December 7, 1941
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nmedge
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May we never forget! I just feel in the modern world these things will fade away in our "woke" society.
i think that is the nature of things and not necessarily a reflection of our society (as whacked out as it is). time certainly marches on.
HansGruber
Ronin
That’s the way it works.
Do you have a moment of silence at 11:00, Nov 11?
Do you “Remember the Maine”?
Or commemorate the attack on Fort Sumter?
What about when the British burned Washington DC?
We move on.
Talyn
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The destroyer tender USS Dobbin (AD-3) was at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941. Her crew sprang to action and, in addition to her own armament, broke out four spare .50 caliber machin…
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Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. View taken around 0926 hrs. in the morning of 7 December, from an automobile on the road in the Aiea area, looking about WSW with destroyer moorings closest to the camera. In the center of the photograph are: USS Dobbin (AD-3), with destroyers Hull (DD-350), Dewey (DD-349), Worden (DD-352) and MacDonough (DD-351) alongside. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 80-G-33045
Recusant
Hellcat
Just imagine seeing these films at the movie theater early in 1942. Today we all know how it turned out, but folks back then had no idea if we would defeat the Axis Powers. Listen to the music and the narrator'words. These films are prime examples of the propaganda used to stir Americans into action.
digital.tcl.sc.edu
Fox Movietone News, Vol. 25 No. 27, Wednesday Dec. 9, 1942
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XD94045
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I was thinking about this today. I can recall growing up and Jerry Dunphy would open his newscast on 12/7 with a remembrance.
I recall last month bemoaning the fact that there was hardly a mention of 11/22 when JFK was assassinated.
If we want this and future generations to honor these dates, it is up to us to tell them. We must do so with honesty and an openness to their potential curiosity.
I recall last month bemoaning the fact that there was hardly a mention of 11/22 when JFK was assassinated.
If we want this and future generations to honor these dates, it is up to us to tell them. We must do so with honesty and an openness to their potential curiosity.
USMC6094
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Back in 2000 when I was on my back to San Diego after a truly great WESTPAC deployment, our last liberty port was Pearl Harbor.
Our ship was berthed across the channel from the Arizona and Missouri.
I can't explain to you the feelings I felt standing on the flight deck looking across to Ford Island, the Memorials, and just being in the place I'd read about and researched since I was a kid. Even just writing this gives me goose bumps.
Being in that place, knowing what happened there, I'm still at a loss for words after twenty-three years.
To say that it's that it's hallowed ground is understatement.
Our ship was berthed across the channel from the Arizona and Missouri.
I can't explain to you the feelings I felt standing on the flight deck looking across to Ford Island, the Memorials, and just being in the place I'd read about and researched since I was a kid. Even just writing this gives me goose bumps.
Being in that place, knowing what happened there, I'm still at a loss for words after twenty-three years.
To say that it's that it's hallowed ground is understatement.
