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I noticed there was no thread all day. Well, its Dec 7, and Pearl Harbor was kind of important, so, discuss.

I heard it got bombed by the Germans, but that we didn't give up.

It sucked, we fought em, then we won. Thanks a ton Grandpa for island hopping the Pacific and then coming home to raise a family. In some ways I wish things were as simple as life back then. Good guys, bad guys, nationalism, strong economy. Sounds pretty damn fine to me!

agroszkiewicz wrote:In some ways I wish things were as simple as life back then. Good guys, bad guys, nationalism, strong economy. Sounds pretty damn fine to me!

it only seems that way on the surface. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

Ahtman wrote:

agroszkiewicz wrote:In some ways I wish things were as simple as life back then. Good guys, bad guys, nationalism, strong economy. Sounds pretty damn fine to me!

it only seems that way on the surface. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

Yah, I know. I still prefer to view the 50's through my rose tinted Americana glasses TYVM. I also choose to believe that we landed on the moon.

Been thinking about it all day actually. My grandfather (mother's side) was a Reserve status officer training air corp cadets. He eventually went to the Pacific but shortly before/after the Japanese surrender in August. He kept several diaries throughout that time period where he wrote pretty much daily to my grandmother and aunt. My other grandfather (father's side) trained pilot and bomadier cadets on the c45, b17, b29 during the same time.

Actually the economy was not that strong
WW2 gave it a bit of a boost.

http://www.sflistteamhouse.com/Misc/Pearl%20Harbor/original.htm

the claims that one person took all these pics has been discredited but a remarkable archive nontheless

My uncle Harry was there when it all went down. He would never say much about it.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Actually the economy was not that strong
WW2 gave it a bit of a boost.

Ummm, I said that the 1950's economy was strong. Thats post WW2/Korean War era.

Thanks for this thread.

Look you don't actually expect me to be paying attention do you?

*tum te tum te tum*

Today at school we yelled Banzai a few thousand times, chanted 'Yankee go home!', and screamed 'Feth you, Dolphin! Feth you Whale!' when answering questions during our pledge of allegiance to the Son of Heaven, an 80 Japanese guy with liver spots. That's how you celebrate 8 December.

Why do you celebrate the 8th December in Japan?

Khornholio wrote:Today at school we yelled Banzai a few thousand times, chanted 'Yankee go home!', and screamed 'Feth you, Dolphin! Feth you Whale!' when answering questions during our pledge of allegiance to the Son of Heaven, an 80 Japanese guy with liver spots. That's how you celebrate 8 December.

BWUAHAHAHAAH!! Omg, bwuahahaha.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Why do you celebrate the 8th December in Japan?

Because of the International Date Line.

i am waiting for wikileaks to release the truth about Pearl Harbour. Roosevelt knew!

Khornholio wrote:Today at school we yelled Banzai a few thousand times, chanted 'Yankee go home!', and screamed 'Feth you, Dolphin! Feth you Whale!' when answering questions during our pledge of allegiance to the Son of Heaven, an 80 Japanese guy with liver spots. That's how you celebrate 8 December.

I lost a grandfather in the Pacific. Death to the Empire of the Rising Sun, didn't come soon enough for the millions who suffered under it.
Never forgive. Never forget.

agroszkiewicz wrote:

Khornholio wrote:Today at school we yelled Banzai a few thousand times, chanted 'Yankee go home!', and screamed 'Feth you, Dolphin! Feth you Whale!' when answering questions during our pledge of allegiance to the Son of Heaven, an 80 Japanese guy with liver spots. That's how you celebrate 8 December.

BWUAHAHAHAAH!! Omg, bwuahahaha.

That's pretty fething funny.