PEARL HARBOR REMEMBERED

[FLH03RIDER]

December 7, 1941 :flag

 

[budman]

Always a salute to my friend Pete who was in the Navy and there on December 7th, 1941. :flag

Just looked up at his picture. I miss you Pete :rose

Pete was my friends Dad who I became friends with and helped out with favors after Dominic passed. Pit Ho and I did whatever heavy lifting he needed done for 20 years.

 

[dravnx]

I visited the USS Arizona and Pearl a few years ago. Very sobering experience.

 

[Grissom]

Never forget :flag

 

[FLH03RIDER]

FYI... Pearl Harbor Veterans to Be Honored in “Eye of Diablo” Beacon-Lighting Ceremony today starting at 1630 hours. The "Eye of Diablo" is the Becon atop Mt. Diablo.

https://www.savemountdiablo.org/activities/beacon-lighting-pearl-harbor-day/


An earlier thread from 2017 and a few pic's of the USS St Louis - CL49, from that period.
https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521375&highlight=Remember+Pearl+Harbor

 

[Busy Little Shop]

Dec 7

The only thing certain about the future is that it will surprise even
those who see the furthest into it...

I offer scans from my Dec 1941 Air Progress and Nov 1941 Flying
magazines collect that takes us back in time before December 7 attack
on Pearl Harbor... this was the mindset of our military planners
before they faced the darkest horizons...

to show us that even when faced with the darkest
horizons some planners always see the future clearly...

Dec 1941 Air Progress printed before the attack on Dec 7...

Nov 1941 Flying and Popular Aviation

 

[Johndicezx9]

:flag

 

[Eldritch]

Never again.

Never forget.

 

[greenmonster]

What saddens me is that there are so many people in this country that don’t even know what we’re taking about, and what it meant to be living on the West Coast in the days afterwards not knowing if another attack was imminent and feeling pretty defenseless.

 

[i_am_the_koi]

My Grandpa was a PHS and I grew up going to the monthly meetings locally. One year I got to go to the big too-doo in San Diego but never to Hawaii with him.

Only heard him tell the story of that day once. Probably the longest I was ever quiet as a 10 year old.

Quote I'll always remember though, "They could have took the island if they wanted to, just walked right over us. They didn't want to, and that almost made it worse".

 

[budman]

What saddens me is that there are so many people in this country that don’t even know what we’re taking about, and what it meant to be living on the West Coast in the days afterwards no knowing if another attack was imminent and feeling pretty defenseless.

I agree.... and less will care every year that goes by.

 

[afm199]

My dad enlisted in the army about a year before Pearl Harbor. He remembered it well. He ended up dying Dec. 4, 1973.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

My Grandpa was a PHS and I grew up going to the monthly meetings locally. One year I got to go to the big too-doo in San Diego but never to Hawaii with him.

Only heard him tell the story of that day once. Probably the longest I was ever quiet as a 10 year old.

Quote I'll always remember though, "They could have took the island if they wanted to, just walked right over us. They didn't want to, and that almost made it worse".

Wow... I have to agree with your Grandpa...

 

[TylerW]

More people died yesterday from Covid.

 

[budman]

More people died yesterday from Covid.

God bless them. :rose

However ...They were not attacked by other humans.

 

[TylerW]

And yet, human effort could have prevented their deaths.

I'm not here to besmirch the lives lost on the Arizona or any other lives lost that day. I've been there, I've shed those tears.

But if you want me to cry today while folks disregard human life and safety of others for their 'freedom', I'm not here for it.

 

[Eldritch]

And yet, human effort could have prevented their deaths.

I'm not here to besmirch the lives lost on the Arizona or any other lives lost that day. I've been there, I've shed those tears.

But if you want me to cry today while folks disregard human life and safety of others for their 'freedom', I'm not here for it.

Yes, human efforts could have prevented the deaths at Pearl Harbor, that is why we need to continue to support a strong Naval Presence in the Pacific and aggressive intelligence and surveillance work on all active military States on the pacific rim.

 

[Eric B]

Sad day to remember.
I recently finished a book called “At Dawn We Slept”. Very informative book on this subject.

 

[afm199]

And yet, human effort could have prevented their deaths.

I'm not here to besmirch the lives lost on the Arizona or any other lives lost that day. I've been there, I've shed those tears.

But if you want me to cry today while folks disregard human life and safety of others for their 'freedom', I'm not here for it.

Perhaps human effort could have prevented their deaths, and perhaps not. That's a supposition, not a fact. This is a remembrance of Pearl Harbor, not a place to spout your political fantasies.

 

[HappyHighwayman]

Pearl Harbor ironically drew the US into the war so the long term effects were likely good for the world.