Neverhoodian Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Hey all, Today's the 62nd anniversary of the attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, an event that pushed the country into World War II. I would like to take a moment to remember those who died that fateful "day that will live in infamy." May it always be remembered. *No heated debates or flaming, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Luke Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Alright ppl no flaming!!!! *Bows head and remembers Pearl Harbour and remembers when Darwin (in Northern Australia) was bombed by the Japanese in WWII* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-11-26&res=h Pearl harbor related penny arcade comic........well its sorta related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yes, PLEASE no flaming. Anyhow, if the level in the MOH game is any indication of how that day went, then good lord. Go vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Luke Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yeah just like June 6 1944 DDay. My Grandfather sought action on DDay, and survived!! After being captured by the soviets (in Poland) he escaped to England and joined the army (in the Polish division). He drove a tank in WWII and once the strongholds went down on (one of the beaches) and ways were cleared through for the tanks, the tanks assisted in clearing the way of German artillery. I'm not 100% sure what happened exactly but it was something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yeah, a moment of silence for them today. No one deserves to die in wars, no one. Please do not flame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yep, I went to the museum(sp?) on that in Fredericksburg, TX today. It was pretty intresting, if I do say so myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 *bows his head for a moment of silence* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 *bows head, in a moment of silence, but also remembers Dec 6th; yesterday marked the tradegy in the Halifax harbor. it was the worst explosion in the annals of modern history, second to Hiroshima.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wassup Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 History - in every century, records an act that lives forevermore. We'll recall - as in to line we fall, the thing that happened on Hawaii's shore. Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR - As we go to meet the foe - Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR As we did the Alamo. We will always remember - how they died for liberty, Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR and go on to victory. -Remember Pearl Harbor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumor Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 just a little tidbit for you history buffs out there: American ships shot at the japanese long before the japanese air attack hit pearl harbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Remember this also - The world had been at war for 2 years before Pearl Harbour. That it was for Germany invading Poland, 15 days before the Russians did. And that the concentration camps at the Polish barracks at Oswiecim, later dubbed "Auschwitz 1" were already in operation. A month later the more infamous "Auschwitz II - Birkenau" concentration camp had it's first "gas chamber" tests. Remember those that had passed long before Pearl Harbour...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Luke Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yes I can vouch for that. As I said, my grandfather was captured by the Soviets in Poland and thrown in prison (probably tortured and definately was going to be sent to Siberia). Fortunately he escaped to England, joined the army and sought action on DDay as a mentioned earlier. As for Ukraine (my other grandparents), they've always been under threat from the Russians and my grandparents in WWII were taken from Ukraine to slave labour camps in Germany, never to see home again. That's why I'm in Australia now . Yes so while we remember Pearl Harbour let us others who have suffered before us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_dog no.3 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Well I don't know much about Pearl Harbor but ... *bows head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Rumor: yeah, but if you were a soldier and you saw bombers heading straight for the military base you were stationed at, I'd shoot at them too. BCan: true, can't ignore that the war had been going on before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 That must have been a crazy battle for the Japanese...300+ aircraft in the air...crazy flyin not trying to hit anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Luke Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Yeah, must've been trained very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Originally posted by Rumor just a little tidbit for you history buffs out there: American ships shot at the japanese long before the japanese air attack hit pearl harbor. That must be in reference to the Japanese midget submarine trying to come into the harbor an hour and a half before the attack on Pearl Harbor began. I suppose you thought the submarine was delivering a pizza? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philocleon Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 My father's a dentist and recently he went to a seminar with some other dentists. I joined him, and one night, the dentitsts and their families all went out to one big dinner. The wife of one of the dentists is from Kazakhstan and her father served in the Soviet army. When the war was over he and the other Soviet soldiers who survived were going to be sent home by train, but executed along the way. The only way you could escape was if the The U.S., Turkey, or Saudi Arabia paid for a safe harbor for them. The U.S. paid for the father and he went to Turkey and settled down there and raised a family. His daughter was born there and lived there and she eventually married someone from that country. I feel sorry for those other soldiers who were executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 I really never heard much except that it was bombed. Anyways, I'm kinda late...but...*remembers* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 *Remembers* I feel bad for everyone that died anytime. American, Japanese, Iraqi. Everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemaniac_1987 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 My Two Grandfathers served in WWII, One was storming the western sector of Omaha Beach on D-day and was shot in the hand. But lived. My Other Grandfather was at pearl Harbor aboard the USS Oklahoma believe it or not. but was KIA... *Bows head and remembers all who died in WWII* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by Kjølen *Remembers* I feel bad for everyone that died anytime. American, Japanese, Iraqi. Everyone. What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Remembrances to everyone who has died in any type of war, Vietnam, WWII, WWI, current war... it's all a shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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