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Post by subdjoe on Dec 7, 2008 9:30:17 GMT -5
in memory of those who gave all that morning 67 years ago.
Lest we forget.
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Post by The New Guy on Dec 7, 2008 12:55:19 GMT -5
ah yes, raise a glass to all those gallant men! having lived there i have visited the memorial many times. it was a fitting place for many of my buddies to reenlist. they swore their oaths and raised the flag over the arizona (and got to keep the flag too). i chose to do my last re-up where WWII ended - on the surrender deck of the " mighty mo," parked right behind the arizona. i'm including a few photos for ya.   inside the memorial  one of the forward gun turrets  oil still seeps out after all these years. also, the park service places cremated remains of PH survivors inside the ship so they can be with their shipmates  the beginning and the end - from the "Mo" looking over the arizona  the flag above the arizona memorial  the USS Utah suffered a similar fate parked on the NW side of Ford island. it has a small memorial but is rarely visited. the next photos are of vintage aircraft brought in for the movie "pearl harbor" and some "extras" hired on to play the roles of sailors/marines. most of them were actual sailors/marines/soldiers. they were paid about $200/day to run around. unfortunately, i couldn't take leave for the two weeks they were filiming. otherwise, i could've been a star!!! LOL     |
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Post by surefire on Dec 7, 2008 13:31:22 GMT -5
Thank you to all the brave men and women who gave it all in Pearl Harbor.
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Post by Mink on Dec 7, 2008 14:38:51 GMT -5
Hear, hear!!
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Post by jgaffney on Dec 7, 2008 16:45:37 GMT -5
Mink, I think you meant to say, "Here, here!" Sometimes, you take things for granite. |
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Post by subdjoe on Dec 7, 2008 17:50:12 GMT -5
Schist, Gaff, she was trying to be gneiss.
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Post by The New Guy on Dec 7, 2008 17:58:24 GMT -5
i'm sure it was done with sin sarah t.
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Post by Mink on Dec 7, 2008 21:46:22 GMT -5
You guys never heard the new slang? "Hear, hear"= "I hear ya"
;D
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