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Joy of Survival

© Songbird Cline

Joy of Survival

Uploaded: December 07, 2012 17:58:14

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Today is the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. My father, now 93 holds up a photo of himself when he was 19 when he joined the Navy in 1939. He witnessed the attack and is joyful to be a Pearl Harbor survivor.

Exif: F Number: 4.2, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 30.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90

Comments

Linda Karlin December 07, 2012

Great shot and tribute. He is a true hero. #1502380

Songbird Cline level-classic December 07, 2012

Thank you very much for the kind comment..if I were a typist I could sooo tell some of his stories... #10455175

David M. Montero December 08, 2012

As a Vietnam veteran stationed at Hickam AFB for many years please tell your father THANK YOU!!! The billet I lived in still had the bullet holes is the walls of the building from the attack on Dec. 7th. Your father is a honored hero in my book. #10455346

Songbird Cline level-classic December 08, 2012

When I was in the fourth grade I came home from school and as like religious clock work my mother asked me what I had learned in school that day.. I told her that we learned about the heroes of Pearl Harbor. About the hideous Japanese surprise attack, all the men that died, the Arizona, and all the surviving men who heroically did everything they could to help and rescue the injured and trapped men. I remember this day very clearly, the teachers passionate message and my mothers reaction. So as I'm gushing all about what I had learned and all about the wonderful heroes of that day, my mother calmly says, "would you like to meet one of those heroes?" Amazed and surprised that my mother actually knows a Pearl harbor survivor, I say, "YES!!" She told me okay, go do your chores and homework and I will introduce you to him later. So, later that afternoon I hear my father drive in, and we go to the door as we always did when he came home from work. He opened the door, tool a step in the house and my mother says, "There is your hero". I was flabbergasted! WHAT?? My father is one of the heroes my teacher was gushing with pride about about at school that day?? I remember saying.. "You are one of the heroes?" Very emphatically and definitely he replied, "NO, I am NOT a hero, the heroes never made it home".

Little did I know at that time that my mother knew very well all about the war and Pearl Harbor. She was one of the first women to join the navy after the war started and they began to allow women into service.
The ladies in the Navy were called "WAVES" then.. "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service".

My mother had a top secret clearance as a storekeeper. She worked with ships provisions and had knowledge of where
what food was on the ship.
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