tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post706267726257427530..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Seventy-One Years AgoBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-70937976287237079352012-12-08T13:10:29.780-07:002012-12-08T13:10:29.780-07:00Or why those things didn't capsize in the same...Or why those things didn't capsize in the same heavy seas you mention.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-42892756005947913972012-12-08T13:09:54.481-07:002012-12-08T13:09:54.481-07:00Both Syria and Iran might could attack the US. Bu...Both Syria and Iran might <b>could</b> attack the US. But that wouldn't be too very smart.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-7552892962985188012012-12-08T13:08:43.977-07:002012-12-08T13:08:43.977-07:00There were a LOT of guys like your father-in-law, ...There were a LOT of guys like your father-in-law, Lou. LOTS.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-9765318135712379332012-12-08T04:38:33.640-07:002012-12-08T04:38:33.640-07:00Looking at that photo of the Arizona, every time I...Looking at that photo of the Arizona, every time I see those tall, ungainly gunnery "spotting towers" on that pre-radar generation of ships I STILL don't understand why those support towers didn't buckle under the force of rolling, heaving, heavy seas with all that weight up top. Yikes! Calling all naval architects! virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-27252343492886169472012-12-07T20:04:23.221-07:002012-12-07T20:04:23.221-07:00When asked, most people couldn't give a reason...When asked, most people couldn't give a reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. They think they did it just to be assholes. The reason was, because we had a crippling economic sanctions against them, for their invasion of Manchuria. This had been going on for 10 years.<br /><br />People should know, that sanctions are an act of war. Maybe war without guns, but in many cases moves to guns later. For example, the USA gave Iraq their Pearl Harbor when sanctions no longer were enough to force a change. Iran and Syria are in the same boat. Both can readily attack the USA to fight sanctions.Don't spit in the windnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-16367737971170686692012-12-07T16:10:31.133-07:002012-12-07T16:10:31.133-07:00Toby's dad served in the Pacific. He joined th...Toby's dad served in the Pacific. He joined the Navy at 17. Of course he's gone now, but not forgotten.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-67801206921896161822012-12-07T15:36:28.784-07:002012-12-07T15:36:28.784-07:00Just wanted to pass along my condolences as well B...Just wanted to pass along my condolences as well Bear Walker. Your Mom's generation is truly a national treasure. As more and more of them pass into the sweet by-and-by we lose not only their presence but their memories as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-63302267499395575632012-12-07T14:05:01.778-07:002012-12-07T14:05:01.778-07:00Thanks for your kind words, Bear, and my condolenc...Thanks for your kind words, Bear, and my condolences on the loss of your mother. I lost my mother nearly 50 years ago, and my father left this vale o' tears almost 30 years ago. Nary a day goes by that I don't think of them... in gratitude for the lessons they passed on to me and mine.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-50734140790887784842012-12-07T13:30:24.283-07:002012-12-07T13:30:24.283-07:00I happened upon your blog and I'm glad. Just ...I happened upon your blog and I'm glad. Just lost my 95 yr old mom, she and dad typified the Greatest Generation. Dad enlisted within a week of Pearl Harbor, radio man on a PT boat in both the Pacific and European conflicts.<br /><br />I am lucky we learned from them as did my daughter, through stories and pictures. The values, morals and love of country. They knew not to take anything for granted. <br /><br />My fear is the younger generation and those to follow will not know what our parents went through, what they sacrificed for country and for us. Especially the fact that they would do it again, in a heartbeat if asked. <br /><br />On 9/11/2001, my mother indeed told me it brought back many memories of the day 12/7/41. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04052387159216235796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-51200053976334549602012-12-07T13:04:59.346-07:002012-12-07T13:04:59.346-07:00Exactly - Pearl Harbor was a pretty devastating hi...Exactly - Pearl Harbor was a pretty devastating hit, and to 'turn the tide' just six months later. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-7299753646364871142012-12-07T11:02:43.912-07:002012-12-07T11:02:43.912-07:00Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pac...Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacific... but ya knew that.<br /><br />As for your cousin having children... I'd say "probably." Eerie coincidences, indeed. Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-38916595029776199392012-12-07T09:30:02.793-07:002012-12-07T09:30:02.793-07:00For me, the Battle of Midway, just six months afte...For me, the Battle of Midway, just six months after Pearl Harbor, is one of the great stories from the war. That, only six months later, the Pacific Fleet could already fight back, is nothing short of astonishing. . . Utter indomitability. . .<br /><br />-----<br /><br />My mom's older sister was celebrating her 10th birthday on Pearl Harbor Day. Her only daughter, my cousin, was born on November 22, 1963. We used to make jokes about the eerie coincidences of their respective birthdays. But it gets weirder - my grandma, mother of the same aunt, was born September 11, 1902. . . Should I be glad that my cousin doesn't have any children?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-7117238195039420752012-12-07T08:54:38.512-07:002012-12-07T08:54:38.512-07:00They may be gone but they will NEVER be forgotten....They may be gone but they will NEVER be forgotten. And sad it is.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com