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Do you remember?
What is the significance of today's date?

Do you remember Pearl Harbor?   :(    ::)
Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Cedar
2004 30'IB (Island Bed)
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery
Live for the day!
Re: Do you remember?
Reply #3 –
I don't remember the day, but my Dad (at 17) enlisted in  the Marines on December 8, 1941!
Steve and Annette
2019 TK 24
Re: Do you remember?
Reply #4 –
My Mom’s brothers both enlisted in the Navy out of Hastings, Nebraska, before the war started. The oldest, Don, was on the USS McCall on patrol when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. John, the next oldest was on Midway and had to be evacuated. My wife’s dad led a fighter squadron off the USS Yorktown. His brother Sam died in Europe. My dad piloted B-24s out of England. His brother Phil repaired B-26 bombers in India. I served in Viet Nam. So yes, today has a great deal of meaning for me and my family as I know it does for many families. I just wish we could find a better way to solve our differences.

Larry
Larry in Monument, CO
2008 24' FD
Re: Do you remember?
Reply #5 –
My dad was a navigator/bombardier on a B-24 in the Aleutians and bombed Japan whenever the weather allowed. 
2004 26.5 MB
Enjoying retirement traveling, Rzr riding, photography, and of course the 2 grand girls!
Re: Do you remember?
Reply #6 –
Mother's oldest sister married a career Naval officer who was at Pearl Harbor & later took an LST into Normandy.  Though I don't remember Mack talking about his service, the story I remember hearing as a kid when Mother & her sisters would talk was that the only tattoo Mack ever got was his service number, because he apparently didn't have his tags on when things hit, & he never again wanted to be in a position to not prove who he was.

I helped an elderly neighbor who was an Iowa farm boy in the Merchant Marine.  He was very generous to share his stories, & I learned a lot...including something still not in our kids' history books--I never knew there had been foreign boots on the ground since the War of 1812, or that the Army had boats (much less wooden ones).  Gerald said he was assigned to an Army boat in the Aleutians, to ferry supplies, and that there were preparation underway to push the Japanese off a foothold they'd established on one of the islands.  Fortunately for all, when the operation took place, they found the Japanese had abandoned the site.  Another interesting thing I learned from him was that even though he was technically a civilian in the Merchant Marine, since he'd been assigned to an Army vessel he was able to qualify for some VA benefits (like getting his RX, etc.), which I've always thought of as a good use of my tax dollars.

Thank you to my long-gone Uncle Mack, the stories shared here, and so many others.

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
Re: Do you remember?
Reply #7 –
My dad was in the Army Air Corps, and one uncle in the Navy. Two other uncles stayed home and farmed.
I served in an Army hospital in Calif in 70 & 71.
I recently started taking TaiChi classes locally.  Some of the older teachers spent time in camps in AZ & WY.   Traveling along US395 by Independence,  the Manzanar Camp site is worth a stop.
Joel & Terry Wiley
dog Zeke
2013  31 IB   Orwan   / 2011 CRV Tow'd LWEROVE
Re: Do you remember?
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Quote from: HiLola  - 
Interesting story that combines Kern County's last surviving Pearl Harbor vet with our SoCal fires:

Thomas Fire victim attends Pearl Harbor ceremony with veteran

No matter what life throws at us, this family is a great example to get back on the boat, there's work to be done.  Thx for sharing!

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm