Pearl Harbor Silence
Apr 19, 2019 08:48:04 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
It rare to get an private audience with Mighty Mo ... usually she is full of tourists ..., if you stand on her decks and listen carefully .., you can hear and feel her breathe .. .
very nice shot, dr. Nikon.
Apr 19, 2019 09:06:31 #
Herb Myles wrote:
I was stationed at Pearl in WW2-not during the bom... (show quote)
God bless, and thanks for your service!
82 year old retired Navy.
Apr 19, 2019 09:13:24 #
Apr 19, 2019 09:31:05 #
Herb,
"Thank You" for your service...that also goes out to all our Heroes in military service past and present.
"Thank You" for your service...that also goes out to all our Heroes in military service past and present.
Apr 19, 2019 10:43:02 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
Herb Myles wrote:
It was the last war that was fought for any decent reason-I will be 95 in 2 weeks
I couldn't agree more.
Apr 19, 2019 10:44:28 #
have seen The New Jersey and it's a BEAST of a battle ship......lucky you
Apr 19, 2019 11:03:37 #
Apr 19, 2019 11:05:52 #
Good Bless you Herb .., thnx to people like you ... Im allowed to own a Camera .., and said camera comes with an English handbook ..... vs German/Japanese only ..🇺🇸👍
Apr 19, 2019 11:20:24 #
Apr 19, 2019 11:28:38 #
I have been on the Mighty Mo several times, from Bremerton to Pearl Harbor. The view from the bridge at Pearl is solemn. She is guarding the Arizona.
Apr 19, 2019 12:08:22 #
Jim70
Loc: Delaware
Awesome shots! I was aboard the USS New Jersey when she was in the Phila. Navy yard during Viet Nam. Made the destroyer I was on look kinda puny.
Thanks for your service.
Thanks for your service.
Apr 19, 2019 13:30:28 #
You show her off very nicely Dr. She does bring a lot of emotions to those who remember.
Apr 19, 2019 14:47:40 #
kenpic
Loc: Edmonds, WA
My father-in-law was on the USS Lexington (CV-2) when it was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea. He then was sent to a shipyard in NY to bring out a new battleship. It was BB-63, the USS Missouri! So he was a plankowner. I guess if you're a chief gunner, you can't do any better than the Missouri. He retired as a CWO4. He actually missed the surrender because he was sent ashore to escort a Japanese photographer who was taking pictures on the base at Yokohama.
Apr 19, 2019 14:57:47 #
I revisited my WW2 haunts--Pearl Harbor in 1984 (my80th birthday---will be 95 in 2 weeks)--spent some time on the Mighty Mo and also visited the Arizona memorial--my gun battery HQ was in Waipahu School near Marine Air Base in Ewa, with gun battalions all thru the sugar cane and pineapple fields--139th AAA Group of the 48th AAA Brigade-- on a mountain --Aiea Heights looking down on Pearl like a diorama--after the war we were moved to Fort Ruger in Waikiki--it is all gone now even most of the Fort--pity-
Apr 19, 2019 16:43:00 #
My wife and I toured the North Carolina. It took us over five hours. That was before my digital photography days so I have no photos.
Bud
Bud
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