OT:Today is the Day we will live in Infamy..

[Patriots4Ever]

I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on this Important Day.I know we have some veterans on the boards.So I just wanted to say thank you.

[Pat the Pats Fan]

To my Dad, who is no longer with us and everyone of his incredible generation, THANK YOU!

I will always remember something he told me about WWII.

When a bully tries to push you around, you have to fight back, and keep fighting until there isn't a chance for the bully to try again.

[shmessy]

Originally Posted by Patriots4Ever

I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on this Important Day.I know we have some veterans on the boards.So I just wanted to say thank you.

Amen. But why does the thread title read ...the Day WE will live in infamy. FDR wasn't saying WE will live in infamy, just the date of December 7, 1941!

[Brownfan80]

Originally Posted by NEM

I know this may sound bad, but to this day I still get incensed whenever Pearl Harbor Day comes along. I know that the Japanese people of today are not the same, and no where like those that perpertrated the attack in 1941, but to this day, I can never forgive them, or forget. I was only 2 years old at the time, and was not a part of WWII, but still, it is something that gets me angry every time I think about it.

Sorry if this offends anyone.

Much like we common Americans have very little directly to do with the War in Iraq, I'm sure the common people of Japan had very little directly to do with WWII.

It's best to forgive and forget. You can't stay angry at an entire group of people due to the choices of their government a half a century ago. IMO, anyway.

[RayClay]

Thanks to all who served especially in combat.

Shameful to besmirch any veteran for political purposes.

[Brownfan80]

Originally Posted by NEM

In my post, I did say that the Japanese people of today are not like those that perpertrated the attack in 1941.... and it is those people that I can never forgive...NEVER.

Well, to each their own, but that's not a healthy habit to make..

But then, per your own statements you're not that healthy, so I guess it all fits.

[CTPatsFan]

Good call, P4E. Thanks to them all.

Kind of sad to see that the surviving veterans group said that this will be their last year attending the memorial service as a group.

[PATSNUTme]

No event in histroy has matched the scope of WWII and the sacrifices of the generation that it effected. This is a day that aways should be remembered.


PS. If you can't pay tribute to those effected by this event without throwing in a political comment, you shouldn't post a comment at all.

[CTPatsFan]

Originally Posted by The A.P.

Japanese veterans who participated in the attack as navigators and pilots will also pay their respects, offering flowers at the Arizona memorial for the American and Japanese who died.

Japan lost 185 men, mostly on dive-bombers, fighters and midget submarines.

Some Japanese veterans and American survivors have reconciled in the decades since.

An interesting tidbit that many (including myself) may not have known:

Japanese dive bomber pilot Zenji Abe has apologized to American survivors for the sudden attack, ashamed his government failed to deliver a declaration of war in time for the assault.

The Japanese aviators who carried out the attack thought the declaration had already been made by the time they started bombing, Abe has said.

[PatsChick87]

To our greatest generation, I am forever grateful.