Remember Pearl Harbor

[Seth Swoboda]

December 7, 1941 a day which will live in infamy. Well maybe. I'd guess most folks have already forgotten that infamous deed.

In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, lets see some 1941 Fords and Ford military equipment in this post.

[rockfla]

I will start, Actually for a "war time" vehicle...this one is "pre" WWII and "pre" Pearl Harbor. Date of Delivery of 9/8/1941 and the "First" production Jeep for Ford. Unfortunately, I cannot celebrate with a drive and show-off as the motor is back out of it for re-repair.....BUT in honor of Dec 7th and this post!!!

[sidevalve8ba]

How about an in flight view from a B-24 built by Ford.

[5851a]

I was so surprised I had to listen to the news for half an hour before it was mentioned. Shameful.

[V8ER]

We will never forget.

[Karl Wescott]

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My dad's family took delivery of their new tractor Saturday, and spent the day getting it set up. Sunday was beautiful weather so my dad, grandfather, and two brothers were eager to start learning how to work the new toy... Until, at 10:00 am pacific time my grandmother came running out of the house with the news "The Japanese are bombing Pearl Harbor!".


My grandfather, a WW1 veteran (wounded by gas at Verdun) served as an officer in the "Oregon Guard", the last line of defense of people too old, or too young to be active military. My grandmother served as a airplane spotter in the Guard. My dad served in the Guard during high school (and may have seen a causality from a Japanese balloon bomb), enlisted in the Navy after graduating high school but was still in training when Japan surrendered.

[DavidG]

A cousin of mine was serving on a minesweeper in the harbor that day and fortunately was not wounded or worse.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by sidevalve8ba

How about an in flight view from a B-24 built by Ford.

[Bob C]

Here's a look out the other side.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Bob C

Here's a look out the other side.

[TJ]

God Bless all of our WWW II vets. We should never forget all our veterans who have kept our country safe.

[richard crow]

count the japanese cars in the parking & on the road

[sugarmaker]

Seth,
Thanks for the reminder! Had two uncles that were In WWII. One worked setting up radar install before planes were landed on islands in the Pacific. The other was in Europe for clean up. Neither one talked about it much.
Very proud of them and our service men that continue to protect this great country!
Regards,
Chris and Cheryl

[Seth Swoboda]

Originally Posted by TJ

God Bless all of our WWW II vets. We should never forget all our veterans who have kept our country safe.

Absolutley.

The attack on Pearl Harbor has affected everyone of us today in that the world is a different place in so many different ways. 80 million people died during WWII. The US saved the world from Tojo and Hitler. God bless all those who served and all those who died.

[Darrell S]

What is so dis-heartening, is that so many are just giving away what all these brave souls died for.

[BobNH]

I have not seen one single mention on todays news from any stations I watch about Pearl Harbor, How in the Hell do you forget something like that ? God bless all those who served and gave it all ! !

[Graeme / New Zealand]

Originally Posted by Seth Swoboda

Absolutley.

The attack on Pearl Harbor has affected everyone of us today in that the world is a different place in so many different ways. 80 million people died during WWII. The US saved the world from Tojo and Hitler. God bless all those who served and all those who died.

The hard yards had already been done by Britain and her Commonwealth countries though since 1939.

GB

[Ol' Ron]

Yes, I was 8 years old when that happeed. Only 135 million people lived hereand our industry was just coming out of a depression and in 4 years we beat the enemys on both sides of the world fed most of the world with food and material, ending the war the most powerful nation in the world. lookk how far we've come???

[Robert/Texas]

I was 7 years old when that happened. I don't remember much of that day but a lot from Monday, the 8th. I lived in NJ and was in the second grade. While waiting for our school to open the 6th graders told us younger kids that the Japs were coming and were going to kill us. Most of us got scared and started crying.

[Bob NH]

I was also 6 years of age when this took place. Anyone remember picking "Milkweed" pods to be used in life vests for pilots ? Think we were getting .10 cents a peck and needed to be fluffy, not still in the pod if I am remembering correctly.