Remembering the Day

[Heinz]

December 7th 1941 was the Attack that brought the US into WW2. My Dad, and both his brothers, enlisted and took part. All were naturalized citizens, born in Germany where my Grandfather served the Kaiser in WW1 before moving his family to the US.
Remember all of our legal immigrants who served in WW2
And think about the evil empires still out there looking to take a swat at US,

 

[Baxter6551]

I’m sure your Dad and Uncles provided invaluable service to our country during WWII especially with their insight into Germany. Thank you for remembering them and this tragic date in American history.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Yeah, my dad joined, too, but he didn't turned 18 until '44 in May. He joined the Navy, graduated HS, then off he went. He liked "The Islands" except for the mosquitos.
Now the mosquitos are a little bigger and in a different part of the world.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Thinking about the immigrants who fought alongside ours and against the same foes, the town I grew up in was loaded with people with rough European accents. They all seem to have come over here after WWII, according to Dad. I guess they were fed up with bombs going off in their fields & homes. And they got here legally.

 

[hdfinder47]

Every time I read or hear about those horrible civilian-killing bombs dropped on Japan to end the war I think about this day that started our involvement in the war and all the sacrifices my Dad and uncles (and their families) made because of this cowardly attack. If it wasn't for Pearl Harbor there would't have been the other. December 7th is always a day of remembrance for me with special thoughts to my Uncle John who never made it back, leaving my aunt to raise their 2 boys alone. She never remarried and is buried in Arlington with him now.
Sorry for the sidetrack.

 

[TXBryan]

Eighty-three years ago, a day which will live in infamy. A long time ago but not such a long time ago.

It brings to light how precious our remaining World War II veterans are, and why we have so few left. Our community has one WWII combat veteran remaining and he is halfway through his 98th year. He served as a replacement in an infantry unit landing in France several months after D-Day. He's about as young as someone can be who served in combat - that didn't get away with lying about his age.

Many historians agree that the attack on Pearl Harbor was an event that, essentially, sealed the fate of the Axis powers. The outcome was subsequently never in doubt though the timetable and course of war was yet to be determined.

God bless all the men and women who contributed to the Allied victory!

Bryan

 

[Davwingman]

Remembering Doris Miller at Pearl Harbor!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1kqsUBbOQ[/ame]

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Unfortunately Doris Miller went down on the USS Liscome Bay off Makin Island during the Tarawa battle.

 

[Davwingman]

Many Pearl Harbor heroes were never recognized for their actions & never made it home!

 

[Rustyt1953]

My dad and his 5 brothers served. 5 (including dad) with the Army in the ETO and 1 with the Navy in the PTO.

Dad and two of his brothers were lifers.

 

[brick]

Father was on the USS Nevada during the attack.

 

[max]

I have worn my USS Arizona hat all day. I bought it at Pearl Harbor in 2020. My MIL had a hs classmate who was killed on the Arizona.

 

[oldbrownhat]

A legacy of valor: Only 16 Pearl Harbor survivors remain. On the 83rd anniversary, they still share stories of heroism

As bombs fell on Pearl Harbor during a shocking attack...Earl “Chuck” Kohler did not hesitate to fight back...

Kohler had disobeyed direct orders to shelter in a ditch and remain in place. Instead, he ran to retrieve ammunition...

“Maybe (I was) a dumb farm boy, but I know this is the beginning of that war that they’d been talking about and waiting for, and I know that if I’m going to lose my life here, I don’t want to lose it in that ditch,” Kohler, a Minnesota farm boy turned sailor, said in an interview recorded by the Library in the Congress. “I’m going to want my family and my country to know I died fighting, not hiding.”

“I had learned early in life that you never run from a challenge or fight, you always run to it. You can’t beat them by running from them,” Kohler told CNN...