I had a great uncle on the USS Oklahoma when she went over.
May we never forget.
May we never forget.
80 years ago today
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Was here a few years back.
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My father and all my uncles severed during ww11. My mother worked at Chrysler one of the many Rosie the Riviters. She used to tell me you didn’t need any inspectors as if something wasn’t correct they all would tell them “my brothers might be on that plane” and they took no **** from anyone about it. All Heroes in their own ways. I love them all.
Mark, was the Oklahoma in the harbor or out at sea ? Got 2 different stories on it.
In the harbor. Believe the Nevada tied to make a run out to sea but was sunk in the channel blocking the harbor.
Hyper_pak
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Two reasons for me, it's is my Mothers Birthday.
And my Father served on an ocean going Tug during WWII.
And my Father served on an ocean going Tug during WWII.
My dad was a Navy CB on Guam. He sure had some great stories.
Dartswinger70
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many have forgot. I bet anyone under the age of 40 isnt even aware of what day it is...
pishta
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My Wife's great uncle Matt was captured Dec 6 in China on Embassy duty as a Marine radio operator. POW until the end of the war. His foot locker is on display at the Smithsonian. They were getting ready to go home on Dec 10, never happened. Lots of history is getting buried nowadays. My son is changing his minor to history. 
Dad had hitched a flight from Pearl to Ca., and had driven almost all the way across to Ga. That AM, Dec. 7th.... he told me the car radio said something like Pearl had been bombed by the Japs and all military personnel was required to return to base. He turned it off and made like he did not hear it. He kept going, married my mom the next day, and then drove right back to Ca. and then back to Pearl. I was born about 7 years later, just outside Honolulu, Hi. Maybe why I crave pineapple to this day!!???
He mentioned the war to me....twice.
He mentioned the war to me....twice.
Hyper_pak
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USS Arizona monument in Scottsdale Arizona at the Native American Ballpark, Salt River Field. This is a great tribute to those Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Dad (he is 88) texted me this morning and told me he remembers being a kid watching grandma and grandpa listening to the news of Pearl Harbor on this old Zenith radio, which I still have!
flingdingo
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That radio is awesome!
My grandfather flew B-24s during the war.
My wife's grandfather drove a cement truck for a living. He was in his mid-30s when the Japanese attacked. Nevertheless he volunteered the next day. The recruiter told him he was too old, and grandpa responded with "Someone's gotta deliver food and bullets to all those kids."
He drove supply trucks all over Europe, was captured by the Germans at one point. He was one of those who never talked about it much.
I read that the last surviving member of Easy Company died last week at the age of 99.
My grandfather flew B-24s during the war.
My wife's grandfather drove a cement truck for a living. He was in his mid-30s when the Japanese attacked. Nevertheless he volunteered the next day. The recruiter told him he was too old, and grandpa responded with "Someone's gotta deliver food and bullets to all those kids."
He drove supply trucks all over Europe, was captured by the Germans at one point. He was one of those who never talked about it much.
I read that the last surviving member of Easy Company died last week at the age of 99.
May we never forget. Today we are being attacked from within.
Let your heart not be troubled. My 21 year-old son absolutely knows. And knows what that Greatest Generation did for us.
pishta
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My 20 year old told me 18 year old volunteers were jumping from airplanes over France to their certain doom on D-day while college students today are getting cry rooms and teddy bears on campus. WTF are we doing? We are burying history and then we are suprised when we make the same F'n mistakes. History repeats itself unless we remember how to change the outcome.
Edward Shames, Last Commissioned Officer of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, Passes Away at Age 99
Norfolk’s Eddie Shames, last remaining ‘Band of Brothers’ officer, dies at 99
Edward D. Shames, 99, died at home Friday in Virginia Beach. He was the last surviving officer of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
68gtxman
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Yeah the USS Arizona gets all the glory, but the USS Oklahoma was just as tragic, perhaps more so. Estimates say it took at least nine torpedoes and capsized in less than 11 minutes from the first strike.
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