Pearl Harbor

Dylan · December 7, 2013

72nd anniversary today.

Respect to all of the vets (with us or not) for what they had to go through during that day, and the following four years.

bluejock · December 7, 2013

Can't really imagine how horrific it would be to be trapped in a burning battleship as it sinks.

Dylan · December 7, 2013

RIP to the men still resting inside the hull of USS Arizona and USS Utah

Deleted member 28206 · December 7, 2013

Very sad, Dylan did you see this?

Impressively bad PR.

https://twitter.com/spaghettios/status/409162874184298496

Dylan · December 7, 2013

Thats terrible.....

peteblue · December 7, 2013

A day of treachery and valour..........

toffeejack · December 7, 2013

RIP all

tsubaki · December 7, 2013

RIP to those who lost their lives, but the idiots in the Japanese government who approved it - against the advice of almost everyone who would have been expected to lead it - probably inadvertently saved the world from the darkness of fascism, militant nationalism and nazism.

mezzrow · December 7, 2013

"a date which will live in infamy." Never forget.

All honor to those who gave their last full measure of devotion on that terrible day. I've known several Pearl Harbor survivors - I live and grew up in a Navy town. We stand on the shoulders of giants, both here and in Liverpool. We've been very lucky to live in these times, not those.

Pat's Van · December 7, 2013

RIP to all who perished

blaggerblue · December 7, 2013

bluejock said:
Can't really imagine how horrific it would be to be trapped in a burning battleship as it sinks.

unimaginably frightening...i get panic attacks on a train ffs

Gwladys St. Glory · December 7, 2013

Jamo Martinez · December 7, 2013

RIP to those who perished.

What was the name of the ship that survived unscathed (think it was the only one)? I think it was nicknamed 'Lucky' in the US Navy. I know it was sold to the Argentine navy and sunk in the Falklands war under it's new name 'General Belgrano'.

lmurkder · December 7, 2013

bluejock said:
Can't really imagine how horrific it would be to be trapped in a burning battleship as it sinks.

HMS Hood.

Dylan · December 7, 2013

Jamo Martinez said:
RIP to those who perished.

What was the name of the ship that survived unscathed (think it was the only one)? I think it was nicknamed 'Lucky' in the US Navy. I know it was sold to the Argentine navy and sunk in the Falklands war under it's new name 'General Belgrano'.

That was the USS Phoenix. IIRC, it was a light cruiser. Yes, then sold to Argentina where she met her end to the only torpedo ever fired by a nuclear powered submarine in anger (obv, shootex and test shots don't count).