Posted on 12/07/2007 2:57:58 AM PST by bd476
Tag for later resource. I haven’t seen about 1/2 of these pictures ever.
My grandfather’s brother (is that great uncle?) is/was on the Arizona.
http://i2.tinypic.com/6tw8j29.jpg
That is USS West virginia next to USS Tennessee.
When she was raised in may 42 one compartment was found airtight with a calendar marked each day tragically, until dec 23rd
USS weevee was rebuilt and returned for vengeanced bombarding leyte in oct 19th 44, then led a battle line in the battle of surigao straights, contributing heavily to the sinking of the Jap Battleship Yamashiro. Then she fought in the philipines, bombarded Iwo Jima, then Okinawa.
American officers appear tie-less at the surrender ceremony to disrespect the Japanese delegation's sense of decorum.
"Nothing that happened during the war was a surprise ... except the kamikaze." - Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Like Germany and Russia before it, China seems to mostly pose a land based threat to the "big island" of Europe-Asia-Africa. IMHO Japan alone possesses the seafaring heritage to present a credible threat to America's navy.
Many thanks.
Thank you for posting this and going to the trouble of posting pictures and so much more. Mush love to those souls that gave their lives for us. Japan succeeded in “waking a sleeping giant.”
In my three years and four months in Hawaii, I went to the Pearl Harbor memorial six times. Each time was a very moving experience. The best follow up is a trip to the Mighty Mo where the surrender was signed.
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