History Dec 7th 1941

My Dad served in the Pacific and the ETO from late 42-46 and would never talk much about it,I do know he was a radio spec on a DE and also a huffduffer while on board........Respects to AMERICAS GREATEST GENERATION

 

A bad day for many good men !

 

Thank God we have brave and honorable people to stand up for our country!! "GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS"!!! ROY,USA-66-72.

 

God Bless Them All.
I just sent a note to my Uncle Bjorn who was at Pearl Harbor.
He is now 92 years old.
Thanking him for his service.

 

And because this is also a car site.....

 

My 71-year-old Dessert Storm Vet father-in-law just came back from seeing the Arizona Memorial. He said he was moved but ok until he looked into the water and a large bubble of oil came to the surface just as he looked down. He said the ship still bleeds and he bawled. My flag is waving in the wind today. I will never forget.

 

President Roosevelt said “this day will live in infamy” he was right. We should never forget the past and the extraordinary sacrifices men and women from all around the world made for our freedom. I say a personal thank you to my father, may he rest in peace, for his service in the Navy during World War II, from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, and yes I think they were our “greatest generation”.


Thanks, Dad

 

Thanks for serving in Europe Dad, Patton's third Army.........proud son of
a Dad from the Greatest Generattion!

 

I reenlisted on the Arizona Memorial! The movie they show you before you get on the memorial is pretty sad.

 

THANK YOU all who served! NEVER FORGET!!

 

Isoroku Yamamoto - “I fear all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.”
<HR SIZE=1>Isoroku Yamamoto - “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of gr***.” <HR SIZE=1>

 

God Bless those who have served this country. And are serving this country.

 

My Uncle Don Robinson was there after the carnage....he was on the ship that was to round up the Japanese Americans and take them to holding camps. He told me you could smell the anger.

 

Taken at the USS Arizona Memorial

 

You can thank a P-38 pilot for ending his life...

 

Uncle Sam moved us to Oahu in '63. Dad was temporarially transferred from SAC to FRFE. We lived on base at Wheeler AFB, one of the first bases hit on December 7. 22 years after the attack, you could still see the bullet-ridden buildings at Wheeler! Our house was across the street from the Men's Barracks and control tower and our backyard had a very unusual dip (crater) in the back yard!

We went to the Arizona Memorial at Pearl in '63, and let me tell you guys, even an innocent 9 year old boy (that would be me!), was rendered speechless! I remember that day like it was yesterday!

I owe everything to the brave men and women who served in the armed forces then and now! God bless you all!

 

thanks dad 1920--1972 MARINES 8th raider battalion guadac**** him and his brother joined dec 9th 1941 ,,they were split up ,, both came home,, they were lucky

 

My late father-in-law was shot by a Japanese Zero that strafed his position at Wheeler. He and three others were running for an unmanned gun emplacement when a Zero strafed them, killing the other three and seriously wounding my f-i-l. He was medically separated from the Army about six months later, because his wounds were so bad. He took a round from the plane straight through his shoulder blade, severing the nerves to his left arm and paralyzing it. He had a BIG hole where that round went straight through him!

He never really talked about how he was injured. He died in 1997 at 78 years of age. Miss ya a lot, Jim!

 

Thats what its all about - NEVER FORGET WHAT ORDINARY PEOPLE HAD TO ENDURE TO ENSURE THE FREEDOM TODAY THAT WE SOMETIMES TAKE FOR GRANTED.

IN A WORLD FULL OF WHINERS - IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT YOU ARE SO PROUD OF YOUR FATHER'S SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTION.

THEY REALLY WERE THE GREATEST GENERATION.

Rat

 

Thanks to all who serv in the Military.

We will never forget.

 

My father US Army went across the Pacific from New Guinea
to Okinawa. The war likely shorten his life, he died young when I was 12.

 

If you've never been to Pearl Harbor (as if you really need an excuse) be sure to put it on your bucket list. It'll leave you speechless. When I was there a few years back I was really surprised at how many Japanese vets visit there. It's easy to forget that Pearl Harbor has just as much significance in Japan as it does here. Thanks to all in our military, then and now.

Slim

 

Amen......

 

Every Dec 7th there is a airplane flight to the Statue of Liberty from Republic Airport on Long Island. The plane circles the statue and drops American Red Beauty Roses. One for each year since 1941. This year there were 69. It gets great news coverage and Liberty Island is filled with spectators. The Geico SkyTypers Aerobatic team does the flight in AT6 Texans.

PHP:

 

Remembered as always

 

My son was just there on his way home from work in China. He couldn't believe how many Japanese of all ages were there. He said it was so awesome just to stand there with hundreds of people wondering around and yet no one talking!

 

They will all be gone soon, that's almost unfathomable.

 

And thats why we thank them every chance we get...
Thank you to those that served, thank you to those that are serving, and thank you to those that will serve.

 

Interesting you mention this. I was TDY to Hickam for an exercise, back in 1988. This was only 47 years after the attack on Pearl. There was a group of Japanese Navy veterans that were touring the places that many of them bombed on December 7th, 1941. There were maybe twenty of them, with a few of them wearing bits of their uniforms, such as flying jackets and such, but nothing in-your-face. They stood and looked at the wall of names of the USS Arizona dead in stone silence, then one of them stood at attention, and rendered a salute. The others immediately followed his lead. All had tears in their eyes. They then turned towards the ferry and walked back quietly. Not a word was spoken a**** them. One has to wonder how much guilt they felt, being part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. They showed nothing but respect while they were at the memorial. It was quite moving in itself.

Being at the Arizona memorial was one of the most emotional moments in my life, and I was not born until nearly two decades later. Imagining the bravery of the American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines giving their all to stave off the attack of the Japanese Imperial navy, and the violence the Japanese wrought on that day, was heart-rending. God Bless those brave Americans, and indeed I pray our great Nation does NOT forget this day.

 

For anyone who has been to the Arizona Memorial, the one thing that you will never forget is the oil bubbling up to the surface from the wreck below one drop at a time ... after all these years. I will never forget seeing that.