Remembering Pearl Harbor

[kito]

Really an amazing generation. My grandmother helped train pilots during the war. Sadly she passed away before I ever got to ask her about it. I've always been proud to have that legacy in my family, and I hope to live up to her achievements some day.

I know this generation hasn't shown the same sacrifices that the greatest generation did, and it honestly would be hard to measure up to them. But I don't doubt that if the US were ever caught in another full-scale industrial war (not these selective wars of the present), we would see the nation rally together a fighting force that is unbreakable. Unfortunately, I think our enemy has realized this and no-one dares to face us in an all-out industrial war.

 

[eddie]

Unfortunately, I think our enemy has realized this and no-one dares to face us in an all-out industrial war.

I know what you mean, but I cannot think of anything more fortunate.

 

[jollygreen07]

I know what you mean, but I cannot think of anything more fortunate.

Unless you're Boeing.

 

[E26]

Air raid on pearl harbor x this is no drill

Found this on the 'net. Pretty awesome, thought I'd share.

 

[HeyJoe]

091207-N-8539M-363 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2009) The sun rises over the USS Arizona Memorial on the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The National Park Service and the U.S. Navy hosted a joint memorial ceremony to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class N. Brett Morton/Released)

 

[SWO Bubba]

091207-N-7586B-063 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2009) Lt. j.g. Daniel Conley walks through the USS Oklahoma Memorial during a ceremony on Ford Island. The National Park Service hosted a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Oklahoma Memorial honors the 429 men killed aboard Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Bart Bauer/Released)

Looking forward to seeing this next time I'm in Pearl.

 

[The Crab]

This thread might interest you guys, it was posted up on an aviation photography website here in the UK I am a member of. A fellow member visited the Pearl Harbor memorials and other landmarks in the surrounding area, its one of the best photo journals of a visit I have seen. The photo's showing the strafe damage that have been left are quite chilling.

Enjoy .. http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=18494

 

[HeyJoe]

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091207-N-7874H-146 NORFOLK (Dec. 7, 2009) A bugler plays taps during a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. (U.S. Navy photo by Robin Hicks/Released)

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091207-N-5082P-030 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Dec. 7, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Coy L. Dreher and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Caitlin A. Fitzgerald, both assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) lay a wreath on the Pearl Harbor memorial at the Mariner's Museum. The wreath laying was part of a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brooks B. Patton/Released)

091207-N-5082P-020 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Dec. 7, 2009) Rear Adm. Clark Orvalli, director of Fleet Maintenance, Fleet Forces Command, listens as Lt. Col. Ted Morris, a retired World War II veteran, gives a speech during a wreath laying ceremony at the Mariner's Museum. The ceremony was in memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brooks B. Patton/Released)

 

[HeyJoe]

091208-N-7498L-005 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 8, 2009) Executive Officer Cmdr. William Baxter and Command Master Chief Herbert Ellis give a tour of the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) to Woody Derby, a Pearl Harbor survivor and his wife Christine Derby. Derby attended the 68th annual Pearl Harbor Day ceremony, Dec. 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Mark Logico/Released)