72 years ago today the Japanese Naval Air attacked Pearl
Harbor and several other military facilities on the Island of Oahu,
Hawaii. Every year we remember the
horrible events that were to throw us into World War II. We need to take this time to remember those
who saved America during these trying times.
These men and women were mostly 1st & 2nd generation Americans who gave up everything
to defend our freedom and save our way of life.
We are losing these heroes at an alarming rate due to age. I have never heard one of these people refer
to themselves as Italian-American, Swedish-American or any other hyphenated origin,
they considered themselves nothing more than 100% American.
Being born in 1941 I have been lucky to know
many WWII vets for years, it seems a shame that now that their numbers are
depreciating so is the pride in the country they fought so hard to save. Patriotism was an automatic for these brave
souls, their big worry was the lines at the recruiting centers and making
arrangements with family members to watch over their loved ones. These were not extraordinary individuals,
they were truck drivers, carpenters, teachers and anyone who could pass the
physical. They became extraordinary by
their actions and their heroism. Many of
them had gone through the great depression already in their young lives and
when they came home they didn’t sit around, they went about rebuilding the
United States into the most modern democracy in the history of man.
God Bless them one and all.
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