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84 years ago, lest we forget

Posted on 12/6/25 at 10:40 pm
Posted by Purplehaze
spring, tx
Member since Dec 2003
2313 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 10:40 pm
I believe there all the survivors are dead. Honor their memory.

Pearl Harbor minute by minute, this is 47 minutes long. There are others in Youtube with several chapters that would take a couple of hours to watch.

Pearl Harbor minute by minute

This one is Pearl Harbor, 24 hours after and it is over an hour if you have the time.

Pearl Harbor 24 hours after
Posted by Da #1 Stunna
985
Member since Oct 2012
1836 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 10:50 pm to
I have not had the opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor yet, but it is definitely a trip that I have to take at some point. If nothing else, I want to pay my respects to those that perished there.

I have seen that minute by minute Doc and it is incredible in its detail and information.

Events like this need to be remembered every year. Those that do not study history, are doomed to repeat it.

Posted by BoogaBear
Member since Jul 2013
6981 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

visit Pearl Harbor


It's indescribable.

Suggest diamond head as well. I was fortunate enough to have a military pass and got to see all the bases and such. There's still barracks with bullet holes in them, it's just surreal.

I'm not military, stayed with some friends on base.
Posted by lsujag
Member since Jan 2012
2809 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:09 am to
Last January, we took a day trip from the Big Island to see Pearl Harbor. Was just an amazing, yet humbling experience. While visiting a museum, you are also visiting a grave site. I definitely recommend anyone going to Hawaii, no matter what island you visit, to go spend time at Pearl
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
6740 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:34 am to
It would’ve been much worse if Task Force 8 (Halsey’s 13 ships) including the Enterprise was at Pearl Harbor. The task force was supposed to be back at Pearl on the 6th from a secret mission to Wake but encountered a storm plus refueling issues that pushed their arrival back even further.

The fact that the Japanese failed to launch a 3rd wave destroying the Navy Yard fuel tanks was a stroke of luck. That would’ve set the Pacific Fleet back months if that was destroyed.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
88724 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:52 am to
So who were the multiple people who completely ignored the warnings and reports and kept us from defending against the attack?
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
13405 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:22 am to
“Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Schubring enlisted when he was just 17.”He’s now 103.
—12/7/25 Fox News online
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
13405 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:29 am to
So who were the multiple people who completely ignored the warnings and reports and kept us from defending against the attack?
—-You could read a book or even go to wikipedia and find out.

US brass figured the closest the Japanese could get might be Midway, 1200 miles away, so they sent a carrier in that direction a few days before Dec 7. It turned around when it learned of the attack

Like in all surprise attacks, the top brass were guilty of a lack of imagination.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
88724 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:36 am to
Yeah dude I’ll go read a book about it and come back to continue the discussion
Posted by Warheel
Member since Aug 2011
2231 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:44 am to
My dad used to watch Tora! Tora! Tora! when it was on network TV in the 70s and I used to watch it with him. I seem to remember it as a pretty good movie about Pearl Harbor. Got to visit the Memorial in 1986.

About 15 or so years ago I was staying at a Hampton Inn where several Pearl Harbor vets were staying for a reunion. I was in awe of those men and what they had to endure that day

Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88427 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 8:53 am to
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I have not had the opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor yet, but it is definitely a trip that I have to take at some point.


pretty solemn place, you can still see drops of fuel oil occasionally bubbling up from the Arizona

ETA: if you go, go see the Mighty Mo', the Bowfin, and the Punch Bowl too
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 9:06 am
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4318 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:11 am to
My grandmother owned a boarding house with 15 boarders. One week after Pearl Harbor every boarder had enlisted.

She changed the boarding house to a small inn.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88427 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:13 am to
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One week after Pearl Harbor every boarder had enlisted.



different breed of folks back then
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
28241 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:35 am to
My daughter (No Pics) is getting married next year in Hawaii. I will finally get to visit Pearl Harbor. Never Forget.....
Posted by RustyDaDog
BAOK
Member since Mar 2023
954 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:45 am to
I believe I read somewhere, there are 13 survivors left.

God Bless the greatest generation
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
26293 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:49 am to
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I believe there all the survivors are dead.


There is something like 11 or 13 still alive
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88427 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:52 am to
quote:

There is something like 13 or 11 still alive




fify
Posted by PetroAg
Member since Jun 2013
1871 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 9:54 am to
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
39491 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 10:00 am to
Posted by Shorts Guy
BR
Member since Dec 2023
541 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 10:10 am to
Anybody who hasn’t visited should make it a priority. Pearl Harbor is obviously the highlight experience and not to be missed. There’s so much history all over those islands. Coming from Louisiana, I also enjoyed learning about their (now defunct) sugar industry. I think they still produced on Maui until the last 10 years or so.
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