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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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A DAY OF INFAMY Around eight o’clock in the morn In Nineteen forty-one On December the Seventh Our World War Two was begun. We’d tried to stay out of it And said, it was not our fight But an attack by Jap aircraft Made us look and see the light. One hundred of our ships Were docked at the Seaport And planes parked all around With Troops for their support. The saddest part of the attack Was, it was known an hour before A Jap midget sub spotted and sunk And that may have changed the War. The crew of the USS Ward Who had sent it down below Radioed Pearl Naval Command Who didn’t believe their story, so. That one hour of warning The Navy Brass failed to heed May have saved so many lives Maybe lost without need. Some sixty-one years later The truth was finally known The sub found with the holes Shells from the Ward had blown. Some have said our Government Knew of the attack beforehand Some accounts hard to believe And even harder to understand. Almost twelve hundred wounded Nearly twenty-four hundred died Our Country shocked and outraged While all of our People cried. Twenty-one ships sunk or damaged Plus more than three hundred planes Wrecks strewn along the bottom Which, still hold some remains. Many years have come and passed Since that day of infamy With so many more battles waged To help keep our Country Free. So sad it takes War for Peace But guess that’s the Human way But seems there’s more time fighting Than we spend with a Peaceful Day. December 7th, 2005 SEVEN COME ELEVEN (after 9/11) On this day we remember That “day of infamy” And sadly we understand More than we want to see. A “sneak attack” on Freedom And the American way Brought back to reality On Septembers’ eleventh day. Thousands died in forty-one With so many not retrieved Resting in their watery grave O’er which friends and family grieved. Now we have another place Known to all, as “Ground Zero” Where we have another bunch Of, the American Hero. Sixty years of times’ passage Hasn’t changed the “Patriot” Hasn’t dampened our resolve To remember, not, forget. Those who gave their, “all” And those, still yet, to “give” Standing for, protecting The kind of life, we live. The casualties of war Don’t always bear a gun But, they all are Heroes When all is said and done. Now, we have another one Of those “infamous” days With the horrible cost That Freedom, often, pays. December 7th, 2001 An interesting and provocative article about Pearl http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=179 Del "Abe" Jones |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
excellent Abe. yes the truth is they were warned and knew about the impending attack long before it happened. a military investigation after the war admitted failures to react but refused to asign blame. (sound familiar?) it's nice to see someone not blinded by revisionist history. i guess in the end most will argue, the ends justified the means. but i wonder how much solace that is to familes of the twenty-four hundred if they knew the truth. |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
An excellent write about the truth of both times, and to quote you, But, they all are Heroes When all is said and done. Yes, they sure were. |
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