12-07-2011, 09:46 PM
I was born 2 years later. My dad enlisted just after Pearl, but was stationed on the Great Lakes until he shipped to the Pacific aboard an LST that he boarded at Ambridge, Pa and sailed down the rivers and through the Panama canal. His ship saw a little action, it wasn't commissioned until October of 44 so they were there a little late . I would imagine it would have been at least Jan. of 45 before they got anywhere near the war zone.
He never had much to say about the action he was involved in but did mention they had shot down 3 planes.
I don't remember anything about the war other then what we were taught, but I do remember Pearl Harbor Day, and our generation, and the ones after have our own sneak attack to remember.
70 years is a long time to remember, and time does heal some of the wounds, but the scars will remain for a few more decades.
It is for the folks that still have those scars that we always will remember.
We older folks have to remember that we have been around for some earth shattering events. Before most of us and in my parents generation was the Hindenburg disaster, which has been pretty much forgotten, "The War of the Worlds" also fell in there as well as Pearl Harbor and the Korean War.
Though neither of those events can compare to Pearl Harbor, or 911, they are very memorable to folks born in the early 1920's.
My generation remembers the launch of Sputnik, The Kennedy assassination, Man on the moon, Viet Nam, 2 shuttle disasters and 911.
We must remember to leave the history books in tact. History can't be changed by changing what is written. It truly would be a different world, and in my opinion, not a very nice one, had the outcome of WWII been different.
This hobby, and this forum unites all nationalities and proves that folks with different political views can co-exist.
So yes, the memory is fading with time, and as time goes by it will be no more a memory then the beginning or end of our civil war, but that doesn't diminish what our parents, grand parents and great grand parents went through to secure our place in this world.
I salute all the people that have served in the armed forces. They sacrifice so much and receive so little.
Charlie
He never had much to say about the action he was involved in but did mention they had shot down 3 planes.
I don't remember anything about the war other then what we were taught, but I do remember Pearl Harbor Day, and our generation, and the ones after have our own sneak attack to remember.
70 years is a long time to remember, and time does heal some of the wounds, but the scars will remain for a few more decades.
It is for the folks that still have those scars that we always will remember.
We older folks have to remember that we have been around for some earth shattering events. Before most of us and in my parents generation was the Hindenburg disaster, which has been pretty much forgotten, "The War of the Worlds" also fell in there as well as Pearl Harbor and the Korean War.
Though neither of those events can compare to Pearl Harbor, or 911, they are very memorable to folks born in the early 1920's.
My generation remembers the launch of Sputnik, The Kennedy assassination, Man on the moon, Viet Nam, 2 shuttle disasters and 911.
We must remember to leave the history books in tact. History can't be changed by changing what is written. It truly would be a different world, and in my opinion, not a very nice one, had the outcome of WWII been different.
This hobby, and this forum unites all nationalities and proves that folks with different political views can co-exist.
So yes, the memory is fading with time, and as time goes by it will be no more a memory then the beginning or end of our civil war, but that doesn't diminish what our parents, grand parents and great grand parents went through to secure our place in this world.
I salute all the people that have served in the armed forces. They sacrifice so much and receive so little.
Charlie