A Day Of Infamy

[weldingisfun]

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Been there. A very moving experience.

 

[oldballs]

Thanks for the picture welding.....I was a 9 year old that day and grew to be an old man thanks to our service/civilian men and women. We wrote letters to our relatives in the service after that day to cheer them on. Some are still here to keep the memories alive.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Thanks for the picture welding.....I was a 9 year old that day and grew to be an old man thanks to our service/civilian men and women. We wrote letters to our relatives in the service after that day to cheer them on. Some are still here to keep the memories alive.

Hah! Finally found someone on this forum older than I am! I was a few weeks shy of being four years old at that time. I still have vivid memories of life during the war. Although I didn't understand it all, I do remember going with Dad recycling tires, aluminum, steel, etc. And Mom saving her tin cans, kitchen grease and such. Shoes made from cardboard; toys made from wood, sawdust and pressed and glued paper. Not to mention rationing, Gold star families, nearby POW camps...and so on.

 

[jerrybob]

My father lied about his age and joined the Navy after the attack.....he was 17......he was on a destroyer escort during the war. My wife's mother joined the Navy WAVES and served as a nurse in San Diego.....she passed two years ago tomorrow at 91. Our veteran's deserve our praise and thanks. Thanks to all that served.

 

[/pine]

So many young Americans have no clue about the significance of learning about the day...to forgive is one thing...to forget is foolish...
I know it soured a lot of stomachs (of those that are old enough to remember the day) when our current president backhandedly apologized for our retaliatory actions...

BTW...My father was a Defender of Bataan & Corregidor was subsequently captured, survived the "death march" and was held as a POW for 3 years until the war ended...

 

[roadhunter]

Hah! Finally found someone on this forum older than I am! I was a few weeks shy of being four years old at that time. I still have vivid memories of life during the war. Although I didn't understand it all, I do remember going with Dad recycling tires, aluminum, steel, etc. And Mom saving her tin cans, kitchen grease and such. Shoes made from cardboard; toys made from wood, sawdust and pressed and glued paper. Not to mention rationing, Gold star families, nearby POW camps...and so on.

It's amazing looking back at what that generation sacrificed and was able to accomplish all working together toward a common goal.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My Dad was doing war work; he said that they didn't want to draft him, in fact he said the government told him what he was supposed to do. He was in the aggregate business; materials used to make roads and air bases and such. I remember he had to drive a lot; gas was rationed and you couldn't get tires. He blew out the two rear tires on his '36 Plymouth, hauling tools to his job. He told me he called the base commander and told him if he wanted his runway finished, he needed some tires for his car! Dad said they delivered him two new tires the next day. Good story, but probably a bit shaded. I do recall him buying two tractor tires for his car and driving them on the front for a couple of years. They looked odd, to say the least.

 

[Wagtail]

Not to detract from the sentiment of this thread... an hour ago my Sister informed me that our Great-Uncle Rob passed away. He was a Veteran of WWII and served with his older Brother (Ted) in the 48th Highlanders of Canada. All the way though Sicily, Italy and then through France, Holland & Germany.

He was the last of that generation. A piper from the Regiment will be at the funeral to 'see him off'... the 48th always sends a piper.

Lest we forget.

 

[2ndhalf]

Not to detract from the sentiment of this thread... an hour ago my Sister informed me that our Great-Uncle Rob passed away. He was a Veteran of WWII and served with his older Brother (Ted) in the 48th Highlanders of Canada. All the way though Sicily, Italy and then through France, Holland & Germany.

He was the last of that generation. A piper from the Regiment will be at the funeral to 'see him off'... the 48th always sends a piper.

Lest we forget.

I don't think that detracts from the thread at all.. Sorry to hear about your great Unc. It took a lot of allies to win that war. If Japan hadn't bombed PH and the US and other allies had delayed in entering the war.. we would all be speaking german right now... as sad as PH was it got the votes to get us angrily into WWII.