Pearl Harbor 65th Anniversary

spidge · 06-12-2006, 03:25 PM

The most important event in WW2. The biggest error of judgement made by the Japanese and the biggest error Hitler made when he declared war on the United States.

Churchill had his wish and the rest is history.

gwendy730 · 07-12-2006, 06:47 AM

Agreed. Tomorrow, I'll make a post like this of my own. For my country.

Owen · 07-12-2006, 10:27 AM

7th Decemeber would have been Dad's birthday.
First one without him.

Gnomey · 07-12-2006, 11:22 AM

Yep, important day. There is a thread over on WW2Aircraft.net that has been going through the build up for the past week or so. Here it is: Pearl Harbor 65th anniversary. - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums

Peter Clare · 07-12-2006, 11:45 AM

Not seen this before.

National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor--history, maps

jacobtowne · 07-12-2006, 03:44 PM

Today may be the last meeting of the Survivors' Association.

Pearl Harbor Survivors Meet for Last Time

Dec 7, 7:58 AM (ET)

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will gather Thursday one last time to honor those killed by the Japanese 65 years ago, and to mark a day that lives in infamy.
This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends. This, they say, will be their final farewell.
"This will be one to remember," said Mal Middlesworth, president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. "It's going to be something that we'll cherish forever."
The survivors have met here every five years for four decades, but they're now in their 80s or 90s and are not counting on a 70th reunion. They have made every effort to report for one final roll call.
"We're like the dodo bird. We're almost extinct," said Middlesworth, now an 83-year-old retiree from Upland, Calif., but then - on Dec. 7, 1941 - an 18-year-old Marine on the USS San Francisco.
Nearly 500 survivors from across the nation were expected to make the trip to Hawaii, bringing with them 1,300 family members, numerous wheelchairs and too many haunting memories.
Memories of a shocking, two-hour aerial raid that destroyed or heavily damaged 21 ships and 320 aircraft, that killed 2,390 people and wounded 1,178 others, that plunged the United States into World War II and set in motion the events that led to atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"I suspect not many people have thought about this, but we're witnessing history," said Daniel Martinez, chief historian at the USS Arizona Memorial. "We are seeing the passing of a generation."

JT

Desert Dog · 07-12-2006, 05:19 PM

Just finished watching Tora! Tora! Tora!

Still think it was the finest film ever made about Pearl Harbor!

jacobtowne · 07-12-2006, 07:59 PM

Latest from AP.

Photo caption reads:

Pearl Harbor survivor John A. Rauschkolb, 85, right, meets for the first time former Japanese Navy aviator Takeshi Maeda, 85, during the opening ceremony for Pearl Harbor's 65th anniversary symposium at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006 in Honolulu. Maeda's torpedo plane bombed the USS West Virginia which Rauschkolb was aboard on on Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Gnomey · 07-12-2006, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desert Dog

Just finished watching Tora! Tora! Tora!

Still think it was the finest film ever made about Pearl Harbor!

Got to agree with that (although some of the model scenes are cheesy). 100 times better than "Pearl Harbor".

06-12-2006, 03:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Pearl Harbor 65th Anniversary The most important event in WW2. The biggest error of judgement made by the Japanese and the biggest error Hitler made when he declared war on the United States. Churchill had his wish and the rest is history. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

07-12-2006, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,960	Yep, important day. There is a thread over on WW2Aircraft.net that has been going through the build up for the past week or so. Here it is: Pearl Harbor 65th anniversary. - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum

07-12-2006, 03:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
jacobtowne Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New England, U.S.A. Posts: 618	Today may be the last meeting of the Survivors' Association. Pearl Harbor Survivors Meet for Last Time Dec 7, 7:58 AM (ET) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will gather Thursday one last time to honor those killed by the Japanese 65 years ago, and to mark a day that lives in infamy. This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends. This, they say, will be their final farewell. "This will be one to remember," said Mal Middlesworth, president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. "It's going to be something that we'll cherish forever." The survivors have met here every five years for four decades, but they're now in their 80s or 90s and are not counting on a 70th reunion. They have made every effort to report for one final roll call. "We're like the dodo bird. We're almost extinct," said Middlesworth, now an 83-year-old retiree from Upland, Calif., but then - on Dec. 7, 1941 - an 18-year-old Marine on the USS San Francisco. Nearly 500 survivors from across the nation were expected to make the trip to Hawaii, bringing with them 1,300 family members, numerous wheelchairs and too many haunting memories. Memories of a shocking, two-hour aerial raid that destroyed or heavily damaged 21 ships and 320 aircraft, that killed 2,390 people and wounded 1,178 others, that plunged the United States into World War II and set in motion the events that led to atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "I suspect not many people have thought about this, but we're witnessing history," said Daniel Martinez, chief historian at the USS Arizona Memorial. "We are seeing the passing of a generation." JT Last edited by jacobtowne; 07-12-2006 at 03:48 PM.

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gwendy730 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Somewhere in the hills of Mindanao... Posts: 32	Agreed. Tomorrow, I'll make a post like this of my own. For my country.

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