Pearl Harbor
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Minneapolis, Mn USA
Amen brother. 
That whole area of that harbor is hallowed ground in my book.
Ive passed through but never got a chance to see the memorial, someday both Arizona and Missouri are on the bucket list.
USN '86-'90
That whole area of that harbor is hallowed ground in my book.
Ive passed through but never got a chance to see the memorial, someday both Arizona and Missouri are on the bucket list.
USN '86-'90
Drifting
Joined: May 2010
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From: Somerset Kentucky
My Dad served in the Army Air Force, as it was called then, as a radio operator. He never really talked very much about his experiences except a couple of times when I pressed him for stories he told me a few things that happened to him and his buddies. He passed away at the youthful age of 57 when I was still a very young man. There is still so much that I will never know. One of Dad's brothers was on the USS Missouri and he took photos at the surrender and now I have them; they are among my most valued possessions. I had another uncle KIA in Germany near the end of the war. I have a number of family members I remember quite often, not just on Dec. 7 and Memorial Day. I think about them all the time and wonder if I could have done what they did.
Pro
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Endicott New York
Oldtimer
I was there today at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony. It was something else, the Air force had 4 F-15's do a fly over at 7:55 am (approximately when the havoc started on this day in 1941) they were in the missing man formation. I have been out here in Hawaii for so long, that sometimes it takes days like this to bring me back to the reason I am in the military.
Racer
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From: ft. Worth tx.
American Service men & women of past & present,I revere you. The martyrs of Pearl Harbor, we still mourn you,God give you rest & peace.
To the American politicians who after our courageous fighting men won WW2 & other wars,I condemn you & abhore your greed.You gave Germany ,Japan & other enemies of ours a grossly unfair advantage in trade,& built them new factories at the expense of the sons & daughters of these gallant warriors.To you, many of us curse your treason,Republican & Democrat alike, your greed still betrays these heroic souls!
To the American politicians who after our courageous fighting men won WW2 & other wars,I condemn you & abhore your greed.You gave Germany ,Japan & other enemies of ours a grossly unfair advantage in trade,& built them new factories at the expense of the sons & daughters of these gallant warriors.To you, many of us curse your treason,Republican & Democrat alike, your greed still betrays these heroic souls!
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From: Bonita Springs, Florida
Last edited by Mike98SilVert; Dec 11, 2010 at 03:35 PM.
