Pearl Harbor Day

[Uncle Phil]

It is hard to imagine what those brave sailors, soldiers and airmen experienced on this day in 1941.
Something I learned was that almost half of the US deaths that day occurred on the USS Arizona.
May we never forget the ultimate sacrifice that 2,335 military and 68 civilians paid that day.
When you join the military, you are signing a blank check to defend your country up to and including your life.
May they continue to rest in peace.

P. Derryberry - USMC 1971-1973, Corporal

 

[Upt' North]

Your thoughts are mine Unc, well said and remembered.
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace".
Let's hope we are ready, fit and able. I fear we are not.
Upt.

 

[Daboo]

Thank you for this thread. It is good to remember.

When you join the military, you are signing a blank check to defend your country up to and including your life.

Those who have never served in the military, probably think it is like working at Boeing. It's not.

Chris

 

[Firstpeke]

As a Brit, I remember this date every year.... kinda hard not to, it's my birthday......

I find some of the accounts from that day quite staggering and will never understand it.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them...........

A visit to Pearl harbour is on my bucket list, but sadly grows less and less likely as the years pass.


L Bishop Royal Navy 1973-1986 Petty Officer, Aircraft Weapons, Electrical/Avionics Artificer.

 

[Bikeric]

I watched a very interesting programme last night about Emelia Erhart crash landing in the Marshall Islands, being captured as a spy by the Japanese and executed on another island by them.

 

[jfheilman]

Yes it is good to remember and I shall never forget this date. I had the opportunity to spend a few months on Ford Island and it was touching.