This is from last year, but I find it more touching than anything else I can come up with now.
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By Miguel.GFZ
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
3 thoughts on “Remember Pearl Harbor (75th Anniversary)”
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If you ever get out to AZ, this is the Wesely Bolin Memorial Plaza at the State Capitol in Phoenix. It has the mast and 2 of the restored 14 inch main guns along with the memorial.
Jackie and I went to Hawaii in September. A former Chief Naval Aviation Pilot was there, having been there 75 years ago as a PBY crewman.
The gravel in his voice talking about watching his “boats” get blowed up and sunk and then the icey tone when he said “yeah, and then Bill Halsey chased them back to Yokohama and we did his Scouting” was something hard to put into words.
My dad was there. Afterwards, until September 1945, he tried to sink as many Japanese ships as possible (as part of the ship’s company, of course). Did quite well, also. Hawaii, Australia, Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Many things he saw he would not talk about until 40 years later. When he did, I gained a new perspective and also profound respect for him.
When I was at Pearl Harbor in the early ’90’s, I stood at the base fence, as close as I could get to the pier where his ship was during the attack. When I told him about it, I could see that he was proud that I was proud.
Guys, if you ever go to Hawaii, you MUST go to the Arizona memorial, and also to the submarine memorial. It is sobering just to be there.