"Dick G" wrote in message
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> Please do not misunderstand my post as we all who were not there tend to
> forget that today marks the 65th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, and as I
heard
> on the news this morning, probably the last time the survivors of that
day,
> who all have to be in their late 80's, will ever get together for a
reunion.
>
> I was an 8 year old, sitting with my dad on our porch to listen to a
> football game on a Sunday.
> --
> DG in Cherry Hill, NJ
Dick...Have you ever been to Pearl Harbor ? Ever been to Hawaii? Ever cruise
the Pacific? Just curious, since you seem to have taken cruises in many
locales.
JP....resident stalker
> "jim" wrote in message
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> >
> > wrote in message
> > news:drtgn2dn2qjb2qk2p7d2ibs9fnrtdoklr3@4ax.com...
> >> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:50:54 -0500, "jim"
wrote:
> >>
> >>> Let me tell you Rosie, when the seas are THAT high, then you
definitely
> >>> have
> >>> cause to be concerned. I really felt bad for the poor sailors in the
> >>> small
> >>> ships that were skirting us. I honestly don't understand how they
> >>> survived
> >>> as they were are time submarines!
> >>
> >> Back in WW2, several naval vessels were lost in a hurricane in the
> >> Pacific. Many perished.
> >>
> >
> > True, We lost a bunch towards the very end in a typhoon. My Dad was in
it
> > in a Minesweeper no less! The DMS Harding. She was later hit by a
Kamikaze
> > and had to return to San Diego for extensive repairs which were not
> > completed before the war ended so she was scarpped. Nearly 1/4 of the
crew
> > were killed in that attack.
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
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