A day that will live in infamy

[DDGator]

70 years ago today at 7:55 am, our world changed forever.  I hope we will all take a few minutes out today to consider the massive debt of gratittude we owe to our WWII vets and to those we lost.

My thanks to all the forum members who served in WWII and had family that served.  God Bless these United States of America.

[Richard S]

Lest we forget:

[kjtrains]

                                                                                                                                 

[AmmoToad]

Thanks all for recognizing this important day in our Nation's history....and thank you all who have served and those who support them.  May we never forget! 

[DDGator]

Visiting Pearl Harbor and paying my respects at the Arizona Memorial are my top reasons for wanting to go to Hawaii.

On a related, but less somber note...  If you haven't seen the movie "The Final Countdown," give it a watch.  You can stream it for free on Netflix right now.  The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz is transported back in time to December 6, 1941, and is in a position to prevent the sneak attack on Pearl.  If you like ships, guns, and jet fighters -- it's a fun movie with a little bit of history thrown in. 

[AmmoToad]

Gator is right, awesome movie.  Many years ago, I was doing some time on the John F. Kennedy (CV-67 I think) and this movie was shown on board...we loved it when the Tomcats "splashed" the Zero's..... 

Although I have passed through Hawaii many times, we were never allowed to leave the terminal area so never got to see the Memorial, although it was something I have always wanted to do.  I have so much respect for the Men & Women of that generation, those who fought the enemy overseas and those who kept our American Production Machine's wheels churning...the last true age of innocence...