Author |
Topic: December 7 -- anyone remember (Read 323 times) |
|
BarbaraD
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Hugs to ya
Gender: 
Posts: 5164
|
 |
December 7 -- anyone remember
« on: Dec 7th, 2006, 6:58pm » |
 Quote  Modify
|
Pearl Harbor was attacked 65 years ago.....
This is the last year the vets are meeting there because of their ages.
It's a shame, but most kids in school today don't have a clue what Dec 7th means to this country.
It was a day that will live in infamay (probably misspelled) or until we forget.......
Hugs BD
|
| « Last Edit: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:54pm by BarbaraD » |
 IP Logged |
What don't kill ya, Makes ya stonger!
|
|
|
LeLimey
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
OUCH-US - Less "ME" and more "WE"
 
Gender:
Posts: 11720
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #1 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:01pm » |
Quote Modify
|
Some of us will never forget the atrocities Barb, we'll make sure our kis won't too. I won't and I know you'll do the same.
We can't bring all those young men and women back but we can make sure we remember them with pride, honour and thanks. Always.
|
|
IP Logged |
The arsehole I'm divorcing needs to get a life and stop stalking mine
|
|
|
vig
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
CHit Happens
Gender: 
Posts: 4401
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #2 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:05pm » |
Quote Modify
|
it's not in the Japanese history books either.
sad
|
|
IP Logged |
never, Never, NEVER quit. -Winston Churchill
|
|
|
Jonny
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Give me a shovel Ill dig my own grave!
Gender:
Posts: 26213
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #3 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:21pm » |
Quote Modify
|
"Sixty-five years later, there's not too many of us left," said Don Stratton, a seaman 1st class who was aboard the USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941. "In another five years I'll be 89. The good Lord willing, I might be able to make it. If so, I'll probably be here. I might not even be around. Who knows. Only the good Lord knows."
|
|
IP Logged |
It is up to YOU to educate yourself and then help your doctor plan your treatment. If you just sit down in front of your doctor and say "make me better" you are setting yourself up for a great deal of pain.
- Guiseppi
|
|
|
JeffB
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Wide open till you see God, then brake
Gender:
Posts: 2729
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #4 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:27pm » |
Quote Modify
|
I remember talking with my grandmother and some of my uncles. They told me how they watched the planes fill the sky that morning and could'nt believe what the were seeing. My grandfather was killed a year later when they were still pulling ships from the harbor, a crane fell on him. Years later my dad came across a downed japanese plane when he and some of his friends were playing in the jungle. They thought it was the neatest thing ever.
FYI, although the last of the mighty battleships are mothballed or have been turned into a museum (USS Missouri BB-63) there is still one battleship in commision...........The USS Arizona. I tried all day to log onto the Missouri cam to get a view of what was going on but had no success. To bad about the history books in Japan, they left a lot of facts out including what they did in China and the Philipines.
Those sailors, soldiers, marines, airmen and the rest of the nation are truly part of the greatest generation ever.
|
|
IP Logged |
" It's been my experience that people who have no vices have very little virtues."
|
|
|
Charlie
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Happy to be here
  
Gender:
Posts: 14968
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #5 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:51pm » |
Quote Modify
|
It really shook us out of the magnolias. We grew up so fast. Good thing for the world too.
We lose so many every day. It's hard for me to imagine a world without these guys. My relatives and adult friends were youngsters then and when I was a kid. It was a trip being around the guys that worked for my dad. Aside from the service, I met guys that sat on oil tankers in the Atlantic manning shipboard anti sub and anti aircraft weapons.
What a time.
Charlie
|
|
IP Logged |
There is nothing more satisfying than being shot at without result---Winston Churchill
|
|
|
Jonny
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Give me a shovel Ill dig my own grave!
Gender:
Posts: 26213
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #6 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 7:59pm » |
Quote Modify
|
|
|
IP Logged |
It is up to YOU to educate yourself and then help your doctor plan your treatment. If you just sit down in front of your doctor and say "make me better" you are setting yourself up for a great deal of pain.
- Guiseppi
|
|
|
JeffB
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Wide open till you see God, then brake
Gender:
Posts: 2729
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #7 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 11:11am » |
Quote Modify
|
on Dec 7th, 2006, 7:59pm, Jonny wrote:
My old home. My office was just above those Marines about to fire. Nothing like steering 57,000 tons of raw power.
Thanks, Jonny!
|
|
IP Logged |
" It's been my experience that people who have no vices have very little virtues."
|
|
|
JeffB
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Wide open till you see God, then brake
Gender:
Posts: 2729
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #8 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 11:13am » |
Quote Modify
|
Sybil, does that turret look familiar??? 
Damn, those brass seats were cold, huh? 
|
|
IP Logged |
" It's been my experience that people who have no vices have very little virtues."
|
|
|
echo
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Chronic and still alive --- I Win!
Gender:
Posts: 4214
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #9 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 11:30am » |
Quote Modify
|
I'll never forget, nor will I let my children forget to pass it down line.
I found it odd that the majority of the flags were not at half mast yesterday.
|
|
IP Logged |
"If you love something, let it go. If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it".
Proud Dad of a US Marine, and a former Marine turned Police Officer.
|
|
|
catlind
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Taz taught me the cluster dance
Gender:
Posts: 3433
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #10 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 9:53pm » |
Quote Modify
|
Take Two Minutes, A pittance of time................. 
http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/chief_land_staff/remembrance/English/Docs/T Keng6mb.wmv
It's my understanding that there is a total of 5, count them FIVE WWI vets left in Canada. It's our duty to carry the torch that fights for freedom.
Freedom is not free.
Cat
|
| « Last Edit: Dec 8th, 2006, 9:58pm by catlind » |
IP Logged |
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart
If yer gonna be stupid, ya gotta be tough
|
|
|
mynm156
New Board Hall of Famer
hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it
Gender:
Posts: 1708
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #11 on: Dec 9th, 2006, 1:09pm » |
Quote Modify
|
on Dec 7th, 2006, 6:58pm, BarbaraD wrote:Pearl Harbor was attacked 65 years ago.....
This is the last year the vets are meeting there because of their ages.
It's a shame, but most kids in school today don't have a clue what Dec 7th means to this country.
It was a day that will live in infamay (probably misspelled) or until we forget.......
Hugs BD |
|
I agree! It was not really on television my Daughter even my WIFE didnt remember right away. That was the only time the US itself was attacked prior to 9/11 I REMEMBER my grandfather and grandmother were there.
Thanks again to ALL who serve!!!
|
|
IP Logged |
"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them."
|
|
|
sailpappy
New Board Old Timer
Gender:
Posts: 349
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #12 on: Dec 9th, 2006, 3:36pm » |
Quote Modify
|
I remember Pearl Harbor, but December 7th took on a whole new meaning for us here at the Hallahan House!
This December 7th is the 8th anniversary of Terri and I taking custody of the Grandkids. Heaven Leigh and Trysten Kyle!
She is now 13 and he's 9 and it sure has make an impact on our lives!
This is a link to the photos of them on My MSN Space from when we moved up here this past March!
Also pictures of my Daughter Amanda and her baby John Michael, Step Daughter Helen(another Brit) heading home for the holidays!
Slaphappy Pappy
http://spaces.msn.com/sailpappy1951/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
|
|
IP Logged |
|
|
|
The mad viking
CH.com Alumnus
New Board Hall of Famer
Always Look on The Bright Side of Life
Gender:
Posts: 3135
|
|
Re: December 7 -- anyone remember
« Reply #13 on: Dec 9th, 2006, 4:11pm » |
Quote Modify
|
depends on how and with what kind of eyes you are looking at the story.
You might think im cynical here but from the european way of seing this it was our luckiest day in the world when the japs did the attack on Pearl Harbour
It really was in the way that it did wake up the american peoples and that you finally attended the WW2.
There will be pure speculations to guess what would have happend here in Europe if this did not happend
Of course there is NO WINNERS in a war but i do not think the europeans would have made it trough if not for the US help
Just my 2 cent worth
Svenn
|
|
IP Logged |
Always Look on The Bright Side of Life
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home
Help
Search
Members
Member Map
Login
Register
Reply
Notify of replies
Send Topic
Print
test rss