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65th Anniversary Attack on Pearl Harbor
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| 12/6/06
Posted on 12/06/2006 5:16:05 PM PST by bnelson44
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pearlharbor; vets; war
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:16:06 PM PST
by
bnelson44
To: bnelson44
Tragically, this attack is largely forgotten by the majority of Americans, not unlike the attacks on America in 1993 and 2001. Never forget was the slogan but the people have forgotten, they have more important things like American Idol and Dancing with stars to tend to. We are in deep doo-doo. We have gone from Norman Rockwell to Robert Mapplethorpe in one generation. Tragically sad.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:21:19 PM PST
by
Binstence
(Live freep or die)
To: bnelson44
Remembering all those who wre killed that day.....
I really loved having the opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor several years ago. It's particularly great that the Missouri is there now too, providing the perfect bookend to the Arizona.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:21:29 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: Give therapeutic violence a chance!)
To: bnelson44
My Brother in Law was on the USS New Orleans during Pearl Harbor.
The Chaplain started the prayer "Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition".
Later in the war, a torpedo blew the entire bow off this Fine Ship between the #1 and 2 turrets.
They saved the ship by backing it into an atoll and making a false bow with palm trees and junk.
They made half speed to Australia where a new bow was installed.
He was transfered to the USS Laws and spent the rest of the war on it.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:25:01 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: bnelson44
"A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"
Echo Talon
Since Dec 7, 2004
;)
To: bnelson44
Its time to surrender to Japan. We must give up Midway Island, Hawaii and California for peace. Hopefully our German and Italian friends can help us mediate a lasting settlement with the Japanese Empire.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:29:43 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: bnelson44
To: bnelson44
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:35:08 PM PST
by
AdvisorB
To: bnelson44
Just a couple of days ago, I was in an elevator with an older fellow who wore a hat that designated him as a former crewman of the USN Wisconsin.
I wanted to ask him more about the vessel, but it was simply not appropriate at the time.
The next time that I see that fellow, I'll be more prepared, if the circumstances allow.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:35:49 PM PST
by
Radix
(Don't mind me, I post dumb stuff all of the time.)
To: bnelson44
I am picking up the phone now to call a friend of mine (in his late 80s) who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. I've been needing to call him anyway.
Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:46:51 PM PST
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: Binstence
The majority of people around here have NOT forgotten Pearl Harbor.
My children are 10, 9 and 7. At breakfast if it is an historically important day, I tell them about it. Tomorrow's lesson is Pearl Harbor, just as it was a year ago and the year before that.
I bet their little Lutheran school teaches a bit about it too.
Have hope and don't sell us short - there are many people aware of world events and history across the nation.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:51:15 PM PST
by
freemama
To: girlangler
Tell him thank you for all of us and that we have not forgotten.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:52:04 PM PST
by
freemama
To: bnelson44
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:53:58 PM PST
by
StoneWall Brigade
(Happy 200th Birthday Robert E. LEE)
To: freemama
I am happy to hear that your kids are made from the right stuff. However 3 kids do not make a majority. Do you really think the 30,000,000 illegal immigrants living in the USA give a damned about Pearl Harbor of George Washington or The Constitution? You are fooling yourself if you do. A majority of Americans can not even tell you who their congressman is. Many people is not enough. We need a solid majority of people who care about preserving our culture or we will implode. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. It makes me sick too.
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posted on
12/06/2006 5:55:45 PM PST
by
Binstence
(Live freep or die)
To: bnelson44
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posted on
12/06/2006 6:14:44 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
To: freemama
I have always told my students (when they asked me my age) that I was born 4 days after Pearl Harbor. Teaching math, I would bring in a little history.
My middle grandson will be 14 tomorrow. We always consider the significance of the day.
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posted on
12/06/2006 6:20:16 PM PST
by
mathluv
(Never Forget!)
To: bnelson44
Thank God that the maggots infesting this country in 2006 weren't around on December 7th, 1941. We'd all be drinking saki and eating sushi and sauerkraut right now.
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posted on
12/06/2006 6:24:01 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Study hard and do your homework or you'll end up stuck in the House or Senate.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Prayers today don't have too be very different. as tho the jihadists who viciously attacked the United States on 9/11, Praise the lord and blast them to Perdition!
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posted on
12/06/2006 6:44:47 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: FlingWingFlyer
"We'd all be drinking saki and eating sushi and sauerkraut right now."
Thank God we don't do that.
To: Eternal_Bear
Well. I guess I should have qualified that with an "I'd be drinking..." LOL! Sorry.
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posted on
12/06/2006 7:23:30 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Study hard and do your homework or you'll end up stuck in the House or Senate.)
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