[Jen]

Thank you B4Ranch for the use of your Ping List!

If you would like to be removed from the ping list for the FReeper Foxhole, please freepmail me.

OR, if you'd like to be added to the ping list -- just let me know! Thanks! Jen

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks for the ping & this special thread.

One of the most moving experiences of my life was visiting the Pearl Harbor Memorial. Let us always remember & honor their sacrifice & bravery!

[conservative_2001]

Please remove from ping list. Thanks.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thank you for the "ping".---God Bless!

[GFraser]

Thank you very much for the ping. I usually lurk and don't post much but I have to tell you AntiJen, you are doing a very good job as well as Samwolf, MistyCA, and others I have seen posting before at the Canteen. I wish you the best on your new thread.

[sistergoldenhair]

There are so many great stories and links here.
Thanks to those who are working to keep our memories alive.
Thanks to all who have posted such wonderful stories to this thread.
Oh, I almost forgot, thanks for the ping.

[sharktrager]

please remove me

[Clinging Bitterly]

Thanks for the ping.

My Dad was at Pearl Harbor that day, he was a carpenter in the USN. Interesting connection, my Mom's brother was also there at the same time, though they didn't know each other well. Sometime earlier in their days at the base, my dad found my uncle's lost wallet, and at the time they briefly met. Around 1948 or so after my Mom & Dad met, my dad & uncle became more aquainted.

I barely knew my dad myself. He was killed in a traffic crash when I was about two years old. He was a Quaker (I was not raised in that faith myself), and enlisted in the Navy before the war went full scale, to do his part for our country. He worked in the shipyard and mainly built cabinetry in the fleet that was being readied there. He was, I guess, some distance from the areas that were heavily attacked that day, so was in no immediate danger. I suppose that's true of the circumstances of a lot of folks there. There is not a lot of personal history I can share because of his untimely death, but I am nonetheless proud for his service and that of "the greatest generation" as a whole. It is an unquestionable fact, they made today's world a better place than it otherwise would have been.

This date makes me want to have more to remember, for by all accounts he was a great man. It is kind of sad. I have one photo of him in the old style white Sailor garb, taking liesure time amid some coconut trees. It's a treasure. (sis, we gotta get that scanned)


Dave in Eugene

[GATOR NAVY]

Thanks for the ping. I'll have to look at this at work tomorrow. Too many graphics for my home connection to handle.

[richardtavor]

Please take me off your ping list.

[tom h]

Jen: I get a bit too much mail and would appreciate being taken off your list. Don't know how I got on it -- I'm not a veteran! Many thanks.