Members Tedster Posted December 7, 2006 Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 Pearl Harbor survivors meet for the last time... My favorite quote, from survivor Edward Chun: "How I never got hit, I don't know," said Chun, who was later drafted and served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. "I'll tell you a secret: When your number comes up, you're going to go. Well, every morning I get up, I change my number." That's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blackpig Posted December 7, 2006 Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 A mate of mine is afraid to fly. When it was suggested that he'll only die when his number comes up, his reply was, "I don't want to be on the feckin' plane with you when your number comes up." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted December 7, 2006 Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 THanks for the reminder Ted. Only 8% of Americans are old enough to remember first hand. Think about THAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted December 7, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 Originally posted by Billster THanks for the reminder Ted.Only 8% of Americans are old enough to remember first hand. Think about THAT. Although the number of people who remember Pearl Harbor first hand will dwindle and pass, the event itself, like the Boston Massacre, Bastille Day, the Alamo, Gettysburg, etc., won't fade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blackpig Posted December 7, 2006 Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 Originally posted by Tedster Although the number of people who remember Pearl Harbor first hand will dwindle and pass, the event itself, like the Boston Massacre, Bastille Day, the Alamo, Gettysburg, etc., won't fade. Episodes like this are what define a nation for its future generations and should never be forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 7, 2006 Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 "A date which will live in infamy" I've had a FEW of those... the worst was a girl who asked ME out -- then clearly expected ME to pay -- and when I went to pick her up I got to meet the guy she lived with (who seemed clearly not her brother). We saw an IDIOTIC movie because she ONLY wanted to see idiotic movies. And on the whole date she had on this HUGE full down parka (this was in So. California and it was not a cold spell)... not that I would have ever, at that point, even considered tapping her on the shoulder, let alone sneaking an arm across the back of her theater chair. AND it was on December 7. Oh yeah... I remember the idiotic move: 1941... or was it Pearl Harbor... it SURE wasn't From Here to Eternity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Still Learning Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 Anybody here ever visited the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial? That is an image that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 No, but I would like to, and, stupidly enough, that was my fave Brady episode... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Leites Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 I was there around 25 years ago. I think visiting the former site of the WTC would have more of an impact on me, since I saw it happen on TV, while Pearl Harbor happened before I was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 Pearl Harbor day was my folks wedding anniversary. My mom's still here but my dad has passed. No, not the date, the DAY! My dad was career military at the time as well. Sure put a damper on any honeymoon plans I must say. Guess it made it a lot easier to remember their anniversary over the years although they sure didn't plan it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outrider Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 My Grandfather was at Pearl Harbor on that day. He was an army engineer at the base next to the harbor. He died a few years back, and I never got to (as an adult) really ask him about what happened, but I remember getting the "kid version" back when I was about 6 years old, with him showing me pics form a Time-Life photo book about the war. Having been raised on action movies, I had pictured him as a hero, trying to shoot down planes and save sailors from the wreckage. It was disappointing when he told me that during the attack, they were mostly taking cover and trying not to get shot or blown up. That makes more sense to me now. He got to go back and visit Pearl Harbor once when he was in his sixties, I guess. He showed me pics of their visit to the Arizona memorial. I'll bet the air was pretty heavy that day. It would have been nice to go with him for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Linked off DIGG today... HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members myshkin Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Alot more infamy than people tend to imagine.http://www.apfn.org/apfn/pearl_harbor.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by Still Learning Anybody here ever visited the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial? That is an image that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I saw it when I was in first grade, and I still remember it. Nothing specific so much, but more the vibe it had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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