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| Remember Pearl Harbor! |
| 2004-12-07 |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #16 don't tease, Ship. LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-07 7:54:05 PM |
| #15 One minor note of ETIQUTEE Andrea, When your are writing about Merchant Marine Captain Charles Jackson, alway capitalize MARINE. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-07 7:49:05 PM |
| #14 It's not a BIG MESS Andrea, it it a MINOR QUAGMIRE, such as a small COUNTRY would find itself in if IT GAVE INTO DESPAIR and opted for OWG! I am happy we AGREE! Ship |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-07 7:47:00 PM |
| #13 Shipman # 10 you are correct!! Look at the BIG MESS we are in now! My late Uncle Merchant Marine Captain, Charles Jackson spun tales of that battle and I recall his famous quote"Haste makes waste". May Uncle Charles rest in peace** |
| Posted by: Andrea 2004-12-07 7:05:12 PM |
| #12 Seafarious # 4 It must have been a Yankees fan who did that? |
| Posted by: Andrea 2004-12-07 7:01:11 PM |
| #11 Shipman # 10 you are correct!! Look at the BIG MESS we are in now! |
| Posted by: Andrea 2004-12-07 6:59:08 PM |
| #10 While it is good that we stop for a moment and Remember Pearl Harbour.... it would be wise for the rest of the world to step back and ponder the consequences of hasty action. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-07 6:34:52 PM |
| #9 What the )#$(*%)$(*%(!!! That was me! |
| Posted by: anonymous2U 2004-12-07 5:53:33 PM |
| #8 Nope, not me. That's the patented PruitTech PenNamerator (TM, all rights reserved). Fred did this all by his onesies. Didn't even tell us mods it was coming...just switched it on one day and bingo! He's like that sometimes... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-07 5:48:54 PM |
| #7 Seafarious-is that you coming up with these completely bizarro bloghandles? Thinese Uninetch? Yikes! |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-12-07 5:27:09 PM |
| #6 The Japs are bombing Pearl Harbor as we speak on The History Channel. |
| Posted by: Thinese Uninetch9555 2004-12-07 5:12:24 PM |
| #5 Here is the Remembering Pearl Harbor site by National Geographic. (found via Michelle Malkin) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-12-07 2:15:20 PM |
| #4 That's beautiful, Justrand. True story: A friend was visiting DC on Veterans' Day. We went to the WWII memorial late in the evening to pay our respects. Many people had been by during the day, leaving cards and flowers, but our favorite offering by far was the 10/28/04 copy of the Boston Globe, showing the jubilant World Series Champion Red Sox. I knew there must have been a big cheer up in Heaven for that! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-07 12:18:58 PM |
| #3 My wife's father was the radioman aboard the U.S.S. Maryland, and sent the now famous "This is not a drill" message over & over that day. He had gone below for his watch just before the attack and remained on station for hours sending every message handed to him. He had enlisted in 1938, served on multiple ships during the war, and wound up aboard a destroyer in Tokyo Bay from which he watched the surrender through binoculars! Four years ago we took him back to Pearl Harbor, his first visit since 1941. He did fine until we got to the pedestals with the plaques showing the names of all the servicemen killed aboard each vessel. When he looked at the long list of names from the U.S.S. Oklahoma he started crying. We asked him why, and he replied: âbecause they saved our livesâ¦they took all the punishment that otherwise would have hit the Marylandâ. It was a staggering day for us all, and gave his assembled kids and grandkids a chance to realize how much a part of history their Grandpa was. God Bless them all! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2004-12-07 12:02:27 PM |
| #2 Little-known story: Japan had subs set to attack San Diego and other western ports two weeks later on Christmas Eve and cancelled the attacks hours before they were due to start |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-07 11:05:28 AM |
| #1 Moment of silence Thank you. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-12-07 10:56:39 AM |