Remembering Pearl Harbor......

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Originally Posted by SSGT Mustang

Thank you for recognizing this day.

My father fought in Europe during the war. He was 18 and one month old when he was drafted. He would never speak about the it other than to say "War isn't hell. It's worse than hell."

There's a lot of graphic footage that has come out in recent years that has helped me understand a lot more about what he was trying to say. One of things that I now understand most is that I'll never understand what the soldiers and civilians went through.

Total war at home and abroad. It's no wonder that they were known as the greatest generation.

I saw an old guy in a WWII Vet cap in a Lowes parking lot a while ago and decided to pay my respects. I got the same type of response as this. He had served in the Pacific and didn't really have any fond memories of it. He appreciated the recognition, though and I'm glad I took the time to talk with him.

My father was service age but had a family so he didn't get drafted. I remember building a model of the Enola Gay in the 60s and showing it to my Mother. She was pretty disturbed by it. Very upsetting times.

Dale