Never Forget Dec 07,1941

[Colonialgirl]

Monday will be December 07 and 79 years ago Pearl Harbor was attacked by an enemy on that date.
The Arizona still weeps her tears of sadness.

 

[blume357]

Amen....

 

[57springer]

God bless those brave souls .

 

[ronto]

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve."
-Admiral Yamamoto who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor

 

[Poco Oso]

The USS Arizona Memorial will truly humble you.
Never Forget

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

I understand that any veterans who served on the USS Arizona can have their cremated remains interred on the ship to rest with their fellow shipmates even to this day. Is that true?

Rick C

 

[Paul B]

I was only three years old on that day. About all I remember was how solemn family and friends were. Paul B.

 

[Colonialgirl]

When I was in the first grade (1947-48) my Dad was stationed on Ford Island and we lived on the Island not far from where the Arizona was down; No memorial in those days, but you could see her outline beneath the water from the nearby docks and could see the oil "tears" surfacing. Ford Island was my little brother's first home when he was born Feb, 1948.

 

[vito]

Most of America has long forgotten the grave sacrifices made by brave Americans at Pearl Harbor, and on through the entire war. As a society we revere the warrior until the guns go silent, then we wish for him to just fade away and not remind us of the violence we have survived. One of my long deceased uncles, who stormed the beach at Iwo Jima, would be appalled at seeing a Japanese car and two Japanese motorcycles in my garage, and who knows how many Japanese appliances and this very computer I am sitting here typing on. He hated the Japanese to the day that he died, and could not forgive let alone forget. Most of our nation has already forgotten 9/11, not even 20 years ago. Daring to say that our country needs to remain vigilant for radical Islamic terrorism will get accusations of racism, xenophobia and probably that you are a Right Wing white supremacist.

The American people have turned away from the values that our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines believed in when they stood firmly against the forces of Naziism and Japanese imperialism. The men that died in that effort that began at Pearl Harbor did not do so in vain, since they played a key role in keeping this nation free from those days to the current time. If you really want to see how much we have forgotten, visit many of our V.A. facilities where the best among us receive what is often second rate care, if that.

I will say a prayer tomorrow morning, with my thoughts of the men in the Arizona to this very day, along with all of our other heroes that survived the war, or did not. The greatest honor in my life will not take place until after I am gone when I will join my comrades at Arlington National Cemetery, including those that I served with in Vietnam 50 years ago.

 

[DeletedMember275]

Hi,

I understand that any veterans who served on the USS Arizona can have their cremated remains interred on the ship to rest with their fellow shipmates even to this day. Is that true?

Rick C

The last remaining survivor who chose to be, was interred in December, 2019.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pearl-harbor-veteran-s-interment-be-last-sunken-arizona-n1096911

"The Southern California man will be the 44th and last crew member to be interred in accordance with this rare Navy ritual. The last three living Arizona survivors plan to be laid to rest with their families."

 

[toysoldier]

My uncle was at Wheeler Air Field that day. He was in the Army from 1940-1946, but that was his only day of combat.

 

[blackhawknj]

It is an off anniversary, like November 22 this year. How many people remember the Maine ? Or September 6-the day McKinley was shot.
I have always liked the scene in the classic Star Trek episode Balance of Terror
where Kirk asks Lieutenant Stiles why he knows so much about the Earth-Romulan War of a century before.
Stiles: "There was a Captain Stiles in that war, two commanders, several junior officers. All lost!"
Kirk: "That was their war, not yours,"

 

[Ale-8(1)]

A bump for today!

 

[jgt]

Many people today have not been taught of the terrible price our troops paid to achieve the victories won in the wars we have fought in the past. If most knew just how high the price was, they would most likely be appalled.

 

[Heliman]

The USS Arizona Memorial will truly humble you.
Never Forget

A very humbling experience for sure. We stopped in Hawaii on our way to the Gulf of Tonkin in 1971. My friends and I visited the Arizona memorial and it was a quieting, reverent experience. The oil sheen coming up from the wreckage and the vivid memorial was true evidence of the horrific events of that day. I will never forget....

Dave

 

[Rick Courtright]

The last remaining survivor who chose to be, was interred in December, 2019.

Hi,

Thanks, Enigma!

Rick C

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I always remember December 7 and June 6 with reverence and a bit of awe at the bravery and sacrifice those dates represent.