Today marks the 80 anniversary of pearl harbor,in memory for those over 2,000 lives lost.Especially the 1,177 who died on the Arizona alone almost half the total death total.On my top list is going to pearl harbor and visiting the Arizona and Missouri I have only seen both on tv!!!!.Also to those who took part in the Tokyo Doolittle raiders of 1941/42.This is a 1941 clipped planchet I found CRH and my.Famous lord prayers piece which I believe was made by a soldier on D-day.
A solemn anniversary, for sure. My uncle was in the Navy, Pacific Fleet. He never said a thing about it. We visited the Arizona memorial when I was 18. Weird to see oil still bubbling to the surface.
Funny how things work… Japan and Germany our big enemies, now are best friends….Former Soviet Union now our enemy as well as China, use to be our friends….. Never trust the Russians, Patton could tell you that. Bless those who sacrificed for our freedom…Remember them.
It is very strange to me that it has been 80 years. Time goes by too fast when looking back on it. I was in Hawaii for the 35th anniversary and later, in 1983 I was also in Hawaii and my dad came over to visit me. He had joined the Air Force in WWII, though he was let go early to civilian life due to an ear issue they found that disqualified him from serving. We went to the Arizona Memorial (one I passed every single work day on my way to Ford Island) and visited it. He made a point to look at the end wall for the name of a guy from New York who he had known as a young man (late teens probably) who died on the Arizona, from what he said. I had not known until then that my dad had actually known someone who was lost on that date. Evidently there is a bridge to the island now, but when I was there, it was always the 50 ft small boat to take. I always remembered people being pretty respectful of it. Also, a little-known fact... On Ford Island, there is or was a depression in the ground of the medical building there, where a bomb was dropped but did not go off.
