December 7th

One of my uncles dropped out of high school and enlisted at 16 (yes, he lied on the paperwork) - had 3 ships shot out from under him during the war. Died this summer from pneumonia thanks to the Joplin tornado.
On the other side of the family I have 1 uncle left who was an engineer in Patton's 3rd army.
 
My Father-in-Law went into Algiers North Africa, then to England and across the beach at Omaha and went almost to Berlin. He passed away in 2004!!! I salute you Dad for you were of the Greatest Generation... He joined in 1941 right after Pearl Harbor.
 
It is a dang shame that I was to "smart" to listen more than I did...my step-Dad was a combat flight instructor in the Army Air Corps.

He flew one of these....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan

God Bless You, Jim, Rest in Peace. I did HEAR some of what you tried to teach me....and thank you.


To all of the veterans and survivors who held our country together...thank you!

Shane
 
I'm just happy that nowadays we can peacefully chat about knives with forum members from all around the globe. Possibly these horrible events in WW2 eventually made the world a better place.

... and I better don't tell anyone what my grandfathers did during these dark days :foot:
 
Al-Sheikh said:
I'm just happy that nowadays we can peacefully chat about knives with forum members from all around the globe. Possibly these horrible events in WW2 eventually made the world a better place.
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It's great to remember, but it's hard to let grudges go. I'm a first generation American here so I don't have any ancestors who fought for the US (or for the allies or even the axis), so all I can say is I'm glad pretty much all of these countries are peaceful allies now, at least politically. The anti-Japanese comments all over Twitter and Facebook when their women's soccer team beat ours in the summer were pretty disgraceful. Not the right way to remember the past.

Thanks, Skunk :thumbup: and, sorry, but when you had "7" in your thread title again, I thought it was another hint about what's coming up in the Company Store :confused:
 
A gentleman I used to play golf with had been aboard USS Turkey that morning. He had some stories to tell.
I can assure you that he never forgot.
 
My Grandfather was on the USS West Virginia, when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. He was also on the USS Liscome Bay, CVE-56, when it was sunk on November 24, 1943. He survived both. If he hadn't, I probably wouldn't have learned to hunt and fish. He also gave me my first knife and my first gun. Without his influence, I probably wouldn't be reading this thread today. I really miss my Grandfather.
 
To my Grandfather,

Radio operator on a PT boat. Still doesn't like to talk about Okinawa.

Here's to his flu that kept him from shipping out on the USS Indianapolis.

Here's to his nickname, farmer. When he first saw the hangars on base in Chicago. His comment : "Man, I bet that thing would hold a lot of hay!"

Cheers
 
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