God Bless America

[Charles Cook]

81 years ago today

 

[Black_Sheep]

When I mentioned it at work this morning, I got blank stares from a half dozen coworkers. I said "you know, December 7th, 1941" and still crickets...

Pretty sad, I guess they don't teach real history in schools anymore.

 

[kiwigtx]

81 years ago today

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I was at work yesterday writing up my start sheet and realised immediately what the day was.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

I’m ashamed to admit I forgot this year. Usually I’m really good about remembering all these major significant events, it’s been a stressful few weeks and it slipped my mind.

This was such a blow to us, no major attack on US soil. Once it happened, just as predicted they woke a sleeping giant. So many boys didn’t get to become men, but every man, women, and child felt a patriotic duty to lend a hand in stopping this tyranny from spreading too far.

 

[PlymCrazy]

Thanks to the folks on this site I was reminded first thing in the morning when I checked in yesterday. I, too, have a tendency of not recalling many significant events like this without some sort of reminder.

 

[moparedtn]

Being the date after my mama's birthday. I've always realized when it was Dec. 7th again.
Like a lot of you I'm sure, many of my family served in WW2 - and probably also like many
of you, we had family members who made it back home afterwards, but would never
want to talk about what they had witnessed and done - for obvious reasons.

The thing that I think gets lost in the history books and the movies of the time was just how
incredibly young those men and women were that went.
We admire the mighty flying machines used in the war but don't really realize the guys flying
those things were basically college age and younger.
Amazing stuff, really...

I shudder to think what would happen if such a terrible conflict were to happen today.

 

[ksurfer2]

My wife's grandfather was stationed aboard the USS Vestal, which was tied up alongside the Arizona, on the morning of December 7. He passed away before she and I met, but I have heard of all the stories he told from that morning. My wife still has much of his memorabilia from the Vestal including the General Order of the Day from December 7.

 

[Hey-O]

When I mentioned it at work this morning, I got blank stares from a half dozen coworkers. I said "you know, December 7th, 1941" and still crickets...

Pretty sad, I guess they don't teach real history in schools anymore.

Any school that going to go with 1+1=2 or 3 is not worried about history as much as seeing everyone getting it right whether it's right or wrong. Sad!!

 

[Hey-O]

Thanks to the folks on this site I was reminded first thing in the morning when I checked in yesterday. I, too, have a tendency of not recalling many significant events like this without some sort of reminder.

X2, a very humbling day!

 

[GetX'd]

X3 I was showing my wife who is an immigrant here and knows little about such things. I showed her the original post that just had a few pics of the Arizona on it. Told her about things then and she asked me if this was some kind of special day that this was posted. I said no“ just lots of patriotic folks on this site”. Well she went up to bed and my mind immediately went there triggered by her question. I looked at my calendar not even realizing the next day was indeed December 7. I immediately felt a bit of shame that I temporarily disassociated the day and the actions of the day from that early post. I then went to the net and searched for a thread, took a screen shot of the story and pic. Then I went up and told her how she triggered me into realizing the horror of that day and why this was posted. I showed her the story and pics before she went to bed. Again I was not pleased with myself that I had not recognized this in the moment. My father was in the South Pacific afterwards as an enlistee but thankfully returned home safely.

Sadly after we’re gone there will be very few that will even contemplate what all this meant and how dear the gift of freedom is, yet how terribly steep the cost. They won’t know much less care that those men and women of that time indeed saved the world from utter tyranny. How these brave Americans literally ran down to recruiting offices to enlist and fought thru unmentionable horrors on both sides of the world. And while millions engaged around the world it was the United States Military that tipped the balance and literally saved the entire world. “The Greatest Generation”. Yes it was - indeed. It’s always on my heart these last few years the fear of losing what so many sacrificed so much for. God Bless America and all the men and women before, during and since that have given us the grace, beauty and beloved freedom of the miracle of America.

 

[#41]

This is the first year that I can recall where I did not realize it immediately. It was not until the afternoon that I caught on. Sadly, remembrance of that sacrifices of that generation is fading away in society.

If you think about it, the civil year was about 100 years before I was born and always seemed like ancient history to me. WW2 is now about 80 years... becoming ancient history for the current and next generations.

 

[Budnicks]

Somber day, from a somber time

"a day that will live on in infamy"

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since I don't care for FDR, his socialist ways
I'll use another quote

 

[davek]

When I mentioned it at work this morning, I got blank stares from a half dozen coworkers. I said "you know, December 7th, 1941" and still crickets...

Pretty sad, I guess they don't teach real history in schools anymore.

no they dont,they teach are you a boy or girl or other