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Dec.7th 1941...the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. Payback is a biotch...prayers and THANX sent to ALL veterans

thanks for reminding us ducks be us.

Thanks to all that served.

I listened to the Roosevelt's speech this morning on XM. It still gives me chills.

Alabama's Governor Bob Riley ordered all flags flown at half mast today in remembrance.

When stationed in Hawaii in the early 90s, I escorted a foreign VIP to the Arizona Memorial and ended up meeting a Japanese veteran of the attack. He had gone there individually (not part of any group) to pay his respects and place a wreath on the water. He had got pretty emotional and looked scared and was probably wondering when the Americans were going to toss him over the side. He was a little old man about 5 feet tall and dressed in a coat and tie. He asked to have his picture taken with me in my USMC uniform and I obliged. I'm sure some Pearl Harbor veterans may have taken issue with his presence there, but the veteran who was one of the Park Service volunteer guides treated him with respect. It is one of my more memorable experiences.

gamehog wrote:When stationed in Hawaii in the early 90s, I escorted a foreign VIP to the Arizona Memorial and ended up meeting a Japanese veteran of the attack. He had gone there individually (not part of any group) to pay his respects and place a wreath on the water. He had got pretty emotional and looked scared and was probably wondering when the Americans were going to toss him over the side. He was a little old man about 5 feet tall and dressed in a coat and tie. He asked to have his picture taken with me in my USMC uniform and I obliged. I'm sure some Pearl Harbor veterans may have taken issue with his presence there, but the veteran who was one of the Park Service volunteer guides treated him with. It is one of my more memorable experiences.

That is a great memory

I was stationed in Hawaii in the early 90's too Gamehog.
25th ID Schofield Barracks, HI


Small world.

Battle wrote:I was stationed in Hawaii in the early 90's too Gamehog.
25th ID Schofield Barracks, HI

Small world.

oooh-rah. Tropic Lightning! I took some night courses up at Schofield Barracks.

I was at Camp Smith 90-93. Got to help out with the 50th Pearl Harbor anniversary in 1991.

One of my Dad's best buddies was at Schofield on Dec. 7th, 1941. He tells a story about the soldiers grabbing their bolt action rifles and falling out of the barracks that Sunday morning to shoot at the planes as they flew south down the central Oahu plain on their way to Pearl Harbor.

I was there 90 -93.
1st Battalion 8th FA Bravo Battery
J quad


Our barracks had a drop ceiling in it. But above the drop ceiling you could see the bullet holes where the Japanese straffed the barracks on their way out.

My uncle from Louisville (Lloyd Dowdy now deceased) was in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. I got to listen to him tell his story and I get chills everytime I think about it. That generation was truly a great one.

I was stationed at Hickam for the 60th anniversary. In reality, quite a few of the surviving American and Japanese vets get together each year to honor the occasion. Most share they no longer have hatred towards the other -- they've realized they were just doing their jobs.

What a great generation of men...HEROES!

Here's to what was truely "The greatest generation". Thank you to all the WW2 Vets.!

I saw on the News last night most of the Veterans that were there said this would be their last year to attend the service as Pearl Harbour, they were getting to far in age to make the trip.

Here is to all service men present and past........we will not forget!

mudsucker wrote:Her's to what was truely "The greatest generation". Thank you to all the WW2 Vets.!

Hear Hear - Thanks to all

My dad was there on Dec. 7, 1941 aboard the USS Perry. He passed away Sept. 20th at 89 years old. The Navy buried him with full military honors. Yesterday was our first Pearl Harbor Day without him...pretty strange feeling. They were heros.