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Remembering Pearl Harbor
- Thread starter Ken_gone_flying
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Roger that, Halsey DID say 'it' best:Halsey said it best...
On 8 December, Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey brought the USS ENTERPRISE task force back into Pearl Harbor. The enormity of the destruction left all hands dumbfounded. Halsey's comment:
"Before we're through with 'em, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!" ...
That probably represented a universal feeling, not just in the US PACIFIC FLEET, but in virtually the entire Nation at the time. Where is that 'spirit' today .... ??? It seems to be AWOL as we keep trying to find excuses for 'Musllims' and 'Islam'.
An interesting article from SEP 28, 1944 on 'Should the Pacific battle fleet have been at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7? And, if it should not, why was it there, and by whose orders?' September 28, 1944
THE TRUTH OF PEARL HARBOR(AN EDITORIAL)
CalamityJean
I know which way the wind shines!
Yep, was sitting in the car in the Maine woods listening to the radio while my father was out chopping down a Christmas tree. At five I was considered too young to be tramping around in the snow in the forest. The announcer intrupted the broadcast of my aunt's high school glee club singing Christmas carols to say that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by Japan. It made an impression.
Lest we forget:
USS UTAH
Baby Nancy Lynne Wagner, watched over by 60 men of the USS UTAH for the past 68 years
(then) NAS KANEOHE ... just down the street below the present O'Club
Part of USS OKLAHOMA's superstructure
all color images by A4sForever
USS UTAH
Baby Nancy Lynne Wagner, watched over by 60 men of the USS UTAH for the past 68 years
(then) NAS KANEOHE ... just down the street below the present O'Club
Part of USS OKLAHOMA's superstructure
all color images by A4sForever
IronMaiden
Member
Today was pathetic
My school didn't even bother talking about it during the announcements!! No memorial service of any kind...
and in my US HISTORY class my teacher was so busy talking about the Lakers, the Raiders, and Tiger woods with some other students that she got the date wrong when she briefly mentioned it. I corrected her and got a "The homie a nerd" from someone behind me. I got too much to lose if I got expelled so I kept my fist down.
R.I.P to all those who lost their lives on that day.
My school didn't even bother talking about it during the announcements!! No memorial service of any kind...
and in my US HISTORY class my teacher was so busy talking about the Lakers, the Raiders, and Tiger woods with some other students that she got the date wrong when she briefly mentioned it. I corrected her and got a "The homie a nerd" from someone behind me. I got too much to lose if I got expelled so I kept my fist down.
R.I.P to all those who lost their lives on that day.
I think about this pretty frequently. Sad to see a lack of commitment to our own "Modern Day Pearl Harbor" like we had 60+ years ago.
Yeah, agreed. Very humbling to watch the bombings and naval battles on TV today. Puts things in perspective to think that this Navy and Marine Corps is soon to be yours and mine now.
Very true ... Ford Island, Dec 7, 0755 local ...
image by A4sForever
What year was that taken?
Without lookin' it up -- I believe '06 or '07 sounds about right ...
Here's an interesting piece from a hippie-liberal, latte-lappin', white wine & cheese tastin', paternalistic, snob website that I frequently peruse ... as we have so much in common ... the article is about what it was like on Seattle's First Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941
Obviously ... the first reports from Pearl were incomplete:
I don't think it has anything to do with guts. I think it has more to do with the mission that we're trying to complete abroad.
Many propaganda posters of World War II utilize the "demonizing the enemy" technique. I don't personally believe this would be an effective way to rally support for Iraq and Afghanistan considering we're not trying to destroy their countries.
I'd go as far to say that we lack a full war footing and for that reason, propaganda posters such as the ones displayed in this thread are unnecessary.
These posters may or may have not given the same feeling to those viewing them then as those viewing them now. The reason for that being is that there is certainly a bit of nostalgia involved when viewing historical pieces such as these.
The talent is out there. It's just not being utilized.
I was also disturbed by the lack of coverage yesterday.
Without lookin' it up -- I believe '06 or '07 sounds about right ...
Here's an interesting piece from a hippie-liberal, latte-lappin', white wine & cheese tastin', paternalistic, snob website that I frequently peruse ... as we have so much in common ... the article is about what it was like on Seattle's First Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941
Obviously ... the first reports from Pearl were incomplete:
Wow, missed a few details eh? Not surprising at the time though, lots of confusion.
My grandmother, who lived in Seattle on that day, told me of hearing about the attack on the radio. She was born in 1909, so she was a young girl during WWI, but she remembers selling war bonds. She sat down, took a few to gather herself, then began to look around for things that she could do. She ended up working for Boeing as a parts inspector on the B-17 line then the B-29 line. Through the war she gave all she could back, from every spare bit of metal to pantyhose to make tires.
Everybody came together during that time in a way that had never been seen before, even during WWI. I think America today has pulled together, but not to the same level as WWII.
Truly they were America's greatest generation. If people were willing to sacrifice today as they were in WWII, I think this war would have gone very differently.