Dec 7 1941

I always remember Dec. 7, 1941. I still throw in the question to my wife and kid what does December 7, 1941 signify? They know. Awesome! I taught them well.

 Unfortunately many do not remember 12/ 07/ 1941, or the meaning of other significance date's or number's  like 11-11-11 or 9-11.

I still remember where I was when I heard about the attack. It is a memory I will never forget. I was at my grandmother's when the announcement was made. During my career as a news reporter I interviewed 13 survivors including an Arizona crewe member. Unfortunately none of them are still alive.

Couple of articles in our local paper over the past couple of days.  One was on the condition of the Arizona Memorial and the backlog of repairs and maintainance.  The other was on a local man who is a survivor of the Oklahoma.

There are, according to one story in the paper, only 9 Arizona survivors still alive.

As long as I am still around my flag will fly at half staff on Dec. 7th every year in memory.  And I don't care if I am supposed to or not.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

I always remember Dec. 7, 1941. I still throw in the question to my wife and kid what does December 7, 1941 signify? They know. Awesome! I taught them well.

me too since i was born on 07dec 1951. been to the 60th and 70th anniversaries and always work in a visit whenever i visit Hawaii..

Dad's birthday was on the 7th as well, and one sister was on the 6th.  Both well before '41 though.

I always re-read Walter Lord's "Day of Infamy" to commemorate the day.

Army guy, what's the significance of 11-11-11? I know of 11-11-18 at 11 o'clock. And lets just say I understood old folks (compared to me) regarding December 7th a LOT better after 9/11...

11/11/11? Doomsday that never occurred? LOL!

11th month, 11th day, 11th hour......end of WWI

Oh boy.... I better brush up on my history. LOL!

goldhammer

11th month, 11th day, 11th hour......end of WWI

Yes, but when written as 11/11/11 that refers to the year 1911, not hour of 11...

 11am 11/11, 1100 hrs 11/11, 11/11 11AM, or 11/11 1100hrs would be how to properly designate that time and date... NOT 11/11/11... 

Stikpusher you're right the way I wrote the date for the end of ww1 was inaccurate. I was mostly pointing out the significance of why on the 11day of the 11 month at the 11 hour you have a moment of silence

After 9-11 I to had thoughts about so this is how people felt about Dec 7.

Oh that date and time is most significant indeed. Unfortunately, in our times, I do not think that we will be granted the respite of an 11th hour armistice with or total victory capitulation over our current foes a la VE/VJ Days... And I suppose that makes those dates all the more unique...

I always do as I was born exactly 20 years later to the day.

I barely remember it, but I do.  I was three at the time, and we were sitting (me on the floor) when the radio started talking about the attack. I was too young to really understand, but we had company over, (don't remember who) and the animated discussion indicated our lives were about to change.  When I started school two years later, we had frequent air raid drills, my mother would complain about rationing, and the culture was super tied to the war.  My dad had been a race car driver, and the war ended that.  I remember D-Day, V-E day and V-J day much more accutely than I remember Pearl Harbor.

Fighter pilots were every boy's heros, and model airplane building was an extremely popular hobby for boys during the war, with government support!