RangerM Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Granted I've been a work most of the day, but heard nary a word about it on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiredMotorCompany Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Granted I've been a work most of the day, but heard nary a word about it on the radio.what's more imporrant is it is remembered by the people.As it is with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napfirst Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 This area is the home of the Navy's largest base and it has a large number of military retirees and therefore an inordinate number of Pearl Harbor Survivors so there's always celebrations honoring these heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trimdingman Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) I remember the date. I toured Pearl Harbour in February 2013. My father fought in the front lines infantry for two years, 1943-1945 in Europe, joining the army in 1939 at age 18 when the war first broke out. He saw a lot of action and was wounded twice. A cousin was killed on the beach in Normandy on D-Day. Many of my relatives and ancestors served, going all the way back to King Philip's War. How many of you know about that war? It was a doozie, fought right in America. Edited December 9, 2013 by Trimdingman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenCaylor Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 (edited) I'm a docent on the USS Iowa. We had a ceremony on-board on the 7th with two Pearl Harbor survivors. I was assigned as Officer-of-the-Deck In-port. As a special event, I wore my full dress blue uniform with medals and white gloves (can still fit into them after 37 years). It was a great honor to escort them from the quarterdeck to their seats for the ceremony. Despite a heavy rain and very cold temps, the ceremony came off great. With the help of our next door neighbors, the Los Angeles Port Fire Department, we laid a wreath to commemorate those who were lost beside the ship. They then gave us a full salute with all of their water cannons. At the end of the ceremony, we had a great artist sing Aloha 'Oe to say good-bye to those who were lost. One of vets lost it and started weeping, very moving. Both of them were in their 90's and great troopers. They stayed on board for much of the day in the ward room and talked with all visitors of their experiences of that day. Edited December 9, 2013 by StevenCaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerM Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Was surprised at the number of stories I saw about it today. Either can't or don't remember as many last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Fuzzy55 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I always get tears on Dec 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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