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Dec. 7th Sunrise ..Tora Tora Tora..The Day of Infamy

Pompano - 12-7-2010 at 07:38 AM



Listen..can you hear all those rotary engines up there?

My deceased father-in-law was a seaman/welder onboard that day in Pearl Harbor...and swam for it with hundreds of others. A lot more did not make it to safety in time.

I am sure a few original survivors, who given the chance, would have said this at the end of that brutal war:


"Fire up the Enola Gay. Payback's a Son-of-a b-tch!"



Also on Dec 7th..Deleware became the First State. How about that..?



[Edited on 12-7-2010 by Pompano]

DENNIS - 12-7-2010 at 09:18 AM

The dawn at Pearl Harbor may have been just like your foto, Roger. A good day for flying. Bad day for all else.
RIP

Cypress - 12-7-2010 at 09:39 AM

The channel that leads into Pearl Harbor is very narrow, it's blasted through the coral reef. If a major ship had been sunk in that channel it would have bottled up what was left of the fleet. Nothing would have been able to come or go.

Neal Johns - 12-7-2010 at 10:49 AM

I was a sailor stationed on Ford Island (in the middle of Honolulu harbor) in 1950; the bullet holes were still in the sickbay building. The USS Arizona was (and is) underwater with many of its crew. RIP - Interesting times.

Pompano - 12-7-2010 at 10:57 AM

Neal..my first wife's father was aboard the Arizona when it was bombed and sank. He swam for it through some machine gun fire with many others. Was wounded, but survived to make it home to Fargo, ND.

bajaguy - 12-7-2010 at 08:16 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Cypress
The channel that leads into Pearl Harbor is very narrow, it's blasted through the coral reef. If a major ship had been sunk in that channel it would have bottled up what was left of the fleet. Nothing would have been able to come or go.






The USS Nevada (BB-36) was the only Battleship to get under way on December 7th!!!!!

baitcast - 12-10-2010 at 10:54 AM

I have pasted the Arizona several times and each time the hair on the back of my neck stood on end.
Rob

24baja - 12-10-2010 at 11:53 AM

These are long lost photos of PH, what loses we had that day.

http://www.sflistteamhouse.com/Misc/Pearl%20Harbor/original....

and here are more......http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-oa.htm

[Edited on 12-10-2010 by 24baja]