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On that fateful Sunday morning 75 years ago, our country was plunged into war. Thousands died. As a country we rebounded, came together and fought a great aggressor.
To the aging warriors (so few left now) who fought for the freedom we enjoy now, We will NEVER forget!!! We will pass the sacrifice you made for us to the generations.
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2016, 04:42:43 AM » |
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Yes it is, a sad day. A day that should have never had happened.
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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2016, 05:50:26 AM » |
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On that fateful Sunday morning 75 years ago, our country was plunged into war. Thousands died. As a country we rebounded, came together and fought a great aggressor.
To the aging warriors (so few left now) who fought for the freedom we enjoy now, We will NEVER forget!!! We will pass the sacrifice you made for us to the generations.
The aging warriors and so few, indeed. I heard yesterday there are less than 900,000 left and passing at 492 per day or 179,000 per year. Gosh darn we owe them so much and so does Europe and the Orient. It was month later that my Father enlisted in the newly created Army Air Corp. I am positive so many on this site had Fathers that did the same. What they did was unprecedented in the annals of history. The fought a two front war thousands of miles from home and destroyed the forces of tyranny in less than four years. Thanks Dad and to every one that sacrificed so much and to those that paid the ultimate price. |
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2016, 05:58:40 AM » |
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On that fateful Sunday morning 75 years ago, our country was plunged into war. Thousands died. As a country we rebounded, came together and fought a great aggressor.
To the aging warriors (so few left now) who fought for the freedom we enjoy now, We will NEVER forget!!! We will pass the sacrifice you made for us to the generations.
The aging warriors and so few, indeed. I heard yesterday there are less than 900,000 left and passing at 492 per day or 179,000 per year. Gosh darn we owe them so much and so does Europe and the Orient. It was month later that my Father enlisted in the newly created Army Air Corp. I am positive so many on this site had Fathers that did the same. What they did was unprecedented in the annals of history. The fought a two front war thousands of miles from home and destroyed the forces of tyranny in less than four years. Thanks Dad and to every one that sacrificed so much and to those that paid the ultimate price. My father was one who enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor and went on to serve 6 years in the Navy. While as best as I can tell he never saw front line duty, he did perform valuable services behind the lines. He was also part of the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb testing. They later told all of those present that they were sterile...... apparently some one was wrong......  |
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2016, 06:37:49 AM » |
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The day a "sleeping giant woke up"
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2016, 07:23:04 AM » |
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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2016, 07:46:03 AM » |
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December 7 1941 a date which Will live in infamy. As many times as I've heard that Speech it STILL brings tears to my eyes. I've been fortunate to meet and converse with some WWII Warriors. A lot of what transpired during War 2 we are still dealing with today. We have one WWII Man still active in our church. Without these fine MEN And WOMEN that volunteered we could have been speaking German or Japanese as our first language. GOD Bless every one of them! Truly a debt that can't be repaid. RIDE SAFE.
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2016, 08:14:01 AM » |
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Just not 5 minutes ago I met a gentleman wearing a USS ARIZONA hat. He wasn't on the ship but stationed on shore.  |
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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2016, 08:19:47 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2016, 09:42:23 AM » |
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Thank you to my Dad who fought the war flying backwards as a tail gunner in a B-25 and the millions of others who fought for the
Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. Truly, " The Greatest Generation "
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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2016, 12:15:52 PM » |
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My Dad enlisted in the Navy in 1942 (The day he turned 17). He spent the rest of his teenage years riding around the South Pacific on a Destroyer Escort (two actually, one was so damaged from a torpedo that its crew was reassigned to other ships).  |
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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2016, 05:41:04 PM » |
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There's not much I can really say which hasn't been said many times over through the years, so as my comment I will just leave this here for all those on this date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9xNoEu3O8c |
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« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2016, 05:36:14 AM » |
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On that fateful Sunday morning 75 years ago, our country was plunged into war. Thousands died. As a country we rebounded, came together and fought a great aggressor.
To the aging warriors (so few left now) who fought for the freedom we enjoy now, We will NEVER forget!!! We will pass the sacrifice you made for us to the generations.
Many, many people have already forgotten about it and people will also forget about 9-11-01. Just look around. |
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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2016, 09:47:27 AM » |
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Very Good. Here is an excellent video honoring ALL of America's Fallen: https://youtu.be/ARFhbyjZASc |
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« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2016, 06:43:49 PM » |
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It was all BS-the head commander in the Congressional Hearings said Washington knew when and where the attacks were going to come and they never told us--punch it in on you tube...911 was more of the same....the Rothschilds own the world
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