Pearl Harbor Day

[jadinolf]

I remember that day well.

I was seven and had never heard of the Japanese OR Pearl Harbor but how quickly we learned.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: K1052
If they had the modern American press, they would have declared the war lost after Pearl Harbor or Kasserine.

naw, it would have been more like "WTF, the Japanese attacked us? That's it, we're going to KILL THE EVIL NIGERIANS!!"

ROTFLMAO!!!

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Quixfire
Yes, I lowered mine this morning.

My thoughts and prayers are for those who fought and died on this day.

damn right..

Fair weather and Following seas shipmates....

You wont be forgotten....

 

[NFS4]

I'm watching Tora! Tora! Tora! right now on The History Channel. My gawd did we fvck up 🙁

All those that lost their lives, rest in peace

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm watching Tora! Tora! Tora! right now on The History Channel. My gawd did we fvck up 🙁

All those that lost their lives, rest in peace

Monday morning quarterbacking is always easy. Try putting yourself in their shoes at the time.

Many history revisionists would have you believe we should have seen it coming, but they all fail to put their "clues" into context.

If you went back in time to a month or a week before 12/7/1941 and told those in power what was about to happen, they would have thought you were absurd.

I'm no fan of FDR by a long shot, but to blame him or anyone else for not seeing this coming would be silly.

 

[ThePresence]

My grandfather was medic during WWII. I'm drinking a :beer: in his memory tonight.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: Amused
I'm no fan of FDR by a long shot, but to blame him or anyone else for not seeing this coming would be silly.

Makes about as much sense as blaming Bush for 9/11... unfortunately, the absurdity doesn't seem to be stopping many people.

 

My grandfather served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

to all vets.

 

[thirdlegstump]

It's all Bush's fault.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
It's all Bush's fault.

😀

Funny, though. Bush's father was a fighter pilot and was shot down in the battle of Midway, then rescued by a sub.

 

[thirdlegstump]

See.

 

[aplefka]

P&N!

Just kidding of course.

I completely forgot until my history teacher was like December 7th and then I realized it. Then she said it and I felt smart.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm watching Tora! Tora! Tora! right now on The History Channel. My gawd did we fvck up 🙁

All those that lost their lives, rest in peace

Monday morning quarterbacking is always easy. Try putting yourself in their shoes at the time.

Many history revisionists would have you believe we should have seen it coming, but they all fail to put their "clues" into context.

If you went back in time to a month or a week before 12/7/1941 and told those in power what was about to happen, they would have thought you were absurd.

I'm no fan of FDR by a long shot, but to blame him or anyone else for not seeing this coming would be silly.

Whoah, whoah there buddy. Who said I was "blaming anyone"? Did I even mention FDR??

All I'm saying is that there were a lot of "little" things happening and decisions that were made prior to Dec 7, 1941 by US military officials and personnel which made the attack THAT much more sucessful (even if they didn't know what was to come).

Yeah, it's easy to Monday morning quarterback, but when you sit back and take a look at the way things transpired and how many lives were lost as a result of it, I can't just sit back and say "Sh!t happens"

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm watching Tora! Tora! Tora! right now on The History Channel. My gawd did we fvck up 🙁

Or did we?? Hmmm . . .

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm watching Tora! Tora! Tora! right now on The History Channel. My gawd did we fvck up 🙁

All those that lost their lives, rest in peace

Monday morning quarterbacking is always easy. Try putting yourself in their shoes at the time.

Many history revisionists would have you believe we should have seen it coming, but they all fail to put their "clues" into context.

If you went back in time to a month or a week before 12/7/1941 and told those in power what was about to happen, they would have thought you were absurd.

I'm no fan of FDR by a long shot, but to blame him or anyone else for not seeing this coming would be silly.

Whoah, whoah there buddy. Who said I was "blaming anyone"? Did I even mention FDR??

All I'm saying is that there were a lot of "little" things happening and decisions that were made prior to Dec 7, 1941 by US military officials and personnel which made the attack THAT much more sucessful (even if they didn't know what was to come).

Yeah, it's easy to Monday morning quarterback, but when you sit back and take a look at the way things transpired and how many lives were lost as a result of it, I can't just sit back and say "Sh!t happens"

No, you can't. Which explains the drastic change in our foreign policy following WWII. No longer could we remain isolated and ignore the rest of the world.

 

[0roo0roo]

memory forever cheapened by the lousy alfeck movie.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
memory forever cheapened by the lousy alfeck movie.

Agreed.