May we never forget

[crbnunit]

I was out of town yesterday. Kind of disappointed no one else posted up.

 

[mjonesjr]

My flag was lowered to half staff yesterday in remembrance.

 

[97BlackBetty]

Bob Ayers through up some pictures yesterday. It is impossible to comprehend the destruction that happened on that day.

 

[snake]

Yet we never learn from history. Another "negotiator" about to be in the white house.

Just like our financial "crisis" -gonna borrow more money from the Chinese and give it to idiots who got in trouble spending too much money already- with no changes in the way they conduct business. We are right on track to another depression because we didn't learn a damn thing from the last one.

Many thanks to those (and their families) who sacrificed then and now for our security and safety- even if the leaders (government) can be such boobs.

 

[hunt-n-fish]

I've found some that I had tucked away.

 

[Dangeranger3]

I thought there was a thread. It must have been on a different site. I remembered, but forgot to lower my flag to half staff.

 

[Turbo-T]

My Grandfather was part of a civilian crew sent over there to make repairs.

 

[loneranger04]

i am underway in the persian gulf. its kind of hard to forget the nasty shit thats happened when your in the middle of it.

 

[woodyedmiston]

If I had been in charge at the end of WWII Germany and Japan would have been very large concrete parking lots at the end of the war. That kind of thinking is probably why I've not been allowed any real political power in this life.
Loneranger04 - thank you for your service and that of all your shipmates.

 

[OldJunk]

My grand dad was a combat vet. from the european theatre, yet held no animosity against the Germans. But if you had shown him those pics. of pearl harbor, Im sure he would have flown off the handle and gone looking for his M1 Garand. He NEVER would own a japanese vehicle, folks back then considered Pearl harbor and the defeat of the japanese a holy crusade................BTW incredible images.

 

[Insanejughead]

I went to Jefferson City on Sunday. I seen the flags were half mast, but I'm sad to say that it took a while for me to realize why.


I hate it when I forget this kind of stuff when I am thinking about someone's birthday or why my truck is f-ed up from being up until 1:30 am working on it.


My grandpa served at Wendover Hall for the three years that he was in the Army Air Corps. He was in from 1943 to 1946.

 

[97ranger4x4]

Thinking about Pearl Harbor still blows my mind. Those pictures are incredible. If i ever go to Hawaii I want to visit Pearl Harbor. I was listening to the radio the other day and they were interviewing a man that was a sailor I believe at Pearl Harbor at the time. I think he was on the USS Nevada.

 

[Mac]

Great Pictures, thanks for sharing. What a shock it must have been to get in a war like that in that way.
Dave

 

[Will]

My grand dad was a combat vet. from the european theatre, yet held no animosity against the Germans. But if you had shown him those pics. of pearl harbor, Im sure he would have flown off the handle and gone looking for his M1 Garand. He NEVER would own a japanese vehicle, folks back then considered Pearl harbor and the defeat of the japanese a holy crusade................BTW incredible images.

It's the same anger that allows these things to happen in the first place. Learning to let the anger go is key to a better future.

Less people died at Pearl Harbor than at the Trade Center. The ships and planes we lost were junk that wouldn't have played a major role in the war. Every war starts with a backstab. Nobody assigns a time and date for everyone to start shooting. We simply failed to understand out opponent, as we had before and after.

In the end, we did the right thing in not continuing the hatred after the war. We built our most important ally in Asia by standing them back on their feet rather than treating them like dogs. What we did to the Japanese-Americans was far more horrifying than what the Japanese governemnt unleashed on us at Pearl Harbor.

I honor the servicemen, but I feel no anger toward anyone over it. It's just this big sad part of human history--and by no means the worst. The worst thing to happen in recent times was the aftermath of World War II in Europe. That or the troubles between the Muslim and Hindu Indians that led to the partition of India into two countries--Pakistan and India. If you read anything about that, and then fast forwarded 50 years to both of those countries now being armed with nuclear weapons--now there was some hatred.

 

[KELLY88]

Looking at photos like that always sends a chill down my spine. My grandfather was stationed in Pearl Harbor when it happened, can't for the life of me remember what ship though. Ended up saving his boat captain's life from shrapnel and got a Purple Heart for his wounds.