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Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor would reportedly write in his diary, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
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As a former Navy guy, I hope to visit the memorial someday. Bucket list.
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BK, Thank you for posting this.
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Mike thank you very much for this post. My neighbor here in Spring City is the Nephew of Captain Bennion who died trying to save his ship, the USS West Virgina.
Doug as the son of a Navy man, I have visited this memorial and it is a very solemn event. The sea is not very deep and you can clearly see the Arizona underneath. The bow and the stern are marked with buoys. Also watching the "tears" come up in the form of oil droplets is very moving. My father joined the Navy as a result of that attack and served on several ships including the AV4 Curtiss and was there when it was attacked by Kamikaze in June of 1945 off of Okinawa.
My Mother lived in Honolulu. She told of being able to see the Japanese planes and into the cockpits and see the pilots as they flew towards our ships. It still scared her and nothing scares my mother.
I will never forget, but I fear as we get farther away from the event fewer and fewer will remember until it becomes like the Maine. Nobody says "Remember the Maine" anymore or knows the date. Feb 15, 1898
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It's quite the feeling you get when in 1968 the Naval ship I was on entered Pearl Harbor and over the 1MC came all hands on deck as we were getting ready to pass the USS Arizona. Then, it was attention, yield hand salute, Carry on. That was quite the feeling that comes over you and quite the site of all sailors in their dress whites yielding a hand salute. When we left Pearl Harbor, it was the same.
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Thanks for posting. I have been to the Memorial a few times. I wanted to take me wife, who is Japanese, to get her perspective. It was very interesting to listen to her and others and the respect that was given to all who had fallen. It is part of history that unfortunately will pass in time and possibly be forgotten, as with a lot of history. This is my opinion only.
Again, thanks for posting and lets not forget those who sacrificed so much for this great country.
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Originally Posted by pegasus1300
Mike thank you very much for this post. My neighbor here in Spring City is the Nephew of Captain Bennion who died trying to save his ship, the USS West Virgina.
Doug as the son of a Navy man, I have visited this memorial and it is a very solemn event. The sea is not very deep and you can clearly see the Arizona underneath. The bow and the stern are marked with buoys. Also watching the "tears" come up in the form of oil droplets is very moving. My father joined the Navy as a result of that attack and served on several ships including the AV4 Curtiss and was there when it was attacked by Kamikaze in June of 1945 off of Okinawa.
My Mother lived in Honolulu. She told of being able to see the Japanese planes and into the cockpits and see the pilots as they flew towards our ships. It still scared her and nothing scares my mother.
I will never forget, but I fear as we get farther away from the event fewer and fewer will remember until it becomes like the Maine. Nobody says "Remember the Maine" anymore or knows the date. Feb 15, 1898
It is sad that not only have many forgotten. Many don't care. The more we forget, the greater the chance that we will do it all over again.
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Originally Posted by wyliec
It's quite the feeling you get when in 1968 the Naval ship I was on entered Pearl Harbor and over the 1MC came all hands on deck as we were getting ready to pass the USS Arizona. Then, it was attention, yield hand salute, Carry on. That was quite the feeling that comes over you and quite the site of all sailors in their dress whites yielding a hand salute. When we left Pearl Harbor, it was the same.
Manning the rails while sailing into Pearl Harbor & rendering honors as we passed USS Arizona is one of my most cherished memories. I had that honor back on the late 80's while serving aboard USS Ranger (CV-61) as part of the carrier airwing.
My wife and I vacationed in Hawaii this past summer, which was her first trip there. First thing we put on our agenda was visiting the Arizona memorial and USS Missouri.
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