Day of Infamy

Day of Infamy

December 7, 2011, 11:57 AM
Filed under: Patriotism

Today is December 7, 2011.  Seventy years ago, one of the most historic and terrible days  took place when Japan attacked our fleet and soldiers at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands.  This morning I was reading some of the veterans takes on that horrific day and once again realized that that group of people known as “The Greatest Generation” are running out of time.  Phyllis and I have been fortunate enough to have visited Pearl Harbor as well as the beaches of Normandy.  When you see what this generation accomplished against some really tough odds, it boggles the mind.  We recently were down at  the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC and we had the opportunity to visit with some of the veterans.  They tell their stories very modestly.  To them it was their job and duty to accomplish the great things they did.  This group is now dying off at the rate of four to five thousand a month.  We don’t have much time left to say thank you but we would like to say thank you  to  those special veterans of World War II and all other veterans of our Armed Services.  God bless them all.

 

Gary Marcucci

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