Posted on 12/07/2016 4:14:25 AM PST by Enchante
When John D. Anderson reached his battle station in the USS Arizona's No. 4 turret that morning, he realized the gigantic guns could do nothing against the swarms of attacking Japanese airplanes.
But his twin brother, Delbert "Jake" Anderson, was manning an antiaircraft gun out on deck, and was in the thick of the action. "He needs help," John told his turret commander, and asked if could join his brother.
Both men were 24. The sons of a judge, they were born in Verona, N.D., in 1917. Both had joined the Navy in 1936. John was a boatswain's mate second class; Jake, a boatswain's mate first class.
Both wound up on the Arizona, which at that moment on Dec. 7, 1941, was a maelstrom of fire, smoke and explosions.
They would never meet up that Sunday morning, and only one would survive the day.
Wednesday, 75 years later, John Anderson's ashes are to be interred underwater in the remnants of his old turret, rejoining Jake, whose body was never recovered from the ship.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
Never forget!!!
These two men.......and tens of thousands of others......where did they come from? God made them more brave than I’ll ever be. Stories like this always humble me. Thank you for posting it.
Remarkable young men. RIP
Don't sell yourself short. Most men never find out how brave they're capable of being ... their circumstances never demand it.
Learn courage in the little things the Lord throws your way ... should He ever throw something big at you, you'll know what to do.
only 6 Arizona crewmen survive today. Thank all those of the greatest generation who served.
Another reason to NEVER forget
US bomber crew shot down over Japan were dissected while ALIVE in horrific WW2 experiments
A Japanese university has opened a museum acknowledging that its staff dissected downed American airmen while they were still alive during World War Two.
The move is a striking step in a society where war crimes are still taboo and rarely discussed, although the incident has been extensively documented in books and by US officials.
A gruesome display at the newly-opened museum at Kyushu University explains how eight US POWs were taken to the centre’s medical school in Fukuoka after their plane was shot down over the skies of Japan in May 1945.
There, they were subjected to horrific medical experiments - as doctors dissected one soldier’s brain to see if epilepsy could be controlled by surgery, and removed parts of the livers of other prisoners as part of tests to see if they would survive.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk
Learn courage in the little things the Lord throws your way ... should He ever throw something big at you, you'll know what to do.
Nicely done!
And the story of a man who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona: http://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-1902072?fs
Indeed. All remarkable, courageous men.
Sage advice.
Silent salute ... to all of them.
Cowards die a thousand deaths; the valiant never taste of
death but once. - (Quote from memory.)
A little more info with a different photo.
Well done my FRiend.
Take is slow and learn to be that guy who runs toward the fire.
Stop to help at car wrecks and learn basic first aid. Keep a kit in your car. Soon, God will put opportunities in your path to help and gain courage bit by bit.
Pearl Harbor veterans are the best of the best. They were truly blindsided and fought back. God bless them.
....these two men...where did they come from...
I don’t look to song lyrics for guidance. But, Ray Charles adlib singing an introduction to AAmerca the Beautiful is an exception.
Here’s his tribute to American heroes.
“Oh beautiful, for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, our country loved,
And mercy more than life...”
Very moving to me.
How truly remarkable that there are still some veterans of that war to keep its memory alive, today. Great story ... thanks for the link.
WAR IS HELL! The AXIS “leaders” failed to realize there is
no glamour in war before they dragged their people into
one. They learned the hard way that it’s stupid to disarm
your populace and then drag them into a war with people who
have been armed and shooting for food AND defense for a very
long time.
Daddy used to say, “It’s the OLD MAN’S war; but it is the
YOUNG MAN’S fight.”
A day that has lived in infamy!
Courage is being scared to death but doing the job anyway.
L
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