Posted by gmharris [71.105.35.169] on Friday, December 07, 2012 at 13:32:48 :
In Reply to: Pearl Harbor, 71 years ago today posted by Paul(in NY) [12.64.128.79] on Friday, December 07, 2012 at 08:41:06 :
My dad (a WWII vet) was in the Army and stationed in Hawaii in the early 50's.
As a child, I remember going with him to a Pearl Harbor Day ceremony at the USS Arizona. I didn't realize how fresh the war must have been in the minds of everyone there except me.
Now, most of those people are gone.