Pearl Harbor Remembrance - Brave Americans.

[beemerdons]

Pearl Harbor Remembrance - Brave Americans. My Uncle Drew was a Pearl Harbor Survivor and was on the USS Maryland, one of the few ships able to steam out of the harbor while being attacked. After the Maryland was refitted, she served courageously throughout the Pacific! Uncle Drew, RIP!

 

[beemerdons]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maryland_(BB-46) History of "Old Fighting Mary". My Uncle Drew introduced his Nephew Don to motorcycling at age five, riding me around Southern California on his Triumph Thunderbirds. Some of the best memories of my life, every time I ride I think of my Uncle Drew.

 

[beemerdons]

From the war's end until they went out of production, my Uncle Drew only rode Triumph Thunderbirds he named "Dunder Fogel". He loved Brit Iron!

 

[beemerdons]

https://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/06/21795434-pearl-harbor-attack-recalled-72-years-after-day-of-infamy Incredible Photos.

 

[bgross]

Thanks for the photos & stories, Don.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Here's to all the men who woke up to the sound of battle stations and bombs exploding...

...then went to battle stations...

...only to be blown up by enemy bombs.

When the day was over, the Pacific fleet lay in ruins, and the Army Air Corp was decimated.

Not a good day. Nor were there many good days that followed.

My mom told me that even in 1943, the outcome of the war felt certainly in doubt and men were dying at an unbelievable rate. She lived her teenage years during the war out on a farm in Nebraska...220 acres. Horse pulled machinery.

 

[FJRBluesman]

Last year, December 3, 2012 Oahu - Pearl Harbor. My artsy photo tribute on the USS Arizona Memorial.

My wife and I with three Pearl Harbor survivors. Great men of honor. Thank you to all who served and gave.

Plus it is my sons birthday today.

 

[dcarver]

It was a different time than today.

I opine the American fabric was stronger then than now.

God Bless All Who Serve.

 

[wheatonFJR]

A lot of men gave up their lives in the prime of their youth to die in forgotten ditches, foxholes and beaches on forgotten islands out in the Pacific.

A lot of men marched to their death. Their crime...they surrendered.

 

[beemerdons]

Excellent responses by everyone, special thanks to Simon for the photos; whenever I am in downtown Phoenix I drive by our AZ State Capitol, right in front of our Copper Dome is the anchor, signal mast and Memorial for the USS Arizona.

 

[turnipbmw]

Oh yes 7th December - bit slow on the uptake there !

Respect and thoughts to you all.

A very sad day for the USA but at least it meant we knew that you would make the war winnable.

(I wonder if that's why it was allowed to happen ?)

 

[FJRBluesman]

Don - Today they dedicated the two 16 inch guns form the USS Arizona (start of the Pacific war) And USS Missouri (end of the Pacific war).

I saw this video and thought what a great memorial.





Today's Phoenix news.

 

[timk]

I bowl on my team with a WWII vet. He towed damaged vessles to port and repaired them to get back in the fight. Another vet I bowled with until 2 years ago witnessed one of the first atomic bomb explosions. May GOD bless these who are still with us,and their fallen Brothers annd Sisters.

 

[Auburn]

When I was aboard the USS Florida SSBN 728 we would pull into Pearl Harbor to Ford Island to off load our torpedoes before they would move us over to the main part of the submarine base. I have been there 7 times, and each time was an emotional event. So much history there.

 

[ANZAC]

May God Bless our Veterans past and present. Great video on the guns now in Arizona. My Father was offshore at Iwo Jima and remembers hearing the battleship rounds coming in overhead and hitting the island. This is real America history and reminds us that freedom is not free.

 

[rbentnail]

7 December. 1984. The day I walked off the USS James Madison SSBN627 for the last time. Did refueling (nuclear), overhaul, shakedown, sea trials and few patrols on that big, fat, smelly pig.