BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
Let us Never forget ...... Thank you to all who served, who lost family, and friends, and thank you to all who continue to serve ..... Freedom is not Free ....... Mike :thumbup:
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DECEMBER 7th 1941 - Pearl Harbor
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SportsterDoc
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Amen!
ARtraveler
No longer with us - R.I.P. Dwayne
:agree:
Interesting timing for Jane and I. We are in San Diego for a few days and in looking at the map of attractions, featured prominently is the old USS Midway. Across the Coronado Bridge is Coronado and Naval Air Station, where I lived for a short while in 1975 with my young, pregnant wife, who went into labor while watching "Jaws" at the base theater. My son was born at Balboa Naval Hospital. I was out of pocket less than $20, and that was for her meals at the hospital.
On the way down the coast to San Diego, we passed by Pendleton Marine Base, where I trained for two weeks in 1969, before heading off to Vietnam. The marines were conducting exercises on the beach, using a VTOL (Osprey V-2) among other pieces of equipment and personnel. Offshore shrouded in fog was a Navy warship of some kind (couldn't quite make out the profile). I told Jane that it suddenly took me back 48 years in time and stirred some strong feelings of pride in my country, its Navy, and the small role I played in it.
Yes, indeed; hats off to our forward-deployed military and to their spouses, who also endure the hardships of separation from loved ones, frequent relocations, and isolation from the civilian communities we serve.
On the way down the coast to San Diego, we passed by Pendleton Marine Base, where I trained for two weeks in 1969, before heading off to Vietnam. The marines were conducting exercises on the beach, using a VTOL (Osprey V-2) among other pieces of equipment and personnel. Offshore shrouded in fog was a Navy warship of some kind (couldn't quite make out the profile). I told Jane that it suddenly took me back 48 years in time and stirred some strong feelings of pride in my country, its Navy, and the small role I played in it.
Yes, indeed; hats off to our forward-deployed military and to their spouses, who also endure the hardships of separation from loved ones, frequent relocations, and isolation from the civilian communities we serve.
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Little Blue
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Pearl Harbor Day
:agree: December 7th a day of remembrance for the USA.
Thanks for your time and service. ......:thumbup:
:agree: December 7th a day of remembrance for the USA.
Thanks for your time and service. ......:thumbup:
BajaRon
Well-known member
My dad served on the USS Midway. It was a joy to tour that ship with him before he passed. He wasn't at Pearl Harbor. But he is still my hero...
pegasus1300
Well-known member
Mike sorry I didn't see you post yesterday. My father was in the Navy but not until right after Pearl. We went and visited The Arizona Memorial, a very moving experience especially watching the tears rise to the surface. In looking over the diagram of the way the ships were parked we found the ship my Dad would eventually be on was moored just in front of the Arizona, the USS Curtiss. Dad was on board her at Okinawa when a Kamikazi hit the Curtiss and went all the way to the engine room, but the bomb never exploded. Although it must have been a terrible time he never spoke of it. I have made it a point to never forget Dec 7 or his contributions. He never ceased to tell us how great this country is that we live in.
A great big Thank You to all the Veterans, past and present fo preserving our country and freedoms.
A great big Thank You to all the Veterans, past and present fo preserving our country and freedoms.
teninospyder
Member
Reflecting on the "small" amount of coverage on TV now days about past military campaigns our country has survived, I thought again about my dad, and part of his WW2 experience related to Pearl Harbor. I remember he had picture albums of his time on ships and, as a kid, many were not easy to look at. He also had 2 large pictures of 2 ships in particular - The USS Northampton and the USS CONY - both of which he served on. He wouldn't talk much about those times but I do remember him telling me "we left P.H. on the 6th of December 1941 for group training in the pacific. We returned the day following the attack and many people said we should not be back.....we had been written off "yesterday" as a sunken ship! I have alway remembered this comment and wished I had those picture albums now. Yesterday I went on the "infamous WEB" and looked up each of those 2 ships and read there history. These 2 ships served very admirably during the war, and while neither made it thru to the end, there history and accomplishments against the enemy are very well documented on Wikipedia. Reading both of those ships' history writeups made me appreciate again what my dad and those people went thru for all of us. As I recall my dad's classification was "Chief Machinists Mate".
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
Thank you for sharing ....it's the personal memories that WE can never let die ...... Mike :thumbup:
