Pearl Harbor 75 years later

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We learnt of the ANZAC's at school and the AIF I remember 2 prophetic statements from the day 7th Dec ~ Roosevelt ~ The 7th of December as a day of infamy, Yamamoto ~ I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant.

In reply to HOH #1 I stood on the Arizona (BB-39) memorial in 1990 as a young 33 y/o whilst holidaying in Hawaii it was on my must do list no options accepted.
All I can say it was a very sobering experience to see the hulk beneath the water knowing that so many young men perished in a god awful way in the dark and the cold water as the ship sank if they were not killed outright by the blast of the munitions going up. Then you get to that beautiful marble wall with the 1100+ names on it and I can tell you it was haunting and so very very sad it was rather an unsettling experience for me. May they forever "Rest In Peace" knowing the world has not forgotten them.

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And excuse me I am not being critical but I found it confusing at the same time there were Japanese tourists flocking over the memorial I know the years have passed but the sheer irony of it all just perplexed me I felt like asking one of them why they were here but refrained, I was there because America was our Allie and helped us in N.G even when the U.S armed services were stretched to the limit.
The passage of time has probably healed allot of the animosity over the event and the world for the most part is a better place than it was from Sept 1939 ~ August 1945 you just have to wonder what they teach in the Japanese schools about that day Dec 7th 1941...................

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