Pearl Harbor Survivor

[tbradsim1]

Acadiana Roy Richard 98, helped save 33 men trapped in their ship, going to New Orleans WWII Museum today with a Military Escort. I salute you Roy!

 

[Merton]

A day that every American ought to acknowledge and remember. Amen.

 

[kurtbob]

A day that every American ought to acknowledge and remember. Amen.

Agree 100%

 

[mso489]

Roy looks resolute. God bless him.

 

[weezell]

God Bless and can not say Thank You enough for your service!...

 

[kcghost]

? Stand tall Mr. Richard. You have earned it.

 

[madox07]

I don't know about you guys .. but around here we see less and less of them ww2 veterans. As time goes by they pass on, and their individual deeds fade away as no history book can cover all of them, while the youngsters nowadays unfortunately couldn't care less.

 

[Streeper541]

Awesome.

 

[bayareabriar]

Most families got calls a few weeks before Christmas that their son or sons were unaccounted for and still are. It wasn’t until February until they advised most that their son or son’s perished. Imagine how Christmas was for those families 80 years ago.

Did you know there is assistance available for widowed spouses of WW2 and I think Korean War through the VA? Doesn’t mean the soldier had to pass in service but if she was married to a vet from that era. Reach out to me if your grandma or mother for some of you older gents need some info.

 

[jaytex1969]

Thanks, Brad, for my desktop pic for the day.

You just reminded me of one of the greatest expressions of both military humor and sarcasm I ever saw.

One day in the mid 90's, while walking down a busy street in downtown Baltimore, I saw an old man go by in a huge Lincoln land yacht.

On the back was a "Pearl Harbor Survivor" license plate with plate frame that said, "Happiness is being in Hawaii".

 

[keith929]

To all WW2 veterans(including my dad): Thank you for your sacrifice .

 

[bayareabriar]

I don't know about you guys .. but around here we see less and less of them ww2 veterans. As time goes by they pass on, and their individual deeds fade away as no history book can cover all of them, while the youngsters nowadays unfortunately couldn't care less.

We have 1 that still comes to the vfw regularly

 

[leonardbill1]

Can you imagine being 18 years old and going through that day? A real hero.

 

[mikethompson]

. As time goes by they pass on, and their individual deeds fade away as no history book can cover all of them

All the more important to listen to them when they do share ?

 

[Grangerous]

My good friend Sam passed away at 99. He was kept over the horizon during the attack on Pearl. He was a radioman who throughout the war was always in the know. — Sam along with both of my my grandfathers were a source of living history. Vic a marine on Iwo and Fred on a Tin Can Destroyer.

My Father, a Navy Corpsman, commented last night on the hard and slow death of men who did not drown but were trapped within Arizona.

Never forget them.