D-Day, the sad anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (55993)
December 7, 2025 6:33pm CST
December 7, 1941, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. This was a trigger that started WW2. Over 2400 people died that day. This caused our President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, to declare war, and said the famous line of ''a day that will live in infamy'' in his speech to Congress.
In my daily reading of news, I stumbled on an article saying that only 12 Pearl Harbor survivors are still alive, and none of them are in any shape to go there to honor their fallen comrades. It's not terribly long,I will post it in case anyone wants to read it.
I was never in the military, but close family and friends were. So many loved ones lost in this, and in all conflicts and wars. I think we owe it to them to remember the sacrifice they made for us.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/only-12-pearl-harbor-survivors-remain-on-the-84th-anniversary-none-can-attend-this-year-s-remembrance/ar-AA1RSmmw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=71d5d33991744573abc7a0d4fc16c7e0&ei=71
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@FourWalls (84025)
• United States
8 Dec
I worked across the street from the parking lot to the Arizona Memorial when I was stationed there. I couldn’t bring myself to go. We had Shore Patrol school on Ford Island, and the ferry took us past markers where the ships were moored that morning. The oil is still leaking from the Arizona. 
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
I can honestly see why you wouldn't want to go. I'm thinking I couldn't, either.
I do remember reading several times that oil is still leaking from the Arizona. 81 years, and it's still leaking. Unreal.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
@noni1959
I saw a news article with a picture of the oil leak, and it looked similar to yours. It's all so hard to imagine, yet we know it happened.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
Yes, there has. I know time must pass and the years march on, but it did hit me that only 12 survivors were left now, and none of them well enough to attend the ceremonies.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
@JudyEv
There are no longer any survivors that fought in WW1. And in my poking around the net to read about D-Day yesterday, I discovered that about 135 WW2 vets die in the US every day. It is estimated that there are approximately 40,000 of them left. Time passes, I know. They all have a story, a history, and we are indebted to them.
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@LadyDuck (495569)
• Italy
9 Dec
@MarieCoyle - So true, some want to "reign" until they die.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
It's true...and many just do it because they want ultimate power, as we know.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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11 Dec
@LadyDuck
They certainly do. And it's foolish, no matter who it is, or what country.
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@noni1959 (12761)
• United States
8 Dec
My very first time going to Hawaii, was to see Pearl Harbor. It was in 2007 and we took the "Braveheart" tour. A private van buss picked up 10 of us and took us to the USS Arizona first where we watched a video of the attack and story then boarded a ferry to the memorial over the sunken ship. It was so quiet and you could "feel" an energy there. We also saw the USS Missouri where the surrender was signed. After, we went to the military base and ate with officers and had a small tour. We went by Iolani Palace, King Kamehameha Statue and the Punchbowl Cemetery before ending at the military museum. I think they call it something else now and no longer eat on base.
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@noni1959 (12761)
• United States
8 Dec
@MarieCoyle When we were on the ferry going, we were told to be respectful and quiet on the memorial. On the ferry, kids were screaming, people talking loud and I thought there was no way that will happen. Soon as we docked, it got eerily quiet. No one talked while there. No kids cried, no fits, playing.....nothing. I still have goosebumps when I remember. It is sad but it was good to go pay respects.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
@noni1959
It's good that the respect for quiet was followed. Goosebumps, indeed.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
I bet you could feel an energy there. I am sure it was very interesting, like Four Walls, I am not sure I could handle it without tears.
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@Deepizzaguy (119235)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Dec
I remember the news reels on the former televisions in Panama showing the event in newsreels.
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@Deepizzaguy (119235)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Dec
@MarieCoyle I know what you mean.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
I have always been very interested in history and how it shaped our country as well as the world. Of course, war is part of that, but the part I wish hadn't happened.
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@Dreamerby (9997)
• Calcutta, India
9 Dec
Sad day indeed. War has always been futile!
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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11 Dec
There is a line from the movie ''Gone With The Wind'' that truly does hit home about war.
''"Most of the miseries of the world were caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were about.''
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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13 Dec
@Dreamerby
The commoners and those who do not know how to take care of themselves, or are unable to. War is never an answer, not in my opinion.
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@Dreamerby (9997)
• Calcutta, India
11 Dec
@MarieCoyle yeah true. It's always the commoners who suffered!
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@snowy22315 (204507)
• United States
11 Dec
I am grateful I got to visit the Arizona Memorial and got to see where the ship went down. Boggles the mind there is still oil coming up 84 years later.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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11 Dec
I know...it really makes it even more real, to see those oil pools.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
I remember my aunt saying when they heard the news, people cried for hours, and they knew many sons and husbands would go to war.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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11 Dec
I often feel we do not always honor the veterans as we should, but I do know that some people do.
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@MarieCoyle (55993)
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8 Dec
You are correct. It only takes one person, and he/she leads others into war.
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