Yes, I can imagine if modern-day Democrats were in charge in 1941...
Posted on 12/07/2005 8:06:47 AM PST by genefromjersey
December 7,1941 – A Few Personal Memories
64 years ago today , I was “almost eight” : one of three brothers,living on a family farm in New York state.
The day started out like most : we were up at the crack of dawn,because there were cows to be milked ,a wood stove to be lit, and a hearty breakfast to be wolfed down before we changed clothes for church.
Like most kids my age, my thoughts were pre-occupied with Christmas-but it would be a long time before anyone felt really “merry” again.
That evening was spent, huddled around the radio: listening to the broadcasts of an attack on some place I had never heard of- Pearl Harbor-by people I had never thought of : the Japanese.
The adults talked after a while,with quiet intensity that went on long after the hour we kids should have been in bed.
There was talk about war and the draft ,and what these things would mean. Our hired man-Lou-was angry enough to give notice that he would be enlisting as soon as possible. I think Mom tried to talk him into waiting until he was drafted , but he would have no part of that !
We didn’t know then about rationing, or war bonds, or scrap drives,or air raid drills,or Gold Star Mothers …but we would learn.
Darkness had fallen on our world, and our Age of Innocence was forever over.
Can you imagine if FDR was a modern day democrat? We'd probably apologize to Japan for being culturally insensitive.
There is no question that the Dems would be asking "Why does the world hate us?"
So what happened to Lou?
I was wondering the same thing.
Me too.
I was 5 and a half. My uncle walked the 2 miles from Shoshoni,Wy out to our place to tell my Mom that we had been invaded and that he had signed up for the navy. I learned in a heartbeat from my Mom's tears the pain that goes with protecting our country and our safety.
Yes, I can imagine if modern-day Democrats were in charge in 1941...
Posted by Patriot Hooligan to HarmlessLovableFuzzball
On News/Activism 12/06/2005 10:26:01 PM PST · 37 of 52
"History - in every century, records an act that lives forevermore. We'll recall - as in to line we fall, the thing that happened on Hawaii's shore." Unknown (to me)
"...So, we've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion but what's important--why the Pilgrims came here, who Jimmy Doolittle was, and what those 30 seconds over Tokyo meant." President Ronald Reagan farewell speech in 1989
"Give me a fast ship for I intend to go in harms way."
John Paul Jones
"For a time, the Flying Tigers provided the only victories against the Japanese anywhere in the Far East... This handful of men had shown that the Japanese were not invincible." - Duane Schultz, author of The Maverick War
"Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.!
Admiral Halsey - December 1941
"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning."
Colonel David M. Shoup - (Tarawa) - 21st November 1943
This is a fight between a free world and a slave world. - Vice President Henry A. Wallace
"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil." - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet
"Americans do not surrender." General George S. Patton
I'd like to thank all the veterans and their families both past and present for the FREEDOM My family and I continue to enjoy.
"I consider it no sacrifice to die for my country. In my mind, we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died." General George S. Patton
Great graphic. I keep telling myself to go visit Sacredcowburgers.
Thanks for sharing your recollection.
It appears it's still too early for me.
History Channel is currently showing some of the behind-the-scenes political stuff that was going on leading up to Pearl Harbor.
They stated that at that time between 70 to 80% of Americans were against involvement in the war in Europe.
As usual, good job PC. But rather than make me laugh, it puts a chill up my back.
You're spot on.
Those were the days when an overwhelming part of America would rally around their leader & their country - whatever their politics.
Lou joined the Army the next day. He was sent to a ski troop outfit-out west somewhere.Before he could be deployed overseas,he had a bad fall and screwed up his leg bad enough to be kept "stateside".
A few years after the war,he and his wife bought our farm.
I was nine and just posted on another thread that my cousin and I were afraid that they would cancel Christmas.We were at an aunt's house for Sunday dinner on the east coast when the news came out.
In a strange way I have pleasant memories of the war years. We were all involved,even the kids.I was a Junior Commando.
My son in law is from Hawaii and his folks were at Mass in Honolulu when the bombing took place. Some people fainted in the church they were so frightened.
God,where have the years gone?
I enjoy hearing people recount their memories. Thanks.
My Dad joined the Coast Guard and served on the USS Arthur Middleton.
http://www.ussarthurmiddleton.net
He wasnt at Pearl, but fate would have it that the USS Worden was at Pearl.
Later on in the war she broke up on the rocks at Amchitka.
My Dad's ship helped rescue everyone - 'cept about 20 - from death.
God bless all those who died on that day of horror. Their deaths should not be in vain. Stay the course in Iraq. God bless our troops and remember Pearl Harbor! We will!!!
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