Where were you December 7, 1941?

Memories | Uncle George

[JohnMac]

23 years and 4 days here. Besides, the egg that made me wasn't even around either.

[Taxman]

In Richmond, VA. It was two days prior to my seventh month birthday. I was probably taking my morning nap!

[Temple Owl]

I was 12 years old in the small town of Roebling, N.J. I don't remember much about Dec. 7 but, I do remember America being unprepared for war.

There were newsreels of draftees learning the manual of arms with broom sticks.

Nearly everybody was proud to be an American back then.

[dalereed]

"No one seemed to know where or what Pearl Harbor was."

I was 4 years old, sitting on the floor in the living room when they announced on the radio that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. I ran into the kitchen and told my mom that Hawaii had been bombed by the Japanese.

My training in world, state, and local affairs, including politics started at the breakfast and dinner table before I was 2. In those days everyone had to be at the table for meals or no one ate and if I didn't participate in the discussion of the days events I heard about it.

Todays world would be a lot better if that were the case today.

[Dallas]

I can't even remember where I was last night....

I must be getting old...

[Catspaw]

Same here. I wasn't born until 1943, 3 months after my Dad went into the Marine Corps. He didn't see me until I was 2 years old.

Ditto--except it was 1944 & Dad was in the Army Air Corps.

[aculeus]

Went to a movie, a double feature ("Texas" and "Our Wife" by name) with my sister (hey, I was 12). On the way out of the theater (it was called 'Casino') one of my classmates met me with a big grin (this guy would smile if he was telling you his mother died) who told me 'The Japs just bombed Pearl Harbor!'

[Catspaw]

He enlisted not long after that for the Army Air Corps and was a waist gunner on a B24 named the "Sad Sack" (probably a very common name for a plane). He served in North Africa, Italy, and Southern Europe, getting shot down twice. He was wounded by a bullet in the shoulder, received a Purple Heart and a few Bronze Stars.

Hey, so was my Dad--but he was a co-pilot on B-24's. Got the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Silver Star, in addition to a couple Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. Was shot down twice in Yugoslavia (he was missing in action when I was born) and got out with help from Tito's boys.

He'd also take $10,000 or so in money they'd pool & fly from Italy to Cairo & load the plane up with booze, in Dad's words, "a helluva lot of booze." Either my Mom or I have a picture of Dad and his crew in front of the Colliseum in Rome. It wasn't until much later that I figured out what those paper bags sitting in front of them were.

[curmudgeonII]

I was [also] 10 years old and listening to a professional football game on the radio when I heard the news. I ran downstairs and told my dad what I had heard about Pearl Harbor and Manilla being bombed [the CBS report was premature as Manilla wasn't bombed until the next day].

My dad was a former navy man and didn't believe me. He said that the Japs might have bombed Manilla but that they never would have been able to bomb Pearl Harbor.......only time in my life I've known my dad to be wrong about anything.

[JenB]

Well, my grandparents talk about Pearl Harbor, and I couldn't image what it was like - until September 11th. Then I knew.

I think September 11th is going to keep my generation from becoming Baby Boomers 2. I wish I couldn't remember where I'd been that day, just as I'm sure many of you wish you didn't have to remember December 7th as anything special.

[oldvike]

I was in one of my mommy's ovaries at that time. :-)

[thesharkboy]

Was your dad in the Ploesti raid? What was the name of his plane?

[fish hawk]

Real close to moms left breast as she was singing:"Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy......"

[clamper1797]

My 12 year old father WATCHED the attack on Pearl harbor with his family from atop a hill which was their backyard. My grandmother worked for the Commandant of the POW camp in Hawaii.

[dalereed]

My wife also calls it "HER DAY OF INFAMY", I started pilot training on December 7th.

[Geezerette]

I was 7 and a half years old, and can't really remember that particular day. I DO remember the LIFE Magazine black and white war pictures and stories. I DO remember when the war was over and everyone in the neighborhood was outside honking their horns!

September 11, that time of the morning I was just about to take my dog for a walk and "something" made me stay in and listen to the radio. As soon as I heard about the first plane, I switched on the TV and saw the second plane hit. The dog had to "hold it" for a long while. When we did go out, I was like a zombie in shock.

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[GallopingGhost]

Swimmin' around with 100,000,000,000,000 of my friends.

[MassExodus]

Half of me was an unfertilized egg,

the other half was in training to outrun like 100,000,000 of my sack mates.

[MassExodus]

Damn, you beat me by @ 2 minutes! LOL !

[GallopingGhost]

Sackmates? LOL.