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General Categories => Newsworthy => Topic started by: SemperFiGuy on December 07, 2014, 10:04:03 AM
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Today is..........
Pearl Harbor Day.
A Day Which Will Live in Infamy.
I actually remember Pearl Harbor Day. The Very Original Pearl Harbor Day, that is.
Couldn't figure out why all the Family Grownups were in such a dither around the big Atwater Kent. (That's a radio, folks. With tubes. From kid level you could look into the back and see them glow.)
Went to kindergarten the next day, a Monday. All the teachers were gathered around another radio. I busted in with the Big News: "The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor!" About ten of the teachers all turned around at once and hollered, "Shhhhhhhhhh!!!!!". Fingers to lips, all that.
One of my first lessons not to shoot off at the mouth.
December 7, 1941.
The Day the Whole World Changed.
sfg
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Yes sir. I realized what day it was when I went to bed.
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Some years back, my wife and I visited Pearl Harbor & memorial site on our 25th anniversary (Dec 1)....very sombering and humbling to say the least. Such a beautiful and peacefull place that it is hard to imagine the devestation that ocurred. When we were there, I was somewhat taken aback by the number of Japanese tourists visiting the memorial....outnumbering us "natives".
22 Nebraskans were lost on the USS Arizona that day.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/nebraskans-remain-entombed-on-uss-arizona-wreckage/article_4467dddf-e26c-5480-bfe9-0ae11b63ddd8.html (http://journalstar.com/news/local/nebraskans-remain-entombed-on-uss-arizona-wreckage/article_4467dddf-e26c-5480-bfe9-0ae11b63ddd8.html)
http://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-newspapers-shocked-by-pearl-harbor-attack/article_1a3caa21-bd47-558c-ba2b-32a29097a5ac.html (http://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-newspapers-shocked-by-pearl-harbor-attack/article_1a3caa21-bd47-558c-ba2b-32a29097a5ac.html)
A Day Which Will Live in Infamy.
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We were doing a thorough house cleaning today, and while organizing the CD/DVD cabinet I found a 2 part Pearl Harbor documentary. So.... I hope my son accidentally learned some things while it play out while we cleaned.