It is that day. On that day no one had a fighter that could keep pace with the Zero. No one had a naval force that would rival the Japanese Imperial Navy. On that day the Japanese attacked several places. Pearl Harbor took the big hit.
I had an uncle who was recently out of basic and was what he called a deck ape on the USS Hornet. They wanted to attack Japan. When the B-25's began to fill the deck they all knew this was real sh**. He swam away from the Hornet at Midway.
Millions of people died in the following conflict. If the bomb had not been used, millions more would have died.
We are thankful for that generations sacrifice.
And there was the confused man. He was half black and half Japanese. Every December 7th, he attacked Pearl Baily.
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I had an HS principle that went down on the Hornet, sharks killed men on both sides of him as he was floating in the water but he survived. He went down on another ship too but I can't remember the name of that one. He would only talk about it when he was a couple of sheets to the wind. Can you imagine a shark chewing on someone right next to you while you were trying to stay afloat?
The hardship and horror of that war and every conflict before or since is indescribable. The scope of the two World wars was larger yet Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, just as horrific. The courage and dedication of the men and women who engaged in all of them is nothing short of worthy of reverence. To all those of you on the forum who survived any of these you have my utmost appreciation, respect, awe and gratitude. God bless our vets.
Been watching history shows this week, many of Pearl Harbor attack! Thank God for our soldiers in arms!
The USS Hornet was my sister ship. I served aboard the USS Antietam CVS36
And after all was said and done they got their country back and they still hate our guts. Now someone explain that to me.
Take a couple hours off your busy day and visit any National Cemetery - you will be overwhelmed by real heroes and inspired to find out freedom we have cost lots of blood.
I think it should be required of every high school student to visit Arlington and look out across those acres of grave markers. How many Einsteins lay there? How many Gershwins? Of course, there are a few Ted Bundys out there too.
John is so right. It is humbling to see that and realize that every marker signals the end of a family's dream.
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