REMEMBER!! And NEVER Forget!!

[DaveFan'51]

Today is "December 7th!" "Pearl Harbor Day!" As they used to call it! A day that always has and always will bring back Sad Feeling!! God Bless all that perished that Day, and they Years that Followed in WWII!!
My Father and 4 Uncles served in the Army and Marine Corps in WWII, and I always remember them on this day!!

The Arizona Memorial.

The Missouri- Arizona Memorial.

As a personal side note, I was also Honorably Discharged from the USMC on Dec.7th! 1967!

 

[LACHAMP46]

ah yes....My dad served in Korea...

Gotta bless & thank all the men & women that served in times like these...

Great post Dave!

 

[Selassie I]

Today is "December 7th!" "Pearl Harbor Day!" As they used to call it! A day that always has and always will bring back Sad Feeling!! God Bless all that perished that Day, and they Years that Followed in WWII!!
My Father and 4 Uncles served in the Army and Marine Corps in WWII, and I always remember them on this day!!
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The Arizona Memorial.
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The Missouri- Arizona Memorial.
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As a personal side note, I was also Honorably Discharged from the USMC on Dec.7th! 1967!

Great Thread/Post Dave!

I grew up in Pearl City, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor basically connects to Pearl City. I used to go to the Memorial all of the time... Back then (1970s), I could still see oil rising up from the Arizona. It made a lasting impression on me. I can still picture everything in my mind like I was standing there right now. December 7th is one of those dates that I know and remember almost like my date of birth.


I read a story this week about one of the survivors from the Arizona who passed away this year. He was 98 years old. His twin brother was on the ship with him when it was attacked and he was killed while trying to shoot down the Japanese planes. The surviving twin had always wanted to be reunited with his brother.... so his family took his ashes back out to Pearl Harbor today, and they are putting his ashes (with a driver's help I assume) inside of the gun turret that his brother was firing when he was killed. So awesome!