[303rd-Talk] Remember Pearl Harbor Tomorrow

[Guy Schlegel]

   Although I was born after the war, I know where my parents were when 
Pearl Harbor was attacked. My dad was doing farm chores when a neighbor farm 
boy came to tell them of the news. My dad was 19 and knew it was just a 
matter of time before he and his older brother were called up as the draft 
had already been going on for over a year. My mom was helping her mom cook 
Sunday dinner when the news came over the radio. My grandmother started 
crying knowing it would be war and she had lost a brother from mustard gas 
during WW I and had suffered for 6 years afterwards until he died.
   Unfortunately for the younger generations, they're taught about the 
present and the future, i.e. Star Trek, Star Wars and the latest in 
technology. A famous person once said something to the effect that those who 
forget past history are bound to repeat it, and this could be our undoing.
   I think what is taught in school about WW II is too simplistic, that 
basically we and our allies won the war and that's that. We should teach the 
kids what this world would be like had things turned out differently. The 
different scenarios are mind boggling!
   Thanks to all the vets who made sure there was only ONE outcome!

Only the Best!
Guy Schlegel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Bill Runnels" <billrunnels at netscape.com>
To: <glm at 303rdBG.com>; "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" 
<303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Remember Pearl Harbor Tomorrow


> Hi Terry & Gary,
> My folks and I were walking home from church when a neighbor along the way 
> came out of her house to inform us of the bombing.  I was 16 years of age 
> at the time.............Bill Runnels
>
> --- glm at 303rdBG.com wrote:
>
> From: "Gary Moncur" <glm at 303rdBG.com>
> To: 303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Remember Pearl Harbor Tomorrow
> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:57:22 -0700
>
>> Members, remember Pearl Harbor tomorrow. Sixy-six years ago. Pearl
>> Harbor has been forgotton by most people.    Terry
>>
>
> Terry,
> Thanks for the reminder.  Everyone who was old enough to realize what
> was going on remembers where they were when they heard the news.  It
> was about 7 years before I was born.
>
> I'd be very interested to hear anyone's "Where I was on December 7,
> 1941" memories.
>
> Gary
>
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