Will you take a moment today to “never forget”?
L.A. Times
2012/12/07 18:00:00
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December 7, 1941, the date of the military strike by Japan on Pearl Harbor, is being remembered around the nation. In Washington, D.C. and states around the country, flags are being flown at half-staff to remember the more than 2,400 Americans killed and 1,200 injured in the attack.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed the nation's outrage following the attack, which he called a “date which will live in infamy.” Within an hour, Congress had voted a declaration of war.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed the nation's outrage following the attack, which he called a “date which will live in infamy.” Within an hour, Congress had voted a declaration of war.
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that I forget to pay 'repects' 4 our military!
i resent our 'GOVERNMENT', 4 putting us in some of
thier 'dumb political' spots!
War is war! There really are no rules. When one fights it is to protect his or her home and family, not the ither guys. The fight is not "romantic" like in the movies, you fight to survive and maybe to save the guy next to you! And sometimes the cost gets higher. Sometimes innocent cilvilions die. Collateral damage is the clean easy term. A cost of waging war. Ask all the civilians in England who died in the Blitz or in the twin towers how they felt about dying. Myself, if the bombs weren't dropped on those days in 1945 ( don't forget the surrender was not signed until 1951, and the war really lasted six more years after the signing on the Mighty Mo ) I...
War is war! There really are no rules. When one fights it is to protect his or her home and family, not the ither guys. The fight is not "romantic" like in the movies, you fight to survive and maybe to save the guy next to you! And sometimes the cost gets higher. Sometimes innocent cilvilions die. Collateral damage is the clean easy term. A cost of waging war. Ask all the civilians in England who died in the Blitz or in the twin towers how they felt about dying. Myself, if the bombs weren't dropped on those days in 1945 ( don't forget the surrender was not signed until 1951, and the war really lasted six more years after the signing on the Mighty Mo ) I and a great many others might not be here today. As the war progress across the Pacific into the home islands of Japan, the fight got harder. More of our troops died as civilians steppes in to help defend the emperor and thier homeland. In fact, conservative estimates state that 400,000 to 800,000 allied lives would be lost in the first 30 to 90 days of an invasion.
So I will and will always remember "December 7th,1941 a day that will go done in infamy". And thank Harry S Truman for his courage to save my live!
Hopefully, everybody knows not to be anti-Japanese because of this attack. Japan is our biggest ally right now, and we don't need the American people to start hating on more allies at this dangerous time.
We literally F-bombed them, one of the two bombs was called Fat Man
Two years ago, on December 7th, a young man parked his Toyota and we started casually talking. I asked him if he new why December 7th was a special day in American history and he answered "I think so. Isn't it the day they first introduced the Toyota car to the United States?". At that point I figured we were done remembering.
Now,as I drive around in my Buick or my Bronco and see all those "old people" driving their Toyotas,Nissans,Hondas, Subarus and more I figured they forgot. So, why should I keep the flame alive?
Oh, they also say "these cars are better built too".
PS to me and you, that old Bronco I have has about 330,000 miles on it and I haven't done a whole bunch to get it there.
See ya America....we will forget! But we'll pat ourselves on the back saying we didn't forget.....Cheers mates! It's a pity.