Topic: December 7th 1941

[Inigo Montoya]

A bit early but just wanted to remind people of it. 68th anniversary.

[bill440cars]

A bit early but just wanted to remind people of it. 68th anniversary.

        And Rightfully So, that we should be reminded. For myself, I have been so hap hazard for a few months (5months, to be specific) that it might have slipped by ME. Thanks for the reminder! It is most assuredly a Date that We ALL should not forget! I shutter to think of how it must have been to those who lost there lives on that day AND to think of the the U.S.S. Arizona, gives ME chills!

                                        (Head  Bowed  In Reverence)

                                                       Bill   

[Inigo Montoya]

I sometimes think it is THE most important date in WW2. Think about it this way. IF the japanese never attacked pearl, then all the equipment and those men would have gone to the european front and hitler would have been defeated much sooner. There would not have been as much of a race for the atomic bomb and it probably never would have been dropped.

Someday I will get to pearl, I just hope the Arizona is still there. There has been talk about somehow removing it as there is still fuel oil in the tanks that is slowly leaking.

[72 yellow]

Wife and I visited Pearl Harbor in 1997.  Her father was retired Navy (USS Indiana in WW2).  A very humbling experience to visit the Arizona Memorial.  When you see the bunker oil drops rising to the surface, it makes you think the ship is still bleeding from her wounds.  There is a wall at the back of the memorial engraved with the names of those lost on December 7. I saw a program where men who served on the Arizona and survived the attack can have their ashes taken down to be with their shipmates upon their death.   The USS Missouri was on her way to anchor on Battlehip row when we were there.  It marks the beginning of the war and the end.

[Ecosse]

thanks for the post im. the day is late here on the east coast but wanna put in my respects for the day, those who lived through it, and those who lived through the war.

words cannot express my humility.

[BeSeeingYou]

Here are two views, one from the Arizona with the Missouri in the background and the other from the Missouri with the Arizona in the background.  In the first photo the small round buoy in the upper middle marks the bow.  I was standing on the starboard side behind the second turret (the round opening) about where the bridge structure would have been.  The superstructure and turrets were removed during the war.  The beginning and the end of WWII in the Pacific.

I have never heard of any plan to move the ship but there is talk of pumping out the remaining oil as it is a large quantity and would be a big problem in this enclosed harbor if the tanks let go.  Even this is controversial and they do keep a close eye on the condition of the ship so time will tell.

[Ecosse]

standing where you were would have gotten me a wee bit choked up i think.

good pix.

[BeSeeingYou]

standing where you were would have gotten me a wee bit choked up i think.

good pix.

It is very somber.  Before you go out you sit through a short program and they make it a point to tell everyone to be very quiet and respectful so it is very moving experience. It's just so quiet watching the oil seep to the surface drops at a time.

 I have more pics but they are not scanned as they are not digital.

[tramp]

stationed there in the 70's
always gave salute to the arizona going in and out of pearl