Pearl Harbor Day…

Posted on by March 6, 2013

This year is the 70th anniversary of the “Day that will live in Infamy”; and it surely has…


You can go HERE and read/listen to the whole speech by President Roosevelt. 

The USS Arizona, not long after being hit by Japanese bombs.

And today… The Arizona Memorial stands as a reminder of ALL the war dead at Pearl Harbor.



This wall contains 1,177 names of the personnel who died onboard that day, there is now an adjunct list of survivors who have had their remains returned to the USS Arizona, so that they might be reunited with their shipmates.


The Pearl Harbor survivors no longer make the trip to Hawaii, as I believe even the youngest is almost 90 and they are passing at a horrendous rate…


Remember, today the flag is flown at half mast all day; in memorial to all those who died that day.


In a sad aside, the remains of MCAS Ewa (the first place actually attacked) will probably plowed under shortly; a long effort to preserve at least the bits and pieces that remain will be lost to commercial development…


RIP Shipmates, we’re still trying to do the right thing. 

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Pearl Harbor Day… — 23 Comments

  1. I had the tremendous honor of meeting two Arizona survivors at Pearl last year. I will NEVER forget.

  2. Pearl is on my ‘bucket list’. Seeing as every time I see the Arizona on the toob I almost cry, I’m sure I’d be holding back tears the whole time I was there….

  5. I go there every year as part of a vacation. I was there last month. It’s good to remember and to reflect on what it means for our collective future.

  6. If I ever make it out to Hawaii, the Arizona is at the tope of the list.

    Thanks for posting this, NFO.

  8. Sad to think that, under FDR, this Nation, Under GOD, rose from the Ashes of that Day, and with the Cry “Remember Pearl Harbor!” SAVED the World.

    Nothing against our Men and Women in Uniform, who are trying their hardest, but, under the current Commander-in-Chief, I’d doubt we could save Duluth!

  10. We have a Pearl Harbor survivor in our CAF squadron. He is quite a man.

    He also makes a salient point when he notes that we still have outrage, as a nation, over what happened on December 7, 1941. . . but we’re trying our damndest to forget what happened on September 11, 2001.

    Sometimes you just can’t argue with wisdom like that.

    –AOA

  11. The Arizona is a powerful place. Bring some tissues — strangely, there’s a lot of dust there.

  12. I was fortunate in my youth to know a survivor. A man whose campfire tales i now cherish. He was my scoutmaster. Today’s post is in his honor.

  14. News reported there were about 120 that made the trip.
    Didn’t say whether they were Arizona guys.

  15. Rev- Yep, with OUR background, those are special people…

    drjim- Do it..

    Msgt- I hope he survived the war.

    LL- I’ll be there next week, will make my trip over there then.

    Andy- Do that, and thanks.

    North- Concur

    Les/North- Points…

    AOA- That is one hellva good point!

    CT- Yep

    Johnny- And a very good post, thanks!

    SS- you’re welcome

    Skul- They were Pearl Harbor survivors.

  16. My friend Nate Weiser celebrated is 95th birthday Sunday with us, and tonight was honored by his Rotary club as it’s oldest and longest serving member and for his Pearl Harbor service.
    He was at mess when the attack came.
    He went on to serve in Europe where he got the Bronze Star.

  17. I wish I was making this up, but driving around post today I think I saw a Japanese flag waving. (White background, red circle in center, right?)

  18. 7 Dec 41 was my Dad’s 20th birthday.
    He was a Corporal in the Indiana National Guard and had to have known his life was about to change in ways he couldn’t imagine.
    I’m more and more impressed by the courage shown by him and his generation.
    As you say, Navy…
    Many of us are still trying to carry that guidon.

  19. Ed- That is great!

    MM- You’re right, and I’m not surprised by anything anymore…

    GB- Concur.

  20. You are correct.
    Did find this one statement.
    “Edward Wentzlaff, who was a 24-year-old chief warrant officer on the battleship USS Arizona on the morning of the attack, traveled from Minnesota for the ceremony and recalled the events of 70 years earlier.”
    I think both of us would like to meet that guy.

  21. 33 sets of brothers went down with the Arizona.
    We must never forget December 7,1941 or September 11,2001