A date which will live in infamy

[oosik]

My uncle was in Hawaii, working for a private water well driller on that day. He was drafted into the Army. My father being a college graduate in biology was drafted into the Army also. He was stationed at Ft Dietrich, MD for his tour. My fathers location and duties were why he couldn't talk about his service.

 

[dragoneggs]

My father & uncle were both in WWll. Neither would talk about this time in their lives.

My uncle was in Hawaii, working for a private water well driller on that day. He was drafted into the Army. My father being a college graduate in biology was drafted into the Army also. He was stationed at Ft Dietrich, MD for his tour. My fathers location and duties were why he couldn't talk about his service.

My father was in Norway during the **** occupation during WWII. He didn't talk about it either. Late in his life, he shared with me a few experiences (not good). After he passed, I was talking to my mom and found out he never told her any of the stories he told me.

 

[bcp]

I probably heard the speech at the time, but I didn't understand English (or any language) yet.



Bruce

 

[/pine]

A little off topic from the attack at Pearl but...FWIW...
My dad was an American defender of Bataan and Corregidor...before he was captured his squad patrolled the jungle with Filipino guerrillas...for a period of several weeks they bivouacked with native Igorot tribesmen who actually practiced headhunting...the leader of the tribe they stayed with was actually an educated man that my dad played chess with during their stay...prior to the war the man had worked his way to the US and earned a college degree (not sure but I think it was at Cornell)...and returned to be chief of their group...
...These natives actually practiced headhunting and my dad had several shrunken heads that were later taken from him by his captors...he had actually witnessed the process of how the skulls were removed and the heads preserved with hair intact...
My father did not like to talk about the war very much but his experience in the jungles was one exception...after being captured he survived the death march and was a POW for the 3 remaining years of the war in labor camps in Japan...

 

[fried1765]

Yep. Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Day.

"tomorrow" ?
THINK......TODAY !!!!!

 

[fried1765]

A little off topic from the attack at Pearl but...FWIW...
My dad was an American defender of Bataan and Corregidor...before he was captured his squad patrolled the jungle with Filipino guerrillas...for a period of several weeks they bivouacked with native Igorot tribesmen who actually practiced headhunting...the leader of the tribe they stayed with was actually an educated man that my dad played chess with during their stay...prior to the war the man had worked his way to the US and earned a college degree (not sure but I think it was at Cornell)...and returned to be chief of their group...
...These natives actually practiced headhunting and my dad had several shrunken heads that were later taken from him by his captors...he had actually witnessed the process of how the skulls were removed and the heads preserved with hair intact...
My father did not like to talk about the war very much but his experience in the jungles was one exception...after being captured he survived the death march and was a POW for the 3 remaining years of the war in labor camps in Japan...

I had the good fortune of doing the Corregidor island tour.
A moving explanation of history,..... extremely worthwhile.

 

[MossRoad]

"tomorrow" ?
THINK......TODAY !!!!!

fried1765,

I posted that yesterday on December 6th.

 

[dmccarty]

A really great book that uses operation research methods, as well as data that has been overlooked, to provide some interesting insight on the Pearl Harbor attack is, "Attack on Pearl Harbor, Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions" by Alan D. Zimm.

Amazon.com: The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions eBook: Zimm, Alan D.: Books

Later,
Dan

 

[ruffdog]

Grandpa was in WW1 and his job was to supply the front lines. Supplies went to the line and wounded soldiers came back. He saw all the aftermath of war and there are pictures. I'm not describing them here. He always talked how bad the mustard gas was and the affects. .....................:sigh::salute:

 

[the old grind]

The one uncle I never had entered the war late & right out of ROTC at MSU. (Go State!) Jim was in an armored cavalry 'advanced' unit barely over enemy lines and North of what would become the 'bulge' in the battle line with the German push in December '44

In early October Jim's unit of Shermans met a heavy force near Aachen, just over the Belgian border into Germany. He didn't survive. My (older) Brother was named after him and joined the Navy in '68. We still have him.