Day of rememberance...

[sailhog]

Today is June 5. I think it would be fitting if we all paused to remember what happened 25 years ago when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Funny that none of the news channels have made mention of it, but I guess they have more important things to cover, like John and Kate's marriage. Kinda reminds me of that saying: "Those who don't remember their history are bound to repeat it."

[SailKing1]

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[poopdeckpappy]

Originally Posted by sailhog

"Those who don't remember their history are bound to repeat it."

Nothing is over till WE say it's over

[sailhog]

What a great movie. I liked the latex glove deal. And the kiln explosion. Man, her friend was stacked...

[tdw]

Originally Posted by sailhog

What a great movie. I liked the latex glove deal. And the kiln explosion. Man, her friend was stacked...

Man I have seen threads go down the tube in my time but this must be a record. From Pearl Harbour to Animal House in four posts. Quite an achievement.


What a day that must have been though. I can only imagine the horror for the victims and the uproar in the US. Funny to think what might have been had the Japanese not dragged you lot into WWII though. Wonder what Europe would look like today had it not happened.

I went to the Arizona memorial site many moons ago...as always with these kind of things very moving... certainly gives one pause for thought.

[sailhog]

Originally Posted by tdw

Man I have seen threads go down the tube in my time but this must be a record. From Pearl Harbour to Animal House in four posts. Quite an achievement.
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Unlike the Wombat, I was deeply moved during the part of Animal House where the audience learns of the co-ed who died in the kiln explosion. Obviously the Captain Wombat hates co-eds. Or maybe he just hates kilns. I don't know why he hates kilns so much. He's obviuosly your garden variety kiln/co-ed hating Australian. I sense a lot of rage in that man. Fortunately there are men such as myself who take kiln explosoins seriously.

[sailaway21]

I'm afraid that our Wombat has missed the full significance of the OP's opening post. Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7th, 1941. Today, June 6th, marks the sixty fifth anniversary of D-Day. The OP was a send-up from the start. (g)

My thoughts on the 6th of June can be found here:
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[bubb2]

When you visit Ste Mere Eglise you will see the mannequin of John Steele hanging from the church steeple. Steele landed on the roof of the church on D-Day but not where the model of him is. The actual landing location of John Steele was verified by fellow trooper Ken Russell who landed on the church below Steele.
Steel landed left of the clock face in this picture and Russell landed above the middle window where he was caught in his parachute. When Russell was trying to cut himself free of his chute he cut the top of his thumb off.
Russell could see paratroopers landing all over the square including his buddy Sgt. John Ray who landed near the church. As soon as Ray landed a German shot him in the chest. The German then turned and aimed at Russell and Steele who were still hanging on the church.
Ray who hadn't been killed by the German could see what was going to happen and pulled out his .45 pistol and killed the German, saving his friends before he died of his wounds.

Ken Russell was meant to be the guest of honour at the 60 anniversary celebrations in Ste Mere Eglise. Sadly he died in his sleep on the anniversary of D-Day at almost the same time the German took aim at him 60 years before.

[sailaway21]

Thanks for that, Bubb...a far more serious matter and one that we should remember far better than a movie from the 1970's.

[sailhog]

Oh, come on. Let's keep it real. I'll await Sway's correction to the above post. Maybe something like: "Everything I learned about WWII I got from watching MASH."