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Originally Posted by R K T
The local TV news was on the street interviewing some "younger" people this morning, asking them what Dec 7th meant to them. Six out of the seven people had no idea what happened on Dec 7th 1941.
It made me mad, sad, disgusted, scared and sickened at what our country has become.
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Baz, that was amazing to read that letter from your father. Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing.
RKT, I have to agree with your statement but I have to admit I was one of the "young" people. I didn't fully grasp the extent of Pearl Harbor until I went there. And when I went there and visited the museum, whoa. There were times all I could do was stand there in silence. I teared up watching the videos of the survivors and reading their descriptions of that day and the days to follow. The way the people described that day... It was when I heard their voices tell the story of that day, saw the videos, the personal pictures, everything that made it so real. That's why when my boys get a little older, I want to take them there and other memorials to hear the stories first hand. What I felt standing there in Pearl Harbor will make me never forget what happened that day. Nothing in a classroom or book could have made me feel that way.
Thank you for all those who serve and their families.