Pearl Harbor Day Options

[76-914]

It seems to have faded into memory but not for me. Just wanted to say thx to all of our Vet's; present and deceased. God bless. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[bulitt]

Memories only fade if we let them...

Thanks Dad! WWII Vet
His Father passed when he was two
Survived the Great Depression
Never set foot out of his little hometown until-
Enlisted the day after graduating from HS age 17, to fly B-17's and B-24's in the Army Air Corp. After the war served as a flight instructor
Rode an Indian
Landed a broken piper on a football field
Became a Steam Locomotive Engineer while going to college.
Then turned 21.

Probably representative of that generation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Funny how he never talked about this stuff. To me it was amazing. To him it was just Tuesday.

[EdwardBlume]

Memories only fade if we let them...

Thanks Dad! WWII Vet
His Father passed when he was two
Survived the Great Depression
Never set foot out of his little hometown until-
Enlisted the day after graduating from HS age 17, to fly B-17's and B-24's in the Army Air Corp. After the war served as a flight instructor
Rode an Indian
Landed a broken piper on a football field
Became a Steam Locomotive Engineer while going to college.
Then turned 21.

Probably representative of that generation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Funny how he never talked about this stuff. To me it was amazing. To him it was just Tuesday.

Yep. I didn't know anything about my Dads time in WWII until after he died. He never mentioned being there. He would talk about before and after. I questioned if he really was there. Then we got his picture in front of his B24 after he died, then I linked it to a website, then I talked to the pilot of his crew, and now I know much more about the whys and how's of his epic life. My life is nothing compared to his.

Late into his 70's the dreams and nightmares still haunted him, he wouldn't tell us about his nightmares but i found out after he died it was abiut the Japanese and his crew. And then there was alcohol. Add this to manic depression. Yet, he was a wonderful father, bright, passionate, and hard working. In 1977, he bought my 914 which he picked me up with on Saturdays.

He was fearless, not by force or attitude, but by the intimate understanding that life was very precious, should not be wasted, and to experience each day as if it were your last. That's right, live today as if it were your last. He loved the 914 and drove it 90 mph + with me every now and again firmly depositing a thrill and need in a young kids mind.

He did things that few would - not like jump the grand canyon on a motorcycle, but more like digging a basement under the house without a permit, or driving through missile silos at VAFB. He was a conversationalist about anything and could flip on a dime, but he never talked about WWII or his first wife who died on new years eve leaving him with 3 young daughters.

This is why Unbroken means so much to me. If the movie does the book, people will catch a glimpse of what it really means to be someone of character.

Don't forget Pearl Harbor or for that matter Afghanistan. Better yet, military or not, be a man of character and do what is right. Moreso, be fearless and passionate in life. Lastly, get your car off jackstands and DRIVE.