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Like some of you I stood on the memorial over the USS Arizona. I could see and smell the oil laying on the surface of the water. I looked at the list of the names of those who lost their lives on the ship. I thought about those that were entombed beneath the surface of the water.

I followed this by touring the USS Missouri and stood on the Victory Deck in the spot where the war officially ended.

It was quite a moving experience. Everyone should try and make to the memorial once in their life.

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DakotaT
11 years ago
The worst part about Pearl Harbor day anymore is the fact that the WWII veterans are slowly withering away. Pretty soon all we're going to have left of the greatest generation is their idiot children that ruined what that generation built.
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The worst part about Pearl Harbor day anymore is the fact that the WWII veterans are slowly withering away. Pretty soon all we're going to have left of the greatest generation is their idiot children that ruined what that generation built.

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When were there they still had WW II vet's as greeters before getting on the boats to go over to the memorial. My wife gave the two gents a big hug and a kiss. Their eyes were shining. It was a great moment.
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When were there they still had WW II vet's as greeters before getting on the boats to go over to the memorial. My wife gave the two gents a big hug and a kiss. Their eyes were shining. It was a great moment.

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Go rent the movie Battleship, they give WWII vets of the USS Missouri a pretty good tribute in that movie. And it's a pretty good flick as well.
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I often will be talking to a client in my office and say "The Day that will live in Infamy" and they give me such a strange look. I say Dec 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. To which they rather indignantly say, "Well I wasn't born back then." I reply "I wasn't either."
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11 years ago

I often will be talking to a client in my office and say "The Day that will live in Infamy" and they give me such a strange look. I say Dec 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. To which they rather indignantly say, "Well I wasn't born back then." I reply "I wasn't either."

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Yeah there's a lot of people that are pretty clueless about the sacrifices made by those that ensured their freedoms. I've knocked our current military efforts because I think they are fruitless and redistribute wealth to shareholders of arms companies, but I always have respect for our soldiers.
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Zero2Cool
11 years ago
One of our major educational deficiencies is the massive failure in recounting accurately the last two hundred plus years of American History. The girls and I will watch historical documentaries on Netflix from time to time and my oldest goes "wow, they didn't teach us any of that".

I also believe one of the reasons we see such disrespect with my generation and younger is the lack of appreciation of what it took to have these freedoms. Although some of it has been exaggerated and misleading, those who signed the declaration of independance is something worth looking into. Think about those sacrifices they made with no certainty of coming out on top.
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One of our major educational deficiencies is the massive failure in recounting accurately the last two hundred plus years of American History. The girls and I will watch historical documentaries on Netflix from time to time and my oldest goes "wow, they didn't teach us any of that".

I also believe one of the reasons we see such disrespect with my generation and younger is the lack of appreciation of what it took to have these freedoms. Although some of it has been exaggerated and misleading, those who signed the declaration of independance is something worth looking into. Think about those sacrifices they made with no certainty of coming out on top.

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This disrespect we see from our generation and younger started with the BS Vietnam War, Nixon's pardon, and the insertion of Ronald Reagan as a patriarch. Reagen is the father of this right wing bigotry today and those folks would have us waste tax dollars to put his mug on Mount Rushmore instead of judging him for what he really was. The SOB allocated absolutely no funds for the early years of the AIDS epidemic - and we're suppose to respect that?
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Cheesey
11 years ago
Why does a thread started to honor our
brave vets turn into a "right wing bashing"
thead???
Some will take any opportunity to bash.
I have my opinion on what was said, but I won't
ruin this thread.

I wish I could see the memorial. I doubt I will
ever be able to get there.
I know if I did, I'd end up in tears.
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wpr
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Why does a thread started to honor our
brave vets turn into a "right wing bashing"
thead???
Some will take any opportunity to bash.
I have my opinion on what was said, but I won't
ruin this thread.

I wish I could see the memorial. I doubt I will
ever be able to get there.
I know if I did, I'd end up in tears.

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If you did you would not be alone Alan.
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