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Bill Long Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Bel Air, MD Points: 4556	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bill Long Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: December 7th 1941 Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 9:56pm
	Ladies and Gentlemen, Let's take a minute and remember "a date that will live in infamy", December 7, 1941. The day the USA was suprised attacked - without decleration of war - at Pearl Harbor. We lost a lot of men, planes, and ships that day - suprisingly not as many casualties as in 9/11 - and went into WWII FIGHTING MAD. I was only a little short of 8 at the time but cannot forget the anger and determination we all got. For some reason we knew that was a war we could not loose. We all did anything necessary to win. Take a minute to remember those who give their all that day and every military person who served in WWII. The are our "Greatest Generation" Good Luck! Bill Long

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Steve in NJ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Andover, NJ Points: 11883	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve in NJ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 10:29pm
	I'll drink to that Bill!! Steve@B&B

LouSWPA Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Clinton, Pa Points: 24345	Post Options Post Reply Quote LouSWPA Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 10:44pm
	Ditto, a toast to all those that was wounded or died that day!

Coke-in-MN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 41722	Post Options Post Reply Quote Coke-in-MN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 10:55pm
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	Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Tracy Martin TN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gallatin,TN Points: 10651	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tracy Martin TN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 11:08pm
	God Bless the greatest generation! They stepped up and won! Tracy Martin
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Coke-in-MN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 41722	Post Options Post Reply Quote Coke-in-MN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Dec 2009 at 11:25pm
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	Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

BRaust Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: AUSTRALIA Points: 147	Post Options Post Reply Quote BRaust Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 1:16am
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Kevin(Alabama) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: N.W. Ala. Points: 578	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kevin(Alabama) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 1:48am
	Thanks for posting, I lost a Uncle a couple of months ago that was shot in Okinawa by a jap machine gun. He was nursed back to health in Hawaii after a long stay. He had earned several medals that I never new he had until after his death. Seems the greatest generation are dying fast.

Jack(Ky) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Ky Points: 1153	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jack(Ky) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 6:01am
	They ARE the greatest generation. I don't think we have the resolve to fight like that anymore. They saved the world in my opinion. A friend of mine's dad passed a few years ago and they have since found out that he was a very decorated soldier. He started on D-Day and went to the end in Europe and fought in battles where most of his comrades were killed. He led a very uneventful and simple lifestyle after the war. I am sure there are a lot of these same stories everywhere. I am sure thankful that we had them at the right time.JP

TedBuiskerN.IL. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Davis, IL. Points: 1959	Post Options Post Reply Quote TedBuiskerN.IL. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 6:47am
	They are passing at the rate of 2000 per day, and had some real backbone. The politicians we had then had some backbone too, not like the weak-kneed bunch we have in Washington today. They knew how to fight a war, none of the silly-assed "rules of engagement" our soldiers must deal with today. You went there, killed the enemy and their relatives and supporters and came home. Sorry, this should probably be on the politcal page.
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Anthony Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Alva, Oklahoma Points: 731	Post Options Post Reply Quote Anthony Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 6:58am
	God Bless America and the Greatest Generation!

Harvey/pa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: York Co. Pa. Points: 1018	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harvey/pa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 7:31am
	I would like to thank, and offer a great big debt of grattitude to all the veterans on our Forum. My dad is a korean war vet and never talked about the front line fighting, only how cold it was & how after he was wounded, instead of going home, he went back to the front to cook until his time was up. How many of todays yuppies would go back, volentarily into a war zone, and do what they could to support their unit after being wounded bad enough to disable them? Then go home and run a business until retirement, then cut wood, garden, hunt, etc for the next 20 years, in daily pain, "Don't like to take pills" Yes they are the greatest generation, I pale in comparison. Thank-You Veterans...Harvey

FredW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: N. Weston,OH Points: 588	Post Options Post Reply Quote FredW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 8:07am
	Being from a small community our Legion Post is thinning out fast, only a few WWll men left. Have one that survived Pearl Harbor, he says he just happened to be there and takes no special credit. Says a lot for that generation. God bless them. Fred

omahagreg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Points: 2805	Post Options Post Reply Quote omahagreg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 8:14am
	Thank you Thank you! Seems not quite enough, but it is what I have! I worked with a Marine who had served in Iraq. I made a point to thank him for doing that and he almost beat me up. Don't know what that was about, but I guess his experience was not positive in any way.
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michaelwis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Wi Points: 8765	Post Options Post Reply Quote michaelwis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Dec 2009 at 9:10am
	The greatest vet is the one that came home and didnt say much about what he had done . Went about his life in the after years living a sucseesful life . I watch the history channel ..wish more of these guys could tell their story ..before they pass

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