Sun Dec 7th, 2014-73 yrs ago, the Japanese opened a can of worms they soon regretted.

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Sunday is an actual day anniversary for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. I havent seen the anniversary land on Sunday in quite awhile.

Rest in Peace to all our folks we lost then. Sherrill Park here in Corpus Christi--is named after a CC man who was in the Navy and killed at Pearl.

Tojo SHOULD have listened to Admiral Yammamoto who said something about them waking up a Bear......:cool:

Wanted to edit this post to include--not only waking that Bear,but opening can of worms, whooparse and the sleeping giant (Giant i had forgot about)
 
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My dad was career Navy and I remember moving to Pearl Harbor in 1947, 2 years after the war. We moved into Magru Point, which started out as a Navy hospital, all Quonset huts, but after the war they started turning them into housing for the military. Interesting enuf, there were several Quonset huts still used for the wounded until they shipped out. I do remember them.

They had a dock there that we used to net for crabs and right across the harbor was the Arizona resting place. This was before they built the Memorial, just where the stacks were above the water line. As a kid, we occasionally would take a scenic boat and tour around the Arizona. Even for a 4 year old, it created a dramatic impression. There were several men that had served with my dad previously that went down on the Arizona and it made me aware about the military and how they place their lives on the line everyday.

Maybe that is why I served 22 years in the Army and am still such a staunch pro-military individual.

Done with my rant
 
Shame the "remembering" is getting less and less every year, probably only rate a small mention on the news.

Maybe the whuppin the Japanese got is the reason why they didn't treat us well in Japan. Oh well.
 
angel71rs said:
Shame the "remembering" is getting less and less every year, probably only rate a small mention on the news.

Maybe the whuppin the Japanese got is the reason why they didn't treat us well in Japan. Oh well.
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I worked there for three years and was always treated couteously and respectfully. Just don't talk about the war as it is still a source of great shame.
 
They certainly opened a can of something that day.

Unfortunately, as Yamamoto tried to tell the leadership, we had a vastly bigger can to open once we got in gear.

I was only four when the raid occurred, but I never have to be reminded when the anniversary comes around. To most people today it happened when mastodons and saber-toothed cats roamed the earth.

I'd love to see the Arizona Memorial before I die, but that's wildly unlikely.
 
Yamamoto was the enemy...

Yamamoto was an enemy that attacked us, therefore we were justified in eliminating him. He planned the raid, but the politicians were responsible for declaring war on us. If he had survived I wonder if he would have been charged with war crimes? Nonetheless, I respect him as a brilliant military leader, utterly capable, competent and sensible. And I'm damn glad we won that war. They might have kicked us off some islands, but that industrial might that Yamamoto had tried to avoid came back to haunt them in a very big way. It might have taken longer and cost many more lives, but even without the atomic bombs the home islands would have been RAZED to the ground. No hard feelings, that's just fact.
 
I've read a lot about WWII. One thing still puzzles me is their (apparent) thinking that after Pearl Harbor we would just roll over. Did any of them even look at a map of the USA?
 
Stars and Stripes had an interesting article about the Japanese view on Pearl Harbor.

To Japan, Pearl Harbor is just another battle in a decades-long war - Military history - Stripes

I thought about the sacrifices' our military and civilians suffered that day, I hope we acquitted ourselves well.

In my family, my Grandpa was already in the Army Air Corp prior to Pearl Harbor.

The big shock is on my wife's side, 8 young men (including her Dad) representing 3 different families, enlisted within a week of
Pearl Harbor AND SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND ALL CAME HOME. after WWII with minimal injuries.
The youngest of the 8 passed away two weeks ago.

From the conversations I had with them, they were all busy with school, farms and being typical teenagers.
A common theme is none had planned to enlist (some were too young even to register for the draft)
the attack on Pearl Harbor so outraged them, there was no doubt they were going to serve.

I do not know what would of been the outcome of WWII if the Japanese had not attacked?

Fast forward 73 years and it is my turn to get shot at!! Rocket attacks occur daily, we just had one as I am typing this.
 
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