12-07-2012, 03:07 PM
Pete,
We are close to the same age, I was born 2 years and 13 days after the attack. I too have no direct memory of the war.
My dad was a member of the Coast Guard and served on the Great Lakes until he picked up his LST at Ambridge, Pa October 28, 1944 and sailed down the rivers and through the Panama canal. He was a machinist mate.
He never talked about the little action the ship saw other than he mentioned they shot down 3 planes. The ship was in a terrible typhoon just after the war ended.
I know we feel bad because of the memories being pushed back, but just like Fort Sumter,the Maine,and the Lusitania each generation has their own memorable disaster. I think ours was the Kennedy Assassination and of course 911. Time does not diminish the importance of the event, only the memories do not linger directly in the minds of the people that did not live them.
Hope you have a happy birthday December is a good month for them.
Charlie
We are close to the same age, I was born 2 years and 13 days after the attack. I too have no direct memory of the war.
My dad was a member of the Coast Guard and served on the Great Lakes until he picked up his LST at Ambridge, Pa October 28, 1944 and sailed down the rivers and through the Panama canal. He was a machinist mate.
He never talked about the little action the ship saw other than he mentioned they shot down 3 planes. The ship was in a terrible typhoon just after the war ended.
I know we feel bad because of the memories being pushed back, but just like Fort Sumter,the Maine,and the Lusitania each generation has their own memorable disaster. I think ours was the Kennedy Assassination and of course 911. Time does not diminish the importance of the event, only the memories do not linger directly in the minds of the people that did not live them.
Hope you have a happy birthday December is a good month for them.
Charlie