For Pearl Harbor Day

[Knightmare]

Thought you all may like this. I sure did.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/booleyhitt/rank.jpg

[Soulstealer]

I saw the same thing with university rankings from president to secretary.

[Rapscallion]

My father was in the army in the sixties - he has a version of that from back then, and it had been bouncing around for years before.

Still funny, though.

Rapscallion

[draggar]

My wife's grandfather was a WWII vet. 2X purple heart, bronze star.

He was part of one of the decoy fleets during Normandy (and* was in the Battle of the Buldge (and survived).

Coincidently, he died on Pearl Harbor day in 2001 (right after my wife and I got married). He was able to attended out wedding healthy, though.

[sportsmom]

My great-uncle was on the USS Arizona when it was bombed at Pearl Harbor. He is one of the few survivors still around.

My nephew is currently serving in Iraq, so I'm going to have to send that to him. Too funny.

[Rahmota]

Knightmare: yeah I've heard that quite frequently from my military relatives. In the Marines I've heard they refer to a gunny sargent as god sargent sometimes too.

To all those who have served and are serving. Thank you.:salute:

[Geek King]

My great-uncle was on the USS Arizona when it was bombed at Pearl Harbor. He is one of the few survivors still around.

My nephew is currently serving in Iraq, so I'm going to have to send that to him. Too funny.

Hey! My great-grandfather was an engineroom man on the Arizona. He was returning from leave and in line for the boat back to the ship when the attack started, or else he would have likely been killed when it went down. He always said that he lost a lot of good friends that day.

[sportsmom]

Hey! My great-grandfather was an engineroom man on the Arizona. He was returning from leave and in line for the boat back to the ship when the attack started, or else he would have likely been killed when it went down. He always said that he lost a lot of good friends that day.


I've met one other survivor. Back in the days when I was working in the mall back home in VA we had a mall walker who was absolutely adorable. He used to stop and chat with me every morning when he was in, and one morning he told me a little bit about it. He said he and a buddy had been talking about a date they had that night with a couple of girls (I think he said they were WACs, but Ican't remember for sure) when all hell broke loose. He said he went to one end of the boat and his buddy went to the other. Unfortunately only one of them made it off.

I've never heard my uncle talk about it. My mom always remembers how old her cousin is because of Pearl Harbor day. When Uncle Louis went to Hawaii, my Aunt Daisy stayed in San Diego. When she found out about the attack, she got on a train, with her 6 week old son and rode all the way back to NC. My great-grandfather asked her when she got there "Daisy, does the Navy know where you are?" "No sir," was her answer, and all he said was "then I suggest you get back on that train and go home, you husband will need you." My great-grandfather was sure Uncle Louis was alright, even thought hey hadn't heard anything, and he was right. Aunt Daisy spent one night in NC, and got back on the train the next morning headed back to CA.

I love the story about the oil that still leaks from the Arizona. The Navy and Parks Department don't want to do anything about it for fear of causing even more damage and releasing even more oil. What I've been told is that a lot of the survivors say that when the last survivor passes on, the oil will stop leaking.

If you don't mind me asking, was your great-grandfather interred there?

[Geek King]

If you don't mind me asking, was your great-grandfather interred there?

No, he passed in 1998, at the age of 98. We laid him to rest next to his wife, who I never knew, at the local cemetary. I think there was a flag on the casket, but I can't remember now. I remember that the procession to the cemetary held up a lot of traffic, and nearly filled the cemetary roads. There is a lot of family on that side, and around 200 cars escorted "Pa" to his final rest.