74th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Really? Hate to be a dick but please spell it correctly.

However, I do appreciate the sentiment.  Semper Fidelis.

EDIT: original thread title was "74th anniversary of Pear Harbor attack"

That one just hurts.

well since you said Go Army, this is a good spot for some Navy videos http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2015/12/04/armynavy-game-2015-spirit-spot-videos/

Those bastards!  There is a special circle of hell for people who bomb fruit groves.

"A day that will live...in infamy."  

+1 for thought

-1 for execution

what the USA's involvement in WW2 would've been had that day not happened.  Hitler did not want the USA involved with the war at that time.  In fact, he took many steps to ensure they did not enter.  His U-boats did not sink any ships in that Atlantic that were headed to Britian before Pearl Harbor even though we were helping the Allies.  

He was high on cocaine when he gave the "a date which will in infamy" speech.  He had sinus problems and he spent part of that day having his doctor stick cocaine covered Q-tips up his nose.

Why can't I find a doctor like that?

The commemoration is appropriate, but wasn't it the U.S. Navy that took the brunt of the attack?

My grandfather was a navigator in the South Pacific. He helped fly supplies all over the place. I NEVER heard him talk about the war. My mother said he mentioned it once in his life to her, only when asked. RIP Granpa Howard and Thank You to The Greatest Generation.

Army vet, grandson of a WWII Navy vet. He wasn't at Pearl Harbor, though, too young. Enlisted in 1944 at 17. Ended up a Frogman/UDT. Didn't make the Island Hopping or the Philippines or Iwo Jima, but saw it all at Okinawa. I'm no enthusiast of nuclear weapons but there's probably a good chance I owe my existence to them as he'd have been right there if Operation Downfall had gone forward. Strange to think how many people never existed because of them. War is Hell. 

Very interesting to think about the what-might-have-been had Japan not attacked Pearl Harbor. I think we would have had to enter the war at some point. Roosevelt certainly saw the writing on the wall, but without an incident to sell it to the American public, who knows how long it might have taken. The Soviet Union may have still defeated Germany, in which case the real consequence would have been the Iron Curtain sitting on the Atlantic coast of Europe instead of the Elbe River. 

Pretty amazing place to visit.  Met a PH veteran there in Feb.  Only 4-5 left.  Make sure to go soon.

Grandfather - WW2 Normady vet.  

only 17 when pearl harbor happened, he went to MSU (thus do i pull for them, sometimes) until he and his best buddy were old enough to get in the service.  he told the all-time best stories about boot camp, flight training, etc, and of course shared that he was at a friends house that sunday when the radio exploded with tne news of pearl harbor.

on father's day in 2011 i did my usual questioning of my dad about his life, including the war, in front of my children.  i so want them to know about the greatest generation and indeed the heroism of their grandfather as their own legacy.  my dad was 85 at the time and although in great health i thought it might be a good idea to record it, so i did.  well, unbeknownst to anyone save the Almighty, my father would get sick and pass away a month later.  i have his story preserved and have given copies to all 24 of his children/grandchildren/sons & daughters in law.  

the greatest generation.  as a nation we could use a big shot of their courage and integrity. 

In the annals of "What the Fuck Were You Thinking?" military decisions, this ranks right up there with Napoleon's winter invasion of Russia...

The very first shot fired in WWII was fired by the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein.  That shot was fired against my great-great uncle, Henryk Sucharski, a Major in the Polish Army and the commander of a small group of forces on the Westerplatte peninsula.

They held off the Germans for a week, even though their orders were to only hold the position for 12 hours.  The krauts were so impressed by their bravery that my uncle was offered honorable terms of surrender and was permitted to keep his sabre.

Last summer, I got an opportunity to visit a client at Hickam. There are still bullet holes from the Japanese planes in some of the exterior walls; they were not fully repaired as a reminder that we must always remain vigilant. Holes can even be seen in some of the stairwells.

I had two uncles (my father's brothers) in the USAAF in Europe; both in B-24s and both survived the war. The oldest brother was a radio operator and made it (barely) through his tour of duty. The other brother was a bombardier and was shot down during a mission over Czechoslovakia in August of 1944; he spent the rest of the war as a POW.

I'm eternally grateful to both. One of the best war movie lines I've ever heard was in a mini-series about Dwight Eisenhower (Tom Selleck played Ike).

So many fine young men and women from all corners of the earth... ...all determined to do their best to free a world gone half-mad.

My Dad volunteered after Pearl Harbor, went to officer school, and demolished mines on beaches while serving in the ordinance corps. He was a lieutenant.

He died in 1986, and was a super guy. We all still miss him.

My Dad's first cousin. He was one of the first Detroiters to enlist when the age was dropped to 17. His gun crew manned their gun until the abandon ship order was given. They went into the water together, that was the last time he was seen, his body was never recovered.

Grandfather on the U.S. side was in the Army.  Grandfather on the Japan side worked for a parachute factory; family's house burned down.  Naturally, both sides opposed my parents' marriage.

It's important not to forget, but also to remember the right reasons why.  It's the lessons that are valuable, but always the first forgotten.  For much of my life it seems that both sides were healing, but over the past few years it seems everyone wants to tear open old wounds again.  It's rather sad to live through.

Oh, and pears are gorilla food.  Apples >> pears.