/dev/null Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 69 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 It's a crazy world. A great big Thank You and Cheers to all the the soldiers who helped save the world all those years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 "A date which shall live in infamy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Any American who has not been to the Arizona Memorial should make it a priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWVaBeach Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Any American who has not been to the Arizona Memorial should make it a priority. I visited the Memorial last year and I was disgusted at the condition of the visitor center so I was glad to read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I visited the Memorial last year and I was disgusted at the condition of the visitor center so I was glad to read this. Pretty quick interesting read here. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lead/2010/12/on_dec_7_1941_crowd_at_redskin.html Course, in the information age, this could never happen..but imagine keeping the fans in the dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I visited the Memorial last year and I was disgusted at the condition of the visitor center so I was glad to read this. That is great news. What surprised me when I was there (14 years ago) was the fact that at least half of the visitors were Japanese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 My grandfather was on the "USS Pennsylvania" on that day. He survived and currently resides in Oroville, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Pretty quick interesting read here. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lead/2010/12/on_dec_7_1941_crowd_at_redskin.html Course, in the information age, this could never happen..but imagine keeping the fans in the dark It could happen at the stadium. I can't get any reception in there for some reason. I am guessing maybe too much interference? And, not just by Leodis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 It was sad to see more Japanese people at the monument than Americans, and the way they treated it and acted was sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 It was sad to see more Japanese people at the monument than Americans, and the way they treated it and acted was sad. I've actually heard that from just about everybody who has been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB27 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Back in 1995 or so, I met this guy from Japan who was in NYC and was going out to Ellis Island to visit. He had been held at Ellis Island during WWII as a prisoner of war. His english wasn't great, but I believe he had been captured in the Pacific during a navy battle, and ended up at Ellis Island. Anyway, one thing I could understand was that he was complaining about his treatment when he was at Ellis Island because the bulk of POW's there were German, and they only made German food for the prisoners. He was really irate about how this was such terrible treatment.... I agreed with him, and told him if it was up to me we would have treated him the way our guys got treated by Japan, make him walk all day and then cut his head off for fun.... He got pissed, (I'm pretty sure he swore at me in Japanese), and then walked off. No doubt he understood what I said though. Worse than that is my girlfriend who was with me was pissed because she did not believe what I was saying was true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I've actually heard that from just about everybody who has been there. I was in the 4th grade. We went to where they had an amazing short film about the attack. It seemed to me the Japanese people treated the island as a recreation spot, and the monument as a tourist attraction. Little kids were playing in the aisles, people had their headphones on humming. The Japanese people looked at each item in the display unit and you just felt that they didn't care. I remember saying something to one of them, asking what they thought of it, and they just glared at me. I got in trouble for talking to a stranger. I really wonder what they see it as... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Back in 1995 or so, I met this guy from Japan who was in NYC and was going out to Ellis Island to visit. He had been held at Ellis Island during WWII as a prisoner of war. His english wasn't great, but I believe he had been captured in the Pacific during a navy battle, and ended up at Ellis Island. Anyway, one thing I could understand was that he was complaining about his treatment when he was at Ellis Island because the bulk of POW's there were German, and they only made German food for the prisoners. He was really irate about how this was such terrible treatment.... I agreed with him, and told him if it was up to me we would have treated him the way our guys got treated by Japan, make him walk all day and then cut his head off for fun.... He got pissed, (I'm pretty sure he swore at me in Japanese), and then walked off. No doubt he understood what I said though. Worse than that is my girlfriend who was with me was pissed because she did not believe what I was saying was true. I would have really pissed him off. I would have said. "Meh, could have been worse, they could have fed you sushi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB27 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I would have really pissed him off. I would have said. "Meh, could have been worse, they could have fed you sushi." Oh, he was pretty pissed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Back in 1995 or so, I met this guy from Japan who was in NYC and was going out to Ellis Island to visit. He had been held at Ellis Island during WWII as a prisoner of war. His english wasn't great, but I believe he had been captured in the Pacific during a navy battle, and ended up at Ellis Island. Anyway, one thing I could understand was that he was complaining about his treatment when he was at Ellis Island because the bulk of POW's there were German, and they only made German food for the prisoners. He was really irate about how this was such terrible treatment.... I agreed with him, and told him if it was up to me we would have treated him the way our guys got treated by Japan, make him walk all day and then cut his head off for fun.... He got pissed, (I'm pretty sure he swore at me in Japanese), and then walked off. No doubt he understood what I said though. Worse than that is my girlfriend who was with me was pissed because she did not believe what I was saying was true. That is a great story! Eff him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 yeah yeah..war is terrible..they did bad stuff, we did bad stuff, the English did bad stuff, the Russians did bad stuff and the Germans did bad stuff. Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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