Pearl Harbor

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  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    edited December 2010
    That wasn't me, I don't think....
    I was here in Atlanta, wishing I was back there at Pearl, it's cold here...
    Some final words,
    "If you keep banging your head against the wall,
    you're going to have headaches."
    Warren
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,698
    edited December 2010
    Had an uncle in the Navy during WWII that had 2 carriers shot out from underneath him. Dad that was a medic in WWII; served during the Huertgen Forest.

    Very, very rarely would either of them speak of their service and even then, very, very little.

    "With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God."

    People may or may not agree with Roosevelt's politics, but ..... that line gives me goose bumps everytime. Masterful.
    Sal Palooza
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2010
    Truely the "Greatest Generation".
    Never has so much been owed by so many, to so few.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited December 2010
    There aren't many of those guys left. Of all my uncles and my dad, only one uncle is still alive. My high school science teacher had a wood leg from the war. WWII was burned into their memories. And you wonder why most of them won't buy a Toyota or VW?
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited December 2010
    Both of my parents served proudly in WW2. They truly were the greatest generation and I thank God some of those vets are still here ,we owe so very much to them. All gave some, some gave all. Lest We Forget
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited December 2010
    It's pretty crazy to me that all I have heard everywhere since I woke up was this is the anniversary of John Lennon's murder. Yesterday, I only heard passing mentions of Pearl Harbor. Its sad that such an important day in our history has been passed over. Soon there will no longer be any survivors of those who fought in that war (my grandfather included).
    Shawn
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