Pearl Harbor Day

[MacGyver]

Today we remember those who served and died on this day, 67 years ago.

 

[Buoy]

Amen.

 

[Perlmudder]

rip.

 

[Scarab KV]

Amen.

What he said. :iagree:

 

[PARADOX]

Remembering we will, forget we not.

 

[fund razor]

Yes.

 

[RumRunner]

A big thank you to all that have served and haven't come home, and to those that continue to serve.

 

[Davidmnc]

Thank you

 

[phragle]

One of my proudest days as an american, and one of my most somber moments was lowering the flag for the day over the arizona memorial while stationed at pearl harbor in the navy.

 

[MarylandMark]

Pretty honorable and amazing to have done that phragle.

I wonder how many people in the US could name the date of "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" these days. How soon we forget. One day 9/11 will be the same- sad. With 9/11 some have already forgotten (about 63M of them as of 11/4/08).

 

[Steve 1]

These brave people made the ultimate sacrifice some died quick while others slowly being trapped in the ships with the rising water, they are in my thoughts and prayers today.

 

[Wardey]

God Bless and let's thank those who served and are still serving. May those who lost their lives fighting for us R.I.P. Dave

 

[stecz20]

we went to pearl on my honeymoon, we spent 2 days there. on our last day we were on the arizona memorial and for whatever reason it was only us and an older gentleman. it was hard not to notice how upset he was, thought maybe he lost a brother or something.. later that day he was the main guest being honored as one of the survivors on one of the ships.. i forget which one.. but later that day i went over and shook his hand and thanked him and exchanged a little small talk.. he said he remembered me from the memorial and he went on to say, just how many friends were on that wall... he said it was his first time back since that day, and since his heath was starting to fail, he thought it would be his duty to say goodbye to his friends before he could no longer do so.... by this time he was growing a little crowd and there was not a dry eye listening to his story....... it was very touching, and i will never forget him....

 

[PM203]

we went to pearl on my honeymoon, we spent 2 days there. on our last day we were on the arizona memorial and for whatever reason it was only us and an older gentleman. it was hard not to notice how upset he was, thought maybe he lost a brother or something.. later that day he was the main guest being honored as one of the survivors on one of the ships.. i forget which one.. but later that day i went over and shook his hand and thanked him and exchanged a little small talk.. he said he remembered me from the memorial and he went on to say, just how many friends were on that wall... he said it was his first time back since that day, and since his heath was starting to fail, he thought it would be his duty to say goodbye to his friends before he could no longer do so.... by this time he was growing a little crowd and there was not a dry eye listening to his story....... it was very touching, and i will never forget him....

Guys like him are the backbone of this country.

 

[Holy Smokes]

We made the trip last year while in Hawaii on business. Definitely something ALL Americans should see in thier lifetime.

Also, caught this photo of a Naval ship maneuvering out of the harbor while we were touring the USS Missouri. It was another proud moment to see these brave souls heading out to sea.

 

[MacGyver]

Nice pics HS. I pulled this pic off Google. I wonder how many kids today know the Memorial is actually positioned abvove the USS Arizona.

 

[MarylandMark]

I wonder how many kids today know the Memorial is actually positioned above the USS Arizona.

or could point to on a map where the state the ship was named after is at.

Awesome pic!

Here is good one- the oil slick is refereed to as the tears of the Arizona. She leaks a quart a day and survivors of the crew say she will leak until the last of them passes.

The Memorial is 184 foot long compared to the 608 feet of the Arizona

 

[ILMORdude]

we went to pearl on my honeymoon, we spent 2 days there. on our last day we were on the arizona memorial and for whatever reason it was only us and an older gentleman. it was hard not to notice how upset he was, thought maybe he lost a brother or something.. later that day he was the main guest being honored as one of the survivors on one of the ships.. i forget which one.. but later that day i went over and shook his hand and thanked him and exchanged a little small talk.. he said he remembered me from the memorial and he went on to say, just how many friends were on that wall... he said it was his first time back since that day, and since his heath was starting to fail, he thought it would be his duty to say goodbye to his friends before he could no longer do so.... by this time he was growing a little crowd and there was not a dry eye listening to his story....... it was very touching, and i will never forget him....

Wow, major chills when reading that. What a story, and thanks to ALL the brave men and women that have, and still, protect us.

 

[Fever Mike]

Sad day for sure...thanks for posting this so we all can be reminded.

 

[old377guy]

good for all of us to remember the common decency of that generation; been 30 or so years since I was at the memorial