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I thank all service folks for their service.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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The country we live in is not the same one that was attacked that day.
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If Pearl Harbor had not have happened then America might not have joined the war and all of Europe would be speaking German now. If they had gone 3 miles farther inland and taken out our oil storage tanks we would be speaking German also.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
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"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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I've been told FDR was onto it? I've been told FDR was onto it? You had TWO chances prior to bring up your horseshit on TWO Dec7 threads you started last week. Piss off moron FDR fired Admiral James Otto Richardson in early 1941 for objecting to moving the Pacific Fleet HQ out to Pearl Harbor. He rightly predicted the fleet could not be supplied or protected properly. FDR absolutely provoked the Japanese attack by imposing sanctions and basically a blockade on an island nation that was engaged in an Asian war that was not our business.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you." Hebrew Roots Judaizer
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Same exact thing is going on with Ukraine and Russia.
They want war, but for different reasons this time around.
FDR needed to get into WWII, but couldn't. Whether he knew about the attack is up for debate. What isn't up for debate are the sanctions he imposed on Japan to starve them of natural resources, especially oil, which they needed badly.
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Sailors on Saturday night liberty. This snapshot was taken of three sailors at Pearl City Tavern -- the Monkey Bar -- in Pearl City, Hawaii near Pearl Harbor. The barmaid who took the photo offered to sell it to the sailors. "What a scam" they thought--keep it. That night was 79 years ago today. The next morning, the sailor on the right, Cliff Olds, would find himself trapped in the bow of the USS West Virginia as it lay sunk pierside at the bottom of the Harbor. He would survive in that small compartment for 16 days, yet tragically no rescue would come. Cliff Olds was one of 2,403 US personnel who died as a result of the attack. But we remember. (Photo courtesy US Naval Institute). Now, we worry about Tweets.
Progressives are the most open minded, tolerant, and inclusive people on the planet, as long as you agree with everything they say, and do exactly as you're told.
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I've been told FDR was onto it? I think the conspiracy theory thread is two doors down. I kinda had the remembrance of Americans and servicemen who died in mind. Exactly right.
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The country we live in is not the same one that was attacked that day. Right, we could be more powerful but, we are not. Sick joke really.
Why do I have to press 1, for English?
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Campfire Kahuna
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Brave Men, may they all rest in piece.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Brave Men, may they all rest in piece.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Brave Men, may they all rest in piece. Absolutely, very brave men. We don't have them like that anymore.
Why do I have to press 1, for English?
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...1941 I made it as far as the OP before feeling compelled to comment but I’ve never seen that picture in the OP and if one photo can capture the scene as well as the emotional turbulence of that morning that photo in the OP is the ONE. What a clear, colorized and emotional picture that is…..thanks for posting that Rockin!….do you know who took that picture? I need to get back to the USS Arizona memorial and Pearl Harbor. The last time I was at Pearl was for the 50th anniversary of the attack on December 8, 1991. My wife has to do her annual route qual in January or February and we were trying to figure out where we wanted to go for a few days….maybe Oahu and Pearl. 👍🏼
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My Uncle Joe was in the navy and stationed at Pearl Harbor during the attack. He was wounded there. He would never talk about it
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My wife's s dad was combat medic during WWll. He was in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He was seriously messed up in the head when he cam home and spent several weeks in a Army hospital undergoing Electro shock "therapy" before returning home to his family. He would not talk about his time in the war to anyone. My son did a search of his military records and we found out about his experiences . I can only imagine the things he saw and did.
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Bill Hall, our school principal, is a WW2 Navy veteran. He drove landing crafts.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Bill Hall, our school principal, is a WW2 Navy veteran. He drove landing crafts. Ole' Bill looks great for 100.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Brian, that is likely a 6-year-old picture.
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My father was 8 and now at 89 still has a remarkable memory. He and my grandfather had been visiting a couple of people after church and came home and heard it on the radio. Dad had two first cousins who were already in the Navy and a third cousin enlisted in the Navy when he finished school in the spring. He was killed. Dad always says that one newscaster in particular had him thinking there were Japs hiding under his bed. One of Dad's older brothers went into the Army later in 1942 and survived the war. My grandfather was a railroad worker and worked a lot of 7 day weeks to keep things rolling. They had a phone at home and people in town would come and get phone calls from their sons before they went overseas.
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