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DENNIS
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SUSHI ISN'T ALL THEY GAVE US
In memory of that "Infamous Day":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/...
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May all who perished that infamous day have eternal rest. Thank you for your sacrifices.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLr3o037U_Q
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DENNIS
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I can remember when any mention of Pearl Harbor or Veterans Day would bring an avalanche of patriotic responses here, but today, not so much. I'm
sorry to see this.
It does, however, get worse. The Punta Banda Bulletin Board has tacitly refused to put up the identical post, opting to smother their board with
snooty wine events and finger food partys. That's what's important in Punta Banda.
The irony is, in an email from the administrator, I was told that if I took out the reference to Sushi, she would post it.
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[Edited on 12-7-2012 by DENNIS]
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Thanks for trying Dennis, I appreciate it. I also appreciate all those lost and harmed at Pearl Harbor, there can't be many left. I also appreciate
all those others posted in crap holes around the world risking it all for us. This is a day that should make us stop and think.
John
\"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.\" Andy Rooney
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Hook
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I also appreciate all those others posted in crap holes around the world.
And I pray for the day we stop posting people in crap holes around the world for no reason other than to protect the interests of greedy corporations.
Let them use their profits to hire Blackwater to protect themselves.
WWII was the only good war we have fought in the last 150 years. So, the vets of that war have a more special place in my heart. They truly gave their
lives to counter evils that threatened us as a nation, as a species.
Thank you, veterans and victims of Pearl Harbor.
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thank you Dennis for your post.
Those that have served, or are currently serving, should never be forgotten. Every day I am alive and living free is a day to be thankful to them.
Also to the families that support and love them.
Well said Hook ..
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Tom Brokaw labeled those WWII servicemen
The Greatest Generation, aptly put
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Tip of the spear, Gents!
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David K
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Thank you Dennis!
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Never remove sushi. Thems fightin words.
My father served and endured the $#!+ fly at Okinawa. He was quite a character.
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Marc
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I was stationed at Pearl Harbor from 1959 to 1961. aboard the Destroyer USS Renshaw. A fighting ship that saw action and was heavily damaged in WW2
We usually moored at "bravo dock" near the main gate along with the other ships in our squadron. The submarine base was a few hundred yards across
from where we were and the dry docks were located near the end of our dock. We could see Ford Island and the USS Arizona which was visible at low
tide since the memorial placed on it was not yet built. Hickam Field was next door and navy jets would fly close by.
I read the book "Day of Infamy" by Walter Lord on a duty weekend. I read it on the flying bridge while sitting in the captains chair. All of the
events described in the book were within view near to where i was sitting.
I am posting a snapshot that shows to the left just a little part of the water tower that is seen in so many photographs of the attack. The hills in
the background is where the attack came through the pass. I have not been back since I was discharged in 1961. The base as I knew it was little
changed since the war but has changed much since 1961 I would assume.
I get emotional every December 7.
[Edited on 12-8-2012 by Marc]
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We remember
And will never forget.
A "Well Done" to those of the greatest generation.
For you navy guys, "BZ"
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Bob H
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Thank you so much Dennis for starting this thread.
Today marks the 71st anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, a day of infamy when the Japanese brutally attacked the US Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Oahu,
Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The attack launched America’s involvement in World War II.
In total, 2,350 US military troops and civilians were killed as a result of that lethal surprise attack on the US naval base. Hundreds more were
critically injured.
God bless those who died that day, those who survived, and all of our courageous active military and veterans across the globe.
We have not forgotten.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
WWII was the only good war we have fought in the last 150 years.
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Yes, the Civil War was the last good war before WWII. The US's best and most devastating war. No holiday for that one, though.
Here are the numbers:
Revolutionary War 4,435
War of 1812 2,260
Mexican War 13,283
Civil War 514,411
Confederate Army 94,000
Union Army 364,511
Battle of Gettysburg 51,112
Confederate Army 28,063
Union Army 23,049
Spanish-American War 2,448
World War I 116,516
World War II 405,399
Korean War 36,574
Vietnam Conflict 58,209
Persian gulf War 382
September 11, 2001 2,992
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what's all this talk about "good" wars??....no such thing when men die......i did the vietnam war; the one nobody wants to talk about...bless the men
and women who died today in pearl harbor....thanks dennis.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
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War is Hell.
By the way.....is that a rack of fishing lures behind you? 
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DENNIS
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And to think that administrator of the Punta Banda Bulletin Board wanted me to take out the reference to Sushi. I suppose she thought it might be
offensive to the Japanese on a day commemorating Pearl Harbor.
Actually...that wasn't her reason. The reason is she's a control freak be--itch and wanted to censor me as a display of power.
Ohhh...I could go on, but I'll save it for later. That's a promise.
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woody with a view
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does 10 minutes count as "later?"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I can remember when any mention of Pearl Harbor or Veterans Day would bring an avalanche of patriotic responses here, but today, not so much. I'm
sorry to see this.
It does, however, get worse. The Punta Banda Bulletin Board has tacitly refused to put up the identical post, opting to smother their board with
snooty wine events and finger food partys. That's what's important in Punta Banda.
The irony is, in an email from the administrator, I was told that if I took out the reference to Sushi, she would post it.
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[Edited on 12-7-2012 by DENNIS] |
I can't get to carried away answering this post as it will probably be moved to "Off Topic". So I'll try to be nice.
It is quite apparent that the populace of the USA is shifting quite radically from the "greatest generation" to the "entitlement generation". On
December 7th each year in the past there was massive news coverage of events of remembrance, and movie channels showed numerous 1940s patriotic movies
about the "War in the Pacific". But yesterday the news media only made short comments about Pearl Harbor, and I could only find one movie on TCM about
the subject, AMC was only showing their usual zombie movies and series.
I guess 9/11 will also fade into the sunset in years to come. The entitlement generation just thinks about getting their government free stuff and
really could care less about the folks that have protected their generation so they could get their free stuff. 
Why do Liberals insist and demand that achievers pay the way for nonachievers who are to lazy to succeed, or are just failures by their own choice?
Criminals prefer unarmed victims, dictators prefer unarmed subjects.
Why do ignorant people continue their blabbering when it only proves to others how stupid they are.
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woody with a view
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what do you mean? like this???
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/detroit-pol-bacon-b...
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