Yeah, kinda embarrassed, didn't even think about the date until I heard a vet talking on the radio an hour or so ago.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

May we never forget!!

To all that serve, past, present & future, thanks for your sacrifices.  May God bless you.

A day that will live in infamy. FDR

A day that changed this country for ever, and as Blueline said  may we never forget.

On a less somber note  if not for Dec 7 you would not have all the neat model kits to build.

God bless all those who have served in the war that followed.  It has been my pleasure to know many ot the vets, years ago, and listen to their stories. I was born about 5 months before the attack, but have memories of the war in the years following, especially of the big celebration when all the town folks turned out to celebrate when it finally ended.

Well, my last direct family link to that day and place passed on just over three weeks ago. My mother in law was born in Hawaii as a daughter to an engineer type who would later be one of the early Seabees while he was doing construction work on Oahu, three months before the attack. Her father died many years ago, long before I met my wife. Her (mother in law's) uncle was at Hickam Field as a member of a B-17 Bomb Group there, and later served in the South Pacific under MacArthur & Kenney. He passed on about 10 years ago. All those who were there are dwindling fast. Keep those survivors in mind today.

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I figure I am one of the few on this site who actually remember the time. I was only three when we heard the broadcast, but it created such a frenzy that I do remember it.  Dad was a professional racing driver, and a lot of talk about whether next year's season would be cancelled- it was.  I was more interested in whether baseball season would be cancelled- it wasn't.  Race cars were too noisy for a 3 yr old!  Remember air raid practice in schools.  Every boy during the war years was intensely interested in aviation.  Aviation and fighter aces got a large part of the press!

To commemorate the day, I played an audio file of FDR's 12.8.41  "Infamy" speech to Congress for all my classes yesterday.  I told them that hearing the audio only while in their desks was probably just how school children experienced it in 1941.  I would imagine that any school with an intercom system would have aired the speech for their students.   In the course of our discussion, I also mentioned that Roosevelt was handicapped and explained the polio connection. 

That, in turn, brought up my memories of receiving the polio vaccine when I was 7 or 8 I guess (someone will recall the exact year I'm sure...Don?).  I remember the entire town's population lining up at a church hall to get a sugar cube, with the vaccine dose in it.  My students could hardly imagine such a thing.  Time marches on!

Gary

Texgunner, thank you for educating our kids about Pearl Harlbor and WWII.  So many schools avoid the topic today.  Keep it up!

Cadet Chuck

Texgunner, thank you for educating our kids about Pearl Harlbor and WWII.  So many schools avoid the topic today.  Keep it up!

You're welcome Chuck!  You can imagine what they hear on Veteran's Day!  My dad was a combat vet, 87th Infantry Division, ETO, and WWII looms large in my life, and  I make sure that my students know what they owe(everything!) to the vets of that war.  I will keep it up for as long as I live.

Gary

Keep it alive, Gary!  We need these kids to know about real history.  Blessings to your

Dad!  I will do whatever I can, too.

Chuck

Good for you Texgunner. This younger spoiled generation hasn't a clue of the sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation.

Cadet Chuck

Keep it alive, Gary!  We need these kids to know about real history.  Blessings to your

Dad!  I will do whatever I can, too.

Chuck

Thank you Chuck!  My dad had a few great stories about the Battle of the Bulge.  He didn't often talk about the war though, saying there were some things he didn't like to remember.  Europe was a long way from home for a sharecropper's kid from Texas.

tigerman

Good for you Texgunner. This younger spoiled generation hasn't a clue of the sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation.

Thanks Tigerman!  You are so right.  They really don't have any idea, or do they understand that they would have nothing in their life today if not for those old men that come out to our school on Veteran's Day.  It just ticks me off to no end to see young thugs and punks disrespecting those vets when they wouldn't even be here had the Germans won.  And, you can be sure they hear about it from me, lol.