Well here goes....I remember Pearl Harbor. I will be 73 February 28, '03.
BTW, I am sorting through about 350 emails that stacked up while I was
in Hawaii the last week. I did not get to tour Pearl Harbor, spent our
time on Maui, but I spent 2 hours at the Honolulu Airport yesterday,
just not enough time to go and see anything though.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Albaugh, Neil wrote:
> Wes;
>
> I can't remember Pearl Harbor but I sure remember V-J Day!
>
> When I was a kid, we lived on the Isle of Palms outside of Charleston, SC
> and there were times that burning ships could be seen in the distance at
> night. German submarines patrolled the coast and torpedoed ships that left
> Charleston in convoys bound for Europe or the Mediteranean. After a
> hurricane, parts of the Charleston harbor's anti-submarine nets washed up on
> the beach in front of our beach house.
>
> Later, we moved to Myrtle beach and lived in a house on the beach. It was
> built up on pilings and at high tide the water would be under the house. I
> remember the Coast Guard riding horses up and down the beach checking that
> everyone had his blackout shades drawn at night so no light would be
> visible. U-boats used shore lights as navigation aids, so everything was
> blacked out at night.
>
> I also remember pulling my little wagon around the neighborhood collecting
> scrap metal for the war effort and my mother crying when my Dad had to go
> overseas. We were lucky-- my Dad came home but so many Dads didn't.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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