[Tnhunter]

I'd simply like to make a mention of this date, a day that will forever be remembered by Americans and especially by the generation who lived through it. Nothing was too difficult to do, if it helped our Boys (and girls) overseas and every American alive then felt the crunch that devastating war had on this entire world.

If you know someone who served, tell them thanks. If you simply know someone alive who endured those tough times, tell them thanks as well. Those people saved the world as we know it. One of the most precious things I own is a medal, an Armed Forces Medal my Great Uncle wore overseas during WWII. It's never been off my body for a day since being given to me as I deployed to Desert Storm. I am very honored to have received it.

The generations we know as our parents and grandparents endured much so we might still be free. I sometimes cringe to think of how some Americans' spines have softened. We owe it to them, our immediate previous generations, to continue fighting for those things they gave us.

Thanks for listening!

 

[oloutlaw]

AMEN to that !

 

[recoil junky]

On Veteran's Day I was at the eye Dr and I noticed this elderly gentleman wearing his unit cap. As I recall it was 1st Marines. I walked over to him, shook his hand and said "Thank you sir". He smiled and gave my hand a harder squeeze and said "No need to call me "sir" I only made Corporal".

Thank you to those who are serving and those who have gone before. All of America owes you a debt of gratitude.

RJ

 

[TOG]

I was five years old in 1941 and have vague memories of that Sunday afternoon.

I gathered the grandchildren around me today and we all watched Tora Tora Tora. The younger kids got fidgety during some of the background scenes, but all eyes were glued to the attack itself.

I spotted two errors in the film -- clear glass on the Coke bottle (they were green glass then), and the ship they used as the Ward was not a 4-stacker, as DD-139 was. The wing shape of some of the Japanese aircraft was not right, either (looking a whole lot more like that of our SNJ, but I suspect Zeros were pretty hard to find in 1970).

Also of note was bing.com's background picture today -- an aerial shot of the Arizona Memorial at Pearl -- google ignored the day completely. I used Bing to check on the Ward, to see if my memory of her was correct.

I, too, make it a point to say thank you to anyone wearing a unit cap or jacket.

The Old Guy

 

[HURRICANECOWBOY]

I give THANKS to all who served! This day is a little more special to me having had an uncle who was on the Arizona that dark day. He survived and later became a president of the survivors assoc. Around the 50th reunion they were invited to come to Japan, and he actually stayed with one of the Japanese pilots who hit the Arizona! How things have changed! He has sinced passed as most of that generation have. They may be gone, but NEVER forgotten! I have had a good life, great friends, and enjoyed many hobbies that would not, I believe, have been possible had it not been for the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation and those since. Thanks to ALL who have made this possible!

 

[JPaulF]

We lose so many of these vets every year, now, that there are just not that many who remain. We owe so much to them and, yet, most of the public forgets. It's no different in any war or with any group of vets.

In my war, Vietnam, we lost a great many during the first weeks of 1968. In fact, we lost more men during the 7 days of major fighting the Tet Offensive than at any other time during the nearly 13 years we had boots on the ground. We also had a heck of a lot of medals from the MOH on down awarded for action during that long week. It's never mentioned; no anniversary... my daughters history book carries only one half page to describe those 13 years.

Every vet out there needs to know - WE REMEMBER!

 

[Pawpaw Tony]

good post ..we gonna have to try an match thier stride..could be a war fought in a totally different way than these veterans fought..
to survive is not my goal..to be worthy of these veterans who fought for freedom
is..sure hope i can measure up to them..the soft, life of my generation, sure doesnt increase ability to endure whatever, though..god bless this great nation.

 

[MMichaelAK]

My Grandfather died this last spring.
U.S. Army AirCorps. He wasnt deployed overseas but he served at what he jokingly called the Battle of the Mojave.
As a teenager he and a buddy canoed and portaged over country just across our border with Canada, untravelled by white men.
He was Father to 11 children beginning in 1944 with my mom and Grandfather and Great Grandfather to a lot more than 11. I learned a lot about hard work and fair play from him.

I am still proud of him and seeing the color guard at his funeral and being selected to carry his casket draped with the flag was my last chance to touch the man that had a huge impact on my life.

Men like him did what needed to be done and if they were lucky, IF WE were lucky, they passed that lesson on to us.
Gentlemen, if you are one of his contemporaries, you have my thanks. Whether you deployed and fought or not, the selfless work you did to make this nation a better place for all of us is priceless.

 

[Jakeway]

My father was at the attack. It took him nearly 30 years to really talk about it in any detail with us kids.

He passed on in 1991. I still miss him greatly.

 

[hunter177]

Thank You Veterans!

Wherever I go, if I see someone with any kind of cap, shirt, or jacket I make it a point to walk up to them, shake their hand, thank them, and tell them I appreciate their service. It's my firm belief that we cannot thank or do enough for our veterans!!!!

 

[Brotus2]

They gave 10 times more TV time to John Lennon that they did to Pearl Harbor.