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Air Raid Pearl Harbor ! Some personal recollections
The Inside Straight ^ | 12/07/06 | vanity

Posted on 12/07/2006 8:33:30 AM PST by genefromjersey

65 years ago,the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor ripped youngsters like me out of our protective cocoons: subjecting us,on a daily basis to living history.

Things have changed !

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: pearlharbor; reactions; surpriseattacks; war

1 posted on 12/07/2006 8:33:33 AM PST by genefromjersey
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2 posted on 12/07/2006 9:56:23 AM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free!)
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"loyal opposition: a recognition we were all in this thing together; and that we are willing to set purely personal or partisan differences aside to get through the storm of war."

Loyal opposition is part of history now. The *loyal opposition* we experinced as a nation after Sept. 11 is only a fleeting memory now to many Americans.


3 posted on 12/07/2006 7:24:03 PM PST by Goldie Lurks (professional moonbat catcher)
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