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Location: mercer wi | What happened on December 7 1945?
Pearl harbor was bombed in 1941.
You are right 1 of the last great generations this great country has seen |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | What happened on 12/7/45? The war ended in August of 1945. What am I missing? |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | upnortdave - 12/7/2017 7:02 PM
What happened on December 7 1945?
Pearl harbor was bombed in 1941.
You are right 1 of the last great generations this great country has seen
You must have beaten me by mere seconds Dave, lol... I had to rack my brain there for a bit as to whether or not there was something of significance that happened a few months after the end of the war.
EDIT: I agree wholeheartedly about them being the greatest generation. Absolutely unfathomable what those folks went through--both in Europe and in the Pacific.
Those who forget history are indeed doomed to repeat it.
Edited by tcbetka 12/7/2017 7:07 PM
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Location: Elroy, Wisconsin | Dec. 7, 1945 the day no one dared attack the USA anywhere, anytime, period.
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| Sorry about that guys. Senior moment -- hit the wrong key. I knew two survivors and had the privlege of a ceremony at Pear Harbor. Traveled to the Normandy Beachhead, another heart stopper, lost two Uncles. Sorry for the typo.
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Location: Minnesota | My Dad was on his way to invade Japan. 2 days before. they were going to arrive they surrendered. He all ways said they seen me coming and gave up. He spent the rest of his time in Korea. |
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| No need to apologize, everyone knew what you meant. As FDR said, "a day that will live in infamy". |
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Location: oswego, il | Thanks guys, i googled the date right after this was posted. I didn't want to be the first great person. I thought it was the germans who attacked pearl harbor?
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Location: central Wisconsin | ToddM - 12/7/2017 9:19 PM
Thanks guys, i googled the date right after this was posted. I didn't want to be the first great person. I thought it was the germans who attacked pearl harbor?
No, it was the Japanese. My grandfather enlisted right after the attack. He lost part of his leg when the hospital he was in was bombed by the Japanese. Also was a POW. He would not eat rice up till his dying day.
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| My dad tried to enlist right after Pearl Harbor but had to wait until the Army changed its policy on false teeth. At the very beginning of WWII, you could not serve unless you had certain teeth. My dad had a false tooth due to a farm accident in place of one of these required teeth. About three weeks after Pearl Harbor the policy was changed and he was able to enlist.
The reason for the policy was that during the civil war most rifles were muzzle loaders and a soldier had to be able to tear the paper that held the powder with his teeth. They tore the paper, poured the powder and the paper became the wad.
My dad did not know the reason for the original rule until I read about it in a book about odd facts of the civil war. He got quite a kick out of it. He served for over 2 and half years in the Pacific as a combat medic. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | That's one place I'd definitely like to see before I die. A surreal experience to stand on the Arizona memorial, I'll bet. I am student of the Pacific war and am aware of many of the battles that were waged out there during WWII, but I can't imagine what the people of Pearl Harbor went through that Sunday morning. |
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Location: oswego, il | Jeff78 - 12/7/2017 9:39 PM
ToddM - 12/7/2017 9:19 PM
Thanks guys, i googled the date right after this was posted. I didn't want to be the first great person. I thought it was the germans who attacked pearl harbor?
No, it was the Japanese. My grandfather enlisted right after the attack. He lost part of his leg when the hospital he was in was bombed by the Japanese. Also was a POW. He would not eat rice up till his dying day.
Jeff needs to watch animal house.;-)
Tom i have been, it is well worth the visit. Seen it with my grandfather who was stationed there after the attack and was a gunner on a tug boat during the war. |
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Location: central Wisconsin | North of 8 - 12/7/2017 10:22 PM
My dad tried to enlist right after Pearl Harbor but had to wait until the Army changed its policy on false teeth. At the very beginning of WWII, you could not serve unless you had certain teeth. My dad had a false tooth due to a farm accident in place of one of these required teeth. About three weeks after Pearl Harbor the policy was changed and he was able to enlist.
The reason for the policy was that during the civil war most rifles were muzzle loaders and a soldier had to be able to tear the paper that held the powder with his teeth. They tore the paper, poured the powder and the paper became the wad.
My dad did not know the reason for the original rule until I read about it in a book about odd facts of the civil war. He got quite a kick out of it. He served for over 2 and half years in the Pacific as a combat medic.
That is interesting about the teeth.
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| Roosevelt knew about the attack,,that's why the carriers were out to sea, battleships expendable.
Hey it's winternet
Actually there's a interesting documentary exploring this theory. |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | There was a very good special on Pearl Harbor on the History channel last night ( think it was the History channel ) It was interviews from people who were there when the attack occurred in 1941.
Very interesting to hear the old vets talk about the attack and how the US responded in reply as a country. It was a different time, no question about it.
As always, many thanks to everyone who serves / served.
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Location: Hayward WI | tcbetka - 12/8/2017 6:07 AM
That's one place I'd definitely like to see before I die. A surreal experience to stand on the Arizona memorial, I'll bet. I am student of the Pacific war and am aware of many of the battles that were waged out there during WWII, but I can't imagine what the people of Pearl Harbor went through that Sunday morning.
That it is, a very moving experience........
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| My wife’s father served as a naval aerial photographer in WWI. After the war he stayed in the Reserves and was recalled to active duty in December 1940 and sent to Pearl. The family moved into naval housing the summer of 1941. In the fall my wife attended grade school at Hickam Field. The raid started on Sunday morning as they were preparing to leave for church. They could see the raid unfold and my future father-in-law rode in an open launch during the raid to his old four-stacker destroyer. The destroyers were never attacked and raced out of the harbor as soon as they could get underway The military dependents were mobilized with blackout shades and information on what to do in the event of another raid. The following morning a machine gun nest was set up across the street. In January, the family was on a former cruise ship on the way back to the mainland. After the war, he stayed in the Reserves and eventually retired. His discharge papers say, “recommended for reenlistment.” |
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| Was stationed at Schofield Barracks outside Honolulu. On some of the buildings there are still bullet holes in the walls when the japs came over to Pearl. Went to the monument at Pear, can't describe the feeling. Speaking of the greatest generation, read Tom Brokaw's book the Greatest Generation |
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