December 7, 1941 – A day that will live in infamy!

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December 7, 2016 at 1:13 pm #424659

Bass Cat Boats
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May we never forget the horrors of aggression and war. Impacts they make on lives so innocent and may we as a country never impact innocent others in such a fashion as we have been. The path to freedom is not free and may that path remain in front of us! Thank you to those that reacted and reversed the wave of fury.BCBLast edited by Bass Cat Boats on December 8th, 2016, 3:54 am, edited 2 times in total.

December 7, 2016 at 2:44 pm #424660

billius
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Many thanks to those who sacrificed so we could have the freedoms we enjoy today.

December 7, 2016 at 3:55 pm #424661

High Cotton
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December 7, 2016 at 5:27 pm #424663

BIGCATTER
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I know its got to be a fat fingered error , but Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7th , not the 1st . — Sorry to correct you , but these type of things need to be remembered correctly . — Hoss Thank you Hoss, yes far fingered by admin.Last edited by BIGCATTER on December 8th, 2016, 3:57 am, edited 1 time in total.

December 7, 2016 at 7:31 pm #424665

schodackbassman
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Thank and say hello to WWII vets while you can. We are loosing on average 600 a day. Lost my dad couple weeks ago who was US Navy in the Aleutian Islands during WWII. He like so many others joined up when he was 17 fibbing about his age. He told us his children almost nothing all our lives about his time in the service but started telling his grandchildren a few stories shortly before he passed. It was interesting to hear about his experiences even if they were second hand. Dad would have been 89 in a couple weeks. He had a hell of a run and was more then ready to go having to live with COPD the last few years. I hope and pray to last as long and be as happy as he was.

December 7, 2016 at 8:20 pm #424667

apdriver
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Yes, they were a great, great generation in many ways.

December 7, 2016 at 9:49 pm #424669

H2Ojh
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The generation that fought this war is and was and most likely will be the greatest generation this country will ever know. The Dads, Moms, and Grandparents during WWII were not selfish, gave up all they had for us to be allowed to live the life we live today. This stays with me everyday, my dad spend two years in Europe, my mom worked in a factory for the war.I will share this, years ago, I was playing golf at Turnberry Scotland, my wife and I, my caddie who showed us the runway used in WWII by the Germans first then the Americans. As we were playing that particular golf hole, he looked at me, and said, “I loved to caddie for Americans, I love for you to come over here, because if it were not for you, I would be speaking German!” He was so sincere my wife cried.If you know a WWII veteran, your lucky, go hug him and say thanks. So many of those young men at that time gave all they had to give. Home alive in forty five was my dad and his buddies saying, I heard it many times before his death. He made it home, December 31, 1945, at 11:30PM after walking from the train station to where Sherwood/Sylvan Hills area is now.

December 7, 2016 at 9:51 pm #424671

jignpig
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My dad passed away 2 years ago. He was U.S. Navy in WW II. he gave my daughter an interview when she was in high school for a project. Definitely a great generation96 Eyra/12 Mercury 175 Pro XS with 2015 single axle trailer2017 Victory Gunner

December 8, 2016 at 12:48 pm #424673

Bass Cat Boats
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MY DAD TOLD ME YEARS AGO THAT ON DEC 7 1941 HE AND A FRIEND WERE FISHING THAT DAY. WENT IN SERVICE JAN 20 1942 US ARMY. HE TOLD ME VERY LITTLE ABOUT FRANCE ORGERMANY. HE WONTED TO GO BACK TO SOUTHERN ENGLAND TO SEE HOW MUCH IT HAD CHANGED IN 50 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY NOV 15 2003. I CAN STILL SEE HIM BENT OVER FROM HARD WORK AND AGE . BUT GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME OR A RODEO WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG CAME BY . HE COULD STAND AS STRAIGHT AS IF HE WAS 20. I AM SO GLAD HE IS NOT HERE TO SEE THE COUNTRY HE FOUGHT FOR GOING THE WAY OF SOCIALISM , AND THE BUNCH OF COWARDS THAT THINK WE NEED TO TELL THE WORLD WE ARE SORRY FOR WHAT WE HAVE DONETO KEEP DICTATORS IN THEIR PLACE. I KNOW THIS NOT A BOARD FOR ONES FEELINGS , IT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT I POST ANYTHING.

December 8, 2016 at 1:24 pm #424675

Bass Cat Boats
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Mark, feelings and opinions are fine here and obviously the wave of voting in 2016 showed a large opinion similar to yours. Obviously many here sit in the same opinion you do. Unfortunately with a large population from many diverse cultural and ethnical backgrounds today it will be an ever changing landscape. Perhaps that is till there is another force that challenges the Parton America they love, and many came here to benefit from. Through adversity we gain and grow.There is so much to learning from the challenges we face and not the successes we enjoy. If we are never challenged by another, similar to those cleansing the world of other races in the late 1930s and 1940s, then we may never see a hard line inside our countries. For now a wave is turned back and should there never be a reason the check their values, maybe the world will become a better place as we all compromise.
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