Pearl Harbor.

[AH64ID]

I’ll have to ask the kids tonight if their teachers talked about it in school at all.

 

[SnoKing]

Just got an email from the park's office manager, saying our flag will be at half mast. It is right out on highway 60 in Gold Canyon and the pole is over 100' tall. It will remind many about Dec 7th 1941. When the sun is up I will take my own picture of it at half mast post it.

 

[SnoKing]

We visited the site in 2006.

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[DavidC]

Az. Flags at half mast.

 

[Wiredawg]

God Bless America and its Courageous Veterans who gave their lives at Pearl Harbor.

 

[SnoKing]

There and interesting story in the Seattle Times about a 101 man that was dressed for a football game with crew members of the USS Pennsylvania. They had a game scheduled that day with USS Arizona crew. He went to his lookup station in the crows nest above the bridge in his foot ball uniform. He look darn good for being 101 years old!

 

[DHayden]

Thought y'all might enjoy this pic of US flag from inside the USS Arizona Memorial.

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Another one.

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Very Majestic and Patriotic!

Ron

When I was in the Army I was stationed in Hawaii for 6 years. I was privileged to be able to re-enlist on the Arizona, they gave me a really nice plaque AND the flag that flew over the ship that day. Tremendous Honor for me to have that flag.
I had a fantastic history teacher whom I did not appreciate at the time, over the course of my life I remember him fondly and appreciate everything he imparted on me.

 

[Tuesdak]

I’ll have to ask the kids tonight if their teachers talked about it in school at all.

I was in college in 2001. The same professor who asked "How are you all doing?" on Sept 11, 2001 had the senior class projects due Dec 7. I did ask "WHY!?" and reminded them in front of the entire class that major things due on bad days that The USA got it's ass kicked isn't a good thing. The significance of Dec 7, with the flag at half mast, never occurred to them: it was just another day to them. I did not have to take that class over... But the due date didn't change then or for future classes.

 

[TDRAdmin4]

What this day is about can be honored while checking politics at the door. Thank you.

 

[GCroyle]

FDR'S Day of Infamy speech.

 

[SnoKing]

One more picture I took!

 

[GCroyle]

SnoKing,

Thanks for the special pic's. I can't understand what standing there is like, closest I can compare it to is when we visited in OKC at the Murrah bldg memorial before it was built and the Flt 93 Memorial when it was a chain link fence. Flt 93 memorial is a few miles from my Dad's home town.

Folks,

I've started watching The Walton's at lunch time and it's surprising how relevant some of their story lines really were. Today they ran the December 7th show and how it hit in the days w/o digital communication they were sitting around the radio listening to updates and they played FDR's speech and showed how folks watched and responded.

Was this the birth of The Greatest Generation? Many served in many ways to support what was needed from material to rationing, war bonds and a whole host of sacrifices that they made.

Regards,

Gary

 

[SnoKing]

SnoKing,

Thanks for the special pic's. I can't understand what standing there is like, closest I can compare it to is when we visited in OKC at the Murrah bldg memorial before it was built and the Flt 93 Memorial when it was a chain link fence. Flt 93 memorial is a few miles from my Dad's home town.

Folks,

I've started watching The Walton's at lunch time and it's surprising how relevant some of their story lines really were. Today they ran the December 7th show and how it hit in the days w/o digital communication they were sitting around the radio listening to updates and they played FDR's speech and showed how folks watched and responded.

Was this the birth of The Greatest Generation? Many served in many ways to support what was needed from material to rationing, war bonds and a whole host of sacrifices that they made.

Regards,

Gary

It was quieter than a church service. No one spoke, they just looked at this scared place in silence and respect. During WWII my father worked a second job in a machine shop making propeller shafts for liberty ships. I was born a week after D-Day.

 

[Killer223]

Grandpa was in WWII. Was the test pilot for the p38 and the p51, then he was a flight instructor on dogfighting in the p51. used to tell stories about drawing large circles on the ground and landing a plane in the circle and not letting a tire leave. told stories of getting his arm blown to bits and still having to fly back to base using his knees and left hand. told some stories that are not ok for a public forum. After he got back to AZ he was on the design crew and test pilot in Apache junction for the AH-64.
It's saddening to see today's public have no mention of that day, or any day of US significance. history might soon repeat if it's not learned.

 

[Wiredawg]

Saw on news ABC last night still two survivors of the Arizona still living... As long as I'm still alive, they and other Brave Warriors Will NOT be forgotten.

My Heros!

 

[GCroyle]

And we lost one more great American last night too, Chuck Yeager.

 

[Wiredawg]

Going to Hawaii for a week is on my bucket list... not for the beaches or other tourist stuf, but to personally go visit the Arizona. AS we travel the US, we spicifically target Civil War and Indian battlegrounds... these are Sacred Places to be reverred and honored. Of all my military assignments, Andrews AFB was the best, largely due to the military history dating back to America's Origin. I visited The Tomb of the Unknowns many times and will again when we go back.

Antietum was the single bloodiest day in American history and is all but forgetten EXCEPT for the locals. Thanks to my friend Larry Willard, we participated in one of the most wonderful ceromonies honoring the fallen... the Luminaries where 23,000 candles placed in sand weighted bags are placed on the reverred battlegound, lighted. Then the participants are allowed to begin the drive through the area, truly inspiring and saddening sight.

One thing for sure, although all the wars began BECAUSE of politics, the hallowed battlegrounds and memorials are completely DEVOID of politics, and rightly so.

Thanks all for posting...we can count on each other to keep memories alive and honored.

Ron

 

[SnoKing]

Going to Hawaii for a week is on my bucket list... not for the beaches or other tourist stuf, but to personally go visit the Arizona. AS we travel the US, we spicifically target Civil War and Indian battlegrounds... these are Sacred Places to be reverred and honored. Of all my military assignments, Andrews AFB was the best, largely due to the military history dating back to America's Origin. I visited The Tomb of the Unknowns many times and will again when we go back.

Antietum was the single bloodiest day in American history and is all but forgetten EXCEPT for the locals. Thanks to my friend Larry Willard, we participated in one of the most wonderful ceromonies honoring the fallen... the Luminaries where 23,000 candles placed in sand weighted bags are placed on the reverred battlegound, lighted. Then the participants are allowed to begin the drive through the area, truly inspiring and saddening sight.

One thing for sure, although all the wars began BECAUSE of politics, the hallowed battlegrounds and memorials are completely DEVOID of politics, and rightly so.

Thanks all for posting...we can count on each other to keep memories alive and honored.

Ron

I have vowed after my wife and I's first one week trip to Hawaii to never make the visit that short. The Reason being the length of the flight to get there deserves a longer stay. While on O'ahu the Polynesian Cultural Center is well worth a day of your stay, we took the all day bus tour from Waikiki for this, returning late after the evening shows. The last two have been 19 days and 21 days. We like Maui, and stay up in the Kaanapali area.

 

[GCroyle]

Ron

As we have traveled real backroads here in SC it’s not unusual to see small graveyards family plots etc. And frequently we see a Confederate flag quietly honoring a Civil War veteran on those old stones.

 

[Wiredawg]

I was stationed at Pope AFB, NC, and just as you mention, found many small towns with very old cemetaries. I found Arlington National Cemetary to be all day everytime we went. The mast of the USS Maine is displayed there. In Alabama, we found an old slave cemetary wata quarry, and unfortunately was vandalized and desecrated. The quarry closed letting folks 4 wheel in it and did their best to preserve the cemetery.

Best to all, Ron