I was a Kamikaze Pilot

[Swamp ash]

Not too many Pearl Harbor Day music videos out there so this will have to suffice.

It's an oldie, but....

 

 

Edited December 7, 2020 by Swamp ash

[DaveTN]

I was there on December 7^th 2001. It was amazing, and emotional.  

[Swamp ash]

Indeed, Pearl Harbor was a transformative day in so many ways.

[DaveTN]

I remember hearing retired Capt. James G. Daniels III speak. It was very emotional and I don’t mind saying it brought a tears to my eyes. Then Ens. Daniels was part of VF-6 from the USS Enterprise. He was part of a six plane search group. Five of the six planes were shot down and three pilots killed, all by friendly fire while trying to land on Ford Island.  

He was 86 when I heard him speak. He died three years later.

His story is here….

https://www.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org/blog/vf-6-the-deadly-night-of-december-7-1941/

His Military Hall of Honor Record…

https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=2408

[Quavodus]

"A day that will live in infamy".  God bless our troops.

[E4 No More]

34 minutes ago, Quavodus said:

"A day that will live in infamy".  God bless our troops.

I say a show about the 24-hours after the attack. The original line in the speech was, "A date that will live in world history." Not quite the zing to it.

[peejman]

10 hours ago, Swamp ash said:

Not too many Pearl Harbor Day music videos out there so this will have to suffice.

It's an oldie, but....

 

 

 

[Quavodus]

I've never heard anyone say that Japan may have regretted attacking Pearl Harbor. It has crossed my mind when I think of WWII or see a movie about it.

[Patton]

On 12/7/2020 at 9:58 PM, Quavodus said:

I've never heard anyone say that Japan may have regretted attacking Pearl Harbor. It has crossed my mind when I think of WWII or see a movie about it.

Some do, and I have heard many of my Japanese friends make comments about it.  I spent several years stationed in Hawaii.  My wife taught school while we were there and we had some close friends of Japanese decent.  The truth was the attack was built around bad intelligence and fear.  
 

The whole “If there had not been a Pearl Harbor, then there wouldn’t have been a Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Is well understood and accepted amongst the Japanese. Military strategist believe the Japanese provoking the US to join when it did was probably one of the best things that could have happened to end the war. Many more lives would have been lost around the world if the US had not intervened and dropped the MOAB.
 

I can not describe what it’s like being on Oahu each December 7th.  It just feels eerie.  It’s almost as if the sea, the plants, the animals, and every person knows December 7th on Oahu is a sobering day. The sun just rises slowly on that day each year.