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72nd Pearl Harbor Anniversary

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11 years 2 weeks ago - 11 years 2 weeks ago #32064 by jtallen83
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72 years ago today the sleeping giant was awoken. I fear that as a country we have lost sight of this hard lesson.
God bless all of those that defended our Liberty! :usa:
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11 years 2 weeks ago #32065 by Sharkey
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Thanks JT for catching this and absolutely. God Bless the efforts of our proud back then and may God stand beside and guide us all through the times we now face.

God Bless America, her brave, her loyal and all those who support them... :usa:

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11 years 2 weeks ago - 11 years 2 weeks ago #32066 by jtallen83
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Just realized I put D-Day in the title instead of Pearl Harbor :blush: That's what I get for complaining about people not remembering history!
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11 years 2 weeks ago #32067 by Sharkey
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jtallen83 wrote: Just realized I put D-Day in the title instead of Pearl Harbor :blush: That's what I get for complaining about people not remembering history!


That's funny cuz you are usually pretty "on" so I never did fact check you... :laugh:

That's gotta count for somethin... :thumbs:

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11 years 2 weeks ago #32075 by 13fcolt
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I don't know if it's true or not, but one of the most influential things about that time was something I remember from the 7th grade. My teacher told us that after Pearl Harbor was attacked, the recruitment offices had lines of men going down the street. Duty and payback was on everyone's mind. America was attacked and Americans were going to answer.

Then compare it to now when the .mil has to offer bonuses and stop loss people just to have enough to get by.

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11 years 2 weeks ago #32078 by jtallen83
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My wife's step-father enlisted in the Navy a couple months after Pearl Harbor, he was fifteen! The county clerk fixed him up with paperwork showing he was 17 and his Mom signed for him. He was a bit of a hell raiser so I suppose they all figured they'd sick him on the Japanese. I never knew any of this till his funeral, he was as modest as he was patriotic. They were a hell of a group of men! :usa:

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11 years 2 weeks ago #32080 by et1911rph
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There are many who deserve recognition for their service and sacrifice on Dec 7th but please take a moment to look up Capt Donald K Ross. Awarded CMH for actions that day.
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11 years 2 weeks ago #32083 by jtallen83
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Another example of humility, he writes a book but not about his actions but his fellow Medal of Honor winners. :usa:

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11 years 2 weeks ago #32090 by MrMarty51
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God Bless them all, and all that have passed on. They fought a tough battle and won.
My prayers go out to them all, and, not only the ones that fought that war, also to the ones in all of the wars America has been in.

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11 years 2 weeks ago #32098 by Sharkey
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When America is attacked from the outside, we have ALWAYS stood up and pulled together to do the right things and those were times of pride and honor indeed.

Our toughest fights however, lie right in our laps and there is no pride and no honor at the helm as our own leaders attack us from the inside...

It will be men of honor that will hold the message in their hearts and pass them on to generations to follow that will lead us back from the pits we are moving toward and someday, with Gods help, rise back out of again.

God Bless those that held our dreams so dear back then that they fought and died for them. May their memories be carried forward as new dreams for a better future for us all.

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