December 7th, 1941...

[WILMASBOYL78]

It was 69 years ago this morning that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Thousands died and we were suddenly thrust into another world war...a war that would reshape the world forever. The number of Pearl Harbor veterans/survivors is very small and getting smaller each day. Please take a moment today to pay tribute to their sacrifice and remember this day. America must always be prepared for the "unthinkable"....we owe it to those who perished on that Sunday morning so long ago. Lest we forget...

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[Xplantdad]

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Thanks for the reminder Tom!

[WILMASBOYL78]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...s_remembe.html

Check out this article....only 3,000 survivors left world wide!

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[MrsBillyBobcat]

THANKS for the link Wilma! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

This part was great:

<span style="font-style: italic">&quot;You couldn’t tell the guy next to you,&quot; he said. &quot;I said to this guy, ‘Did you hear anything about the Mahoney boys? He said, ‘Who the hell are you?

&quot;I said, ‘I’m Tom Mahoney.’

He says, &quot;I’m your brother Harold.&quot;</span>

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[WILMASBOYL78]

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...-our-resolved/1

Here is a link to the President's message about December 7th...it seems a little &quot;staged&quot;, but I am pleased that the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice is recognized....wilma

[PeteLeathersac]

My 15 year old lad and I were talking about it last night, he had a buncha' good questions and I was surprised he knew as much as he did!.
Today I've seen absolutely zero headlines or clickable links on my Msn Canada homepage and have been feeling sick about it all day..
Hopefully things are better on the US online news sites!.

A sincere thank you to all our Veterans, here and gone..
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~ Pete

[x Baldwin Motion]

Usually Google would change the home page to recognize significant events. Sadly nothing today. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif[/img]

We used to have a Pearl Harbor survivor here at the local VFW, he passed several years ago and always admitted he lied about his age to join up. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

[WILMASBOYL78]

One of best friends is an older gentleman from the Adirondack Mountains of upstate new York, his name is Marty Allen. Mart writes a weekly article for the local newspaper called, &quot;To Make a Long Story Short&quot;. He was in the army airborne at the end of WW-2 and has many stories from that time. He is my personal hero and a real piece of Americana. Hope you enjoy this article from today's paper. You can read more of his stuff in the archive section of his website www.martallen.com

wilma

How soon we forget
By
Mart Allen
Proposed column for December 7, 2010 Express

In is incomprehensible to me how soon a large percentage of people can forget the most horrific events of history. I am reminded of this on the anniversary dates of the sneak attacks on Pearl Harbor and 9-11. At the time the attacks took place the majority of patriotic Americans put politics aside and united behind a common cause. It troubles me that it seems to take no time at all for many of those same people to loose sight of the implications of both events. They were tragic with great loss of innocent lives and resources. No one should ever forget either and do everything possible to prevent similar incidences. Yet every year with passing time the nation seems to gradually lose some of the spark that once ignited the spirit of nationalism in everyone.
Those of us that remember Pearl Harbor the Korean and Vietnam Wars as well as 9-11 can not get them out of our minds. Veterans of any of those eras are especially cognizant of the significance of them and the many other smaller conflicts in between. It is hard for most of those with first hand knowledge and or experience of those periods to understand how anyone can be seemingly unconcerned that we are still threatened about future attacks. Yet we see everyday in every way there are millions in this nation with such an attitude.
I had just turned fourteen the previous August when Pearl Harbor was hit on Sunday morning of December seventh. The country was unprepared and divided as to the chances of the nation ever becoming embroiled in what was building up to be a world war. It became instantly galvanized, organized and unanimously spoke with a single voice. Everyone was anxious to do whatever they could to help the war effort.
I was born and brought up in Phoenix N.Y. on the banks of the Oswego River. Several young men from our village were already serving in our armed services at the time and some others were serving in the Canadian armed services. They had been actively defending the British homeland from Germany prior to the attack on Pearl. One of our young men was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a farm boy the oldest of a large family, his name was Lawton Woodworth. He was the first of twenty-one others of our township to be killed out of the 422 men and women who served from the Town of Schroeppel, Oswego County. Several others of the group were wounded or held as prisoners of war for years without their families ever knowing their fate until the war was over.
The Houghtaling brothers Raymond and Philip died in the service. They lived about half a block from our home. Ray was killed in the landing at Anzio. He was a close personal friend of my father. I peddled newspapers to their home. He drove a dump truck on the county road near our house and he let me ride with him as he delivered fill for the road. He would bring a big lunch and share it with me.
Rosario Caltabiano or Zotty as he was known locally lived within sight of our home. His father and mother had a small truck farm and a cider mill. We would stop on our way home from school when his father was pressing cider and we were given all the cider we could drink. Zotty was an outstanding athlete and one of my heroes. He was killed in the invasion of the Philippines. I graduated with his sister Josephine. When I was old enough to enlist I joined the Army and volunteered for the 11th Airborne, his old outfit.
Richard Murphy was another neighbor who was killed in Korea and his body was never recovered. I was the licensed driver who accompanied him when he took his drivers test. In total I personally knew six young men who gave all for the rest of us and hundreds of other who gave all they could. Many of them I became friends with here in the Old Forge area such as Bud Russell, Jack Christy and Bill Marleau to name but a very few.
I and many others think it is disgraceful that many of today’s calendars that show anniversary dates of historical events do not show some of the above mentioned anniversary dates. One of my friends, a Vietnam vet, became highly upset when such a calendar was posted in his American Legion Post. He refused to enter until they had a calendar that was appropriate for a veteran’s headquarters. I feel the same way he does and take care to see that I shun any datebooks that do not display a reminder to everyone of such meaningful dates.
Nothing becomes so indelibly implanted in your mind as the memory of how you lost dear ones or friends.

[NCGuy68]

Not a thing said about Pearl Harbor on the 6:00 PM NBC national newscast. Sad, very very sad. How soon we forget.

[L-79 Nova]

May we never forget, Ron....

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