I was born on Pearl Harbor Day..... YIKES, I'm 68. Sam Colvin In a message dated 12/7/2009 6:34:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, wdlnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I was just seven. I had just gotten a boxer puppy for my birthday on December 3rd. I too was probably lying on the floor reading the Sunday comics as I did every Sunday before lunch. It sure changed our lives. Gas rationing, food rationing. My mom worked in the hospital as a Red Cross nurse's aide. I still have her pin. At the Saturday movies (10¢) the news reels showed the fighting. Birgit Rhoads Woodland Hudson Oh wdlnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.woodlandpwc.com Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. On Dec 7, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Ohiogreys@xxxxxxx wrote: > I wasn't born until after Pearl Harbor, but my step father was on the USS > California. They suffered severe damage and were ordered to abandon ship. > My step father jumped overboard with the ships priest thinking that if it > was his time, he might get into heaven on the priests coattails. To hear > him speak of swimming through flaming water and bodies to get to shore was > humbling. He was only 18 years old. > > > In a message dated 12/7/2009 7:02:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I have been thinking where I was on this day in 1941. I was lying on the > floor reading the Sunday comics, and a voice came over the radio saying > that the Japanese had attacked our fleet at Pearl Harbor. That was long > ago, but still quite vivid in my book of memories. I realize most of you > weren't born yet. Doris Estabrook > ===========================================================================> POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the > original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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