The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 2002

Naval Historial Center ^

[Jen]

Thanks for the great graphic and music! Good to see you here.

[SAMWolf]

I know this is the age of electronics and missles, but those old WWII ships just looked like a warship!

[SAMWolf]

No one could belt out God Bless America like Kate Smith. Thanks.

[Jen]

...USS Missouri...port of Dubai circa 1980's

Dubai! Wow, that brings back memories of a decade ago during the Gulf War at a small air base called Al Minhad. The few times my coworkers and I were allowed to get off base, we were told to tell anyone who asked that we were Sailors on shore leave. The UAE government didn't want the locals to know there were 3000 USAF troops based there. The newspaper would sometimes print a picture of one of our F-16s and label it as a Navy fighter. hahahaha

[Jen]

You find the most beautiful graphics! Thanks for posting them here.

[Jen]

Thanks so much for your informative battleship post! I look forward to a Navy history lesson every day.

[MistyCA]

Wow! Please get a scanner! But a good alternative is a digital camera, I think. I would love to see your pictures! And it would be nice for you to have them stored on a CD so nothing happens to them.

[MistyCA]

Thanks for that post, Ragtime Cowgirl!

[MistyCA]

Gail's graphics are really awesome, aren't they? thanks again, Gail! I would like to snag them to see them posted often, but won't since I would rather see you here sharing them with us! :)))

[Light Speed]

Ya ..I know what you mean Sam...guys and big guns...hint hint : )

[Light Speed]

Ha Ha....Squid for a day!

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Yep!

[Light Speed]

Probably a scanner M..there are some which have great grayscale reading properties....good for the black and whites.
At a Navy photographic centre in Washington..had curators bring photos ,and was allowed to photograph..the photographs.
I decided on slide film before heading to Washington...used Kodak Echtachrome 35mm...found out later Echtachrome is awesome coverage for black and whites.
had a few hot spots on some images..the reflection from overhead flurecent light.
Its a lot of fun to break out the slides..biggy pictures the size of a wall...
Have spent many years meeting the crew of USS Isherwood..its way cool to see a guy you met..and then see him on the flying bridge of the Tin Can in 1945.

[Diver Dave]

Great History lesson you've presented today. Thanks.

[MistyCA]

I bet you can take those to a processing center and have them converted to Cd. My scanner does a great job on slides.

[MistyCA]

It is really good to see you posting with us Dave! Hope you come in and enjoy Sam's history often! :)

[SAMWolf]

Thanks DD and you're welcome. Glad you liked it.

[Taxman]

Made your hair stand on end, did it?

Hope your children remember what that day was all about.

[lawdog]

An awesome tribute. Lest we forget what real heros are, we need only to remember where they lie.

[SAMWolf]

I made sure they knew. It did send a chill down my spine.