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What do you remember about Dec 7 1941

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#1 ·
I remember, cause it happened several times, that my superviser would ask my foreman where he was or what he was doing when he heard the news, and they would go into what was happening in their lives when they got word about the attack.
One of my GS teachers, who was in her 60s at the time said that, when they heard that someone had flew a plane all the way from France to England, it amazed them, and they wondered how long before a plane could fly from over there to over here. The incident happened in 1910 if I remember rightly.
Im going to watch Tora Tora Tora in rememberence. I don't like Pearl Harbor, the movie.
 
#3 ·
Father would tell stories of him at 17 joined the Royal Marines in England..& seven years in was in the Marines there. Can not understand how a young boy could go through experiences that they did. Respect for the military and their families. Sometimes think the tough gangs...so called tough should be on the front line for a few days to see just how tough they are. He and my mother came to the US after the war because of no housing in England available for them due to the damage curing the war in their country. Sleeping in subway tunnels due to the constant bombing..9 months pregnant. Became citizens and raised us to be Americans...or proud Americans. The country has changed so very much since I was growing up and this puts fear in me for the next generations. War..why ??? can only believe that God knows what is happening and lean on Him...God Bless and Help America..
 
#4 ·
My memory of it has grown a bit dim..... Probably because it was nearly ten years before I was born. Had a couple uncles that served during the war but they never talked about it much. My father was gimpy due to a childhood accident so wasn't mixed up in it. What little I know I've picked up as an adult listening to a few of the vets. Twas an ugly business from all accounts.
 
#8 ·
You reminded me of the time I met a veteran on the beach with campaign ribbons on his hat, which led me to ask about them. It turned out that the man was a veteran of the D-day invasion. With the maturity one might expect from a 12 year old, I asked him what it was like. I don't think I will ever forget the look in his eyes when he told me I didn't want to know.
 
#10 ·
Dad and his Brother (my Uncle) enlisted. Both were married with young babies at the time, but there was no question; they needed to do their part. Uncle in the Army and Dad in the Navy.
It was 15 years before I was born, and neither talked much about it and by the time I would have known what to ask, I didn't really care to hear about it (being a "know everything" teenager of course).
Too late now, they are both gone, as are their wives.
Lots of talks I would have liked to have but didn't until it was too late.
 
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