Pearl Harbor...

[SmallHurst]

My Grandpa never let me forget about this date. In fact, before I came into work today, I was thinking about it. On of those things infused in the cranial capacitor! To all of those who have defended the Stars and Stripes and to all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice......

[PeteLeathersac]

A heartfelt salute from Canada to those who have fought and are still fighting for what we believe in...FREEDOM!!! .
I don't usually fly the US flag but since there's not a Canadian one here yet...

~ Pete

[Donutblue]

Arizona Memorial - one of the few places that the flag never fly's at Half Mast.- OK, who knows the others ????

[396L35]

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Arizona Memorial - one of the few places that the flag never fly's at Half Mast.- OK, who knows the others ????

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Probably at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier, and there is that one on the moon...

[Rick H]

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Arizona Memorial - one of the few places that the flag never fly's at Half Mast.- OK, who knows the others ????

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The only flag that never flies at half staff is the one on the Moon.

Rick H.

[Donutblue]

My bad guys, I got the correct info from the National Park service

The USS Arizona was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in December of 1942. On March 7, 1950 the Arizona was symbolically "re-commissioned" when a flagpole was erected on the ship. The Arizona is treated as one of the current fleet and the flag flying on the ship's mast only flies at half-staff when the other ships fly their flags at half-staff.

[Chevy454]

Remember, we must...but it's slowly being forgotten by many. Sadly the government has cut back on Veterans benefits, including death benefits...used to be every veteran was entitled to death benefits ($$$) and a full military funeral with firing squad and honor detail, now all a veteran is guaranteed is a stone and a flag. Fortunately, Missouri has taken up the slack and started it's own Military Honors program, staffed by Reservists and National Guard folks...all Veterans deserve this, but I shudder to think that not all Veterans in all states are as lucky as those here in the Show-Me State.

And being the day after the Pearl Harbor anniversary, I thought it appropriate to recommend a couple books I just finished, each of which cover the initial response from the U.S.A. in the immediate days and months after Pearl Harbor. "The First Heroes" covered the Doolittle Raid, about the attack on Japan in the Asian Theater, while "An Army at Dawn" covered the first Allied offensive in the European Theater, with an attack on the Algerian/Tunisian coast. I read them at the same time, as their timelines were almost parallel...I'd *HIGHLY* recommend both...and "An Army at Dawn" is the first of a trilogy of books, even.