The FReeper Foxhole - CholeraJoe visits the USS Missouri & USS Arizona Memorial - Feb. 29th, 2004

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[Valin]

CAKE!! Did someone mention cake? Is it yellowcake?

[radu]

CAKE!! Did someone mention cake? Is it yellowcake?

CHOK-LIT!!

The only thing glowing around FR are all the purty gurlz. *grin*

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!!!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Snippy!

[Professional Engineer]

Give you CHOK-LIT and nobody gets hurt! Right?

[PhilDragoo]

The Arizona was sunk at the beginning of the U.S.-Japanese conflict, and it was aboard the Missouri that the Japanese signed the formal surrender ending World War II four years later.

I like the image--this is my fallen brother whom I avenged.

The lesson for the world is don't start with us--you will not win.

My dad served on USS Saratoga (CV-3), one of millions of America's sons and daughters drawn into something larger than themselves.

For all of them, God Bless.

[Professional Engineer]

I like the image--this is my fallen brother whom I avenged.

Thank you. I've been trying to put this into words all day. The image is powerful. The Missourri should stay right where she is now.

[SAMWolf]

The lesson for the world is don't start with us--you will not win.

A lesson that our enemies have to keep re-learning.

[snippy_about_it]

Amen Phil. Thanks.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[colorado tanker]

Thanks for this nice thread. We're thinking of a Hawaii vacation too and this is at the top of the list. The hardhat tour is for me, but I think the short tour is probably for the rest of the family.

The fetching Mrs. Tanker suggested we rent Tora Tora Tora this weekend to show the family the background events for the Arizona memorial. She thought it dragged. I thought it was really tightly written, but then I was looking for historical details while she was looking for the big picture. So much better than the "Pearl Harbor" fiasco.

[colorado tanker]

1960 JFK makes "missile gap" the Presidential campaign issue

Which was a lie. But when Kruschev slipped most of the puny Soviet missile force into Cuba, JFK couldn't call the bluff because he would have to admit there never was a missile gap. NK played JFK like a violin.

[SAMWolf]

IMHO "Tora,Tora,Tora" was the better picture

[CholeraJoe]

The gift shop at the USS Arizona memorial had some really cool stuff including commemorative coins. I bought a USS Missouri t-shirt at the Missouri's gift shop.

[colorado tanker]

When I saw they had Alec Baldwin trying to play Gen. Doolittle I just wanted to puke. The plot they grafted onto the story was really dumb too.

On the other hand the depiction of the actual attack was outstanding. Special effects have come a long way.

[SAMWolf]

When I saw they had Alec Baldwin trying to play Gen. Doolittle I just wanted to puke.

Me Too, plus I had a hard time buying fighter pilots flying B-25's off a carrier a few months later.

[colorado tanker]

I am really looking forward to a visit. Having the two ships together is interesting. From the solemnity of the Arizona, memorializing the lost lives at Pearl Harbor, to the symbol of the ultimate victory.

[colorado tanker]

ROTFLMAO! Great graphic!

Whaddya mean, Sam, isn't flying an airplane just like driving a car - once you've driven one, you can drive them all? :)

[SAMWolf]

isn't flying an airplane just like driving a car - once you've driven one, you can drive them all?

Only in Hollywood. ;-)

[CholeraJoe]

Me Too, plus I had a hard time buying fighter pilots flying B-25's off a carrier a few months later.

Nevertheless, it happened. I was stationed at Eglin AFB, FL where the Doolittle Raiders trained as did the men from nearby Hurlburt Field for Desert 1. I attended USAF ROTC summer camp there in 1969. Army Rangers train there for water operations. We got to spend two days with the Rangers on the inflatable boats.

When I was stationed there in the early 80's, I had a party group out on my sailboat on the Santa Rosa sound and ran into the Ranger trainees and their instructors. The instructors appreciated the beers we tossed to them.