died together. We can't let our children and future generations forget how many... My Dad is 94 and was a B-25 dive bomber pilot in WWII. He always says the real heroes never made it home. I like to think they did. They went home to another Father.
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Originally Posted by ShnOmac
After all these years it is still eery pulling into Pearl Harbor. You cant help but think about what happened in the same waters that you are floating in. |
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Originally Posted by OldScoolCamaro
The Day That Will Live In Infamy. 12-7-41. I pondered that today. The only reference to that I saw was on on Fox News. Almost forgotten. So sad. Some of "The Greatest Generation" still live. Most are gone. Please hold those amongst us from that period dear and near to your hearts. Cherish them. Never forget Pearl Harbor Day. My parents were amongst that generation. My Dad was a radio operator /gunner on Super Fortress B-29's flying over "The Hump" out of Karachi Pakistan (CBI Theater) into China until he went down in '43. The Blood Chit on the back of his flight jacket saved his life. I still have it. My Mom helped make TBM"s (Avenger torpedo bombers) at the West Trenton GM plant. I am so proud of them.
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Originally Posted by Scarrzz
Understood and approved. 
I've been to the Arizona Memorial. I saw my wife's cousin's name up there. Price was his name. I can have no higher level of respect for any person than for those who serve our nation to guarantee our freedom. |
Mac I think you and I have talked about this before.
I've had the very distinct pleasure of flying channel guard in that harbor while my carrier was pulling in to Pearl....
I will never ever forget those 2 hours of flight time... being able to fly over the Arizona to see her sitting on the bottom... 2 hours of almost complete silence from the crew.... we barely spoke... We just didn't have the words to describe what we were feeling.
I've been there twice... It is IMVHO the most powerful memorial I've ever seen...