Pearl Harbor 65 years ago today. Do you have any connection to it?

Question

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began at 7:53 am (Hawaii time) this day 65 years ago. Over 2400 American servicemen died.
This attack was an incredible tactical victory for the tiny island nation of Japan. But it also sealed her fate as the human testing ground of the worst weapon ever created by man.
There was no turning back once Pandora was out of the box. My parents lived in a world where they regularily hid under their little wooden school desks from possible nuclear bombs. My uncle married a lady who as a child had been a prisoner-of-war for merely being born Japanese in Canada. And now angry, religious, testosterone driven young men are killing themselves and as many "infidels" as they can take with them.
What do you think of war? Will mankind ever be at peace or will we always have one more "day to remember" like Dec 7 or Sept 11?

Answer 1

as long as there is oil there will be war and as the oil gets less and usa uses more so wars will get more frequent

Answer 2

My uncle was stationed at Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. His ship was at sea when the attack occurred so he was spared the danger of that day, but he was involved in the cleanup so was not spared the tragedy. We should all strive to avoid war when possible, but war is still a facet of human nature. There will always be someone willing to use force because the other guy has more, or because he doesn't agree with the prevailing ideology. Utopian views of a peaceful world are nice, but they are unrealistic. Wars have been fought since the beginning of time and alas I fear will continue to the end of time. The honest truth is that many of us cannot get along with our neighbors and co-workers, much less the rest of the world. However, this does not mean that we should not strive for peace at every opportunity.

Answer 3

In August 2001 warnings about a possible Al Qaeda air attack were handed to the US administration. These warnings were considered by the current US government as not credible or precise enough to have been taken seriously.
Exactly 60 years earlier, in August 1941, my late father, Dusko Popov, personally handed the FBI documents which if read correctly also clearly warned of an imminent air attack on the US at Pearl Harbor. The FBI director at the time, J. E. Hoover failed to recognize the credibility (the source) of this warning and failed to pass it on to the White House. In fact this warning was not even mentioned during the Congressional hearings following Pearl Harbor, nor was it ever mentioned in the ensuing reports and conclusions. Why?
Today the FBI continues to deny the credibility of the warning handed to them by my father and still no mention of it in official reports.
Had the US administration recognized the FBI failures and its need to adjust 65 years ago, maybe today the latter wouldn't have remained the same outdated police organization unable to deal with intelligence reading and failing to act in August 2001.
If the US administration fails to address past FBI failures it will not solve this problem and will leave the door open for another future surprise attack. The young men in uniform who defend with their lives this great country deserve better from its government.

Answer 4

I served as a member of the USS Arizona Memorial Detachment during the December 7, 1991 50th anniversary ceremonies.

As long as I live I will never forget the men I met during the weeks leading up the the ceremony. If you've ever seen a Medal of Honor you know what it truly feels like to be in the presence of a HERO.

Answer 5

Pearl Harbor became an act of conflict; the 9/11 assaults were no longer acts of conflict. On 9/11, criminals dedicated criminal acts adverse to non-public and authorities sources status on US soil. the region became immaterial, because the assaults were criminal acts, particularly than acts of conflict. The administration in capacity has hidden ever because that in the back of the lack of rational questioning skills on the area of the american human beings. human beings are certainly lied to and positively fooled because they don't look to be nicely experienced in logical questioning skills. yet in case you imagine about it logically, there's a large vast difference between an act of conflict like the attack on Pearl Harbor and a criminal act like the attack on the international commerce midsection or the attack on the Pentagon. And an greater situation may be even if the human beings will remember that once 5 years, Osama bin weighted down continues to be the mastermind, and by no skill some thing the administration tries to do to confuse the american human beings will replace that. And even with the completed means of the U. S. protection force and intelligence equipment, we nonetheless have not stuck him.

Answer 6

My father and grandfather were career Naval officers and served during WWII. My grandfather was stationed at Pearl and received new orders and reported to the Naval base in in San Diego10 days before December 7, 1941.

Answer 7

i was stationed in hawaii and have visited Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. It's a very solemn place. I more saddened by the lack of coverage in the news of this terrible event. it deserves more than a 2 minute mention in the news. they gave more coverage to toys for christmas than the loss of life there. very sad.

Answer 8

yes, i have a connection...my granddad was at scotfield barracks and was part of the search and rescue mission after the attack....the world is a dangerous place with religious nuts deterring who has the best god ....the US is a warlike nation because it generates a economy...Hitler built a war economy, north Korea wants too.. and dangerous china is building an economy that can support wars...the ruskies have in place, military grade polonium 212 that could wipe out millions to radioactive poison....war is in the future....

Answer 9

To answer your original question, my connection to Pearl Harbor comes by marriage. My Stepmother's father served at Pearl Harbor and is one of the dwindling number of survivors. He is an amazing man who certainly saw his share of horrors in the war and then returned home to carry on with his life and help build our country (speaking for the fellow Yanks). Interestingly he never felt the need to become a drug addict, dependant of the state, or part of any class-action law suits. He simply did his duty and came home. I hope that the soldiers currently deployed can show the valour and courage of our WWII vets, and enjoy the support and respect that was given to veterans of the past when they come back home. Regardless of your feelings for our bordering on atrocious president and his administration, it is OUR duty to support the thousands of American men and women in the armed forces, emotionally, financially, and in the voting booth.

Semper Fidelis

Answer 10

I have been to Pearl Harbour. Anybody who can do that to another human being deserves what they get.

I think that Pearl Harbour is a very emotional place. Just as I am sure Gallipoli would be for us Aussies.

Answer 11

There will always be wars...we as human beings need to find a way to solve conflicts without employing violence. That is all I have to say.