Today, infamy

[Terry A]

How soon they forget

 

[daddyusmaximus]

"December 7, 1941... a date, which will live... in infamy"




Never forget, a lot of good people gave everything so we could have today.

Also, know that we have a lot of problems to deal with right now.

Our once great nation is being run by a dementia patient and a cackling idiot, and there is always somebody out there waiting to pounce... due to the weakness these idiots have created.

We are every bit as vulnerable now, as we were back then.

Be thankful for those who have protected us in the past, and those who may have to once again.

 

[Creedmoor]

And yet I'll hear people whining about how bad they have it now, and how it's the 'worst ever'.

We as Marines always respond with, WHAT, wait a min, you had a F'ing tent?

 

[cosermann]

So if infamy has an expiration date, it must be around 80 years +/-

Very sad I’ve seen zero mentions again this year.

FoxNews:

On this day in history, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII

Japan launched a shocking surprise attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on this day in history, Dec. 7, 1941. It thrust the United States into World War II and changed history in an instant.

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Japanese pilot who led Pearl Harbor attack learned lessons of love, faith and forgiveness after the war

Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was inspired to renounce his warrior code and become a Christian evangelist after the war.

www.foxnews.com

WWII vets return to Honolulu decades after Pearl Harbor | Fox News Video

The Pacific Fleet band and honor guard greeted Ira “Ike” Schab as he got off a Hawaiian Airlines flight, which received a ceremonial water salute.

www.foxnews.com

For the second year in a row, Fox has the only references to Pearl Harbor that I've seen today.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

This is one of those dates that I don’t need a reminder of when it rolls around.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[actaeon277]

 

[Leadeye]

An uncle of mine was in Carlson's Raiders, I remember him as big tough guy who did not speak much about it. Pesky kids that we were, my brother and I always asked about WW2 stories from relatives who had served.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[Leadeye]

I guess she has forgotten 9/11 and all the dead Americans from that surprise attack.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I guess she has forgotten 9/11 and all the dead Americans from that surprise attack.

She’s an idiot.

 

[Leadeye]

Interesting analysis Act, I had never heard about the duds and lower hit averages.

 

[actaeon277]

Interesting analysis Act, I had never heard about the duds and lower hit averages.

He has some good analysis.

There's at least one other Pearl Harbor analysis I've seen, and really liked.
But right now I'm coming up blank on who it was.

 

[indyblue]

She’s an idiot.

And an insensitive clod.

 

[Shadow01]

So if infamy has an expiration date, it must be around 80 years +/-

Very sad I’ve seen zero mentions again this year.

Well any act that leads to the use of nuclear weapons is not something that can be talked about in the open. Somehow it would be a justified preemptive attack by the end of the discussion.

 

[actaeon277]

Well any act

 

[Shadow01]

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I should have used purple

 

[LtScott14]

This day changed our world, and gave us a great chance of Freedom. What would Joe Biden do? Ice Cream and a nap.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I mentioned up thread that it was 18 days before my grandmother‘s cousins family found out he was still alive. It seems like my dad said it was three days afterwards before they even heard about it out in the country where he grew up.

 

[miguel]

Honor and sacrifice have no expiration date.

I am honored to have the knife he carried throughout the Pacific campaign.

He signed up the day after Pearl. Before he shipped out, my grandfather gave him a really nice fixed blade knife. When he came back, he returned it to my grandfather and said, "I don't need this any more..."

My grandfather gave it to me. I often wonder what stories it could tell, but I probably wouldn't want to know based on the few stories he shared with the family.