For me, that movie, and subsequent conversations with my father about his experiences, captured what the world and our military was like right up until the time the world changed forever.
Thank you dad for your service to our country during WWII. RIP.
Wow! I never did see the movie (movies just aren't my thing, for the most part) but I was a big fan. I came across Some Came Running in my mom's Wall of Books™ when I was around 9 or 10 years old and just loved it! (It can't be denied, I was a very strange little kid haha) & so, immediately went to the library & checked out all the other books by James Jones that I could find. Then quickly devoured them and wrote a gushy fan letter to the author.
This was back in elementary school/ middle when I was still dotting my i's with little hearts -- Just taking a wild guess, I imagine the majority of his fans were not prepubescent girls, but he did send me a very gracious reply (not a form letter). Maybe I still have it somewhere.
That's pretty interesting brightday. You should see the movie. It won 8 academy awards and besides Sinatra and Donna Reed who both won in supporting roles, there were other great performances by the lead and other supporting characters. Some came running is a pretty good flick too.
He was 27 on 12/07/41. He was drafted soon after and spent four years in the South Pacific fighting the Japanese.
He saw some pretty gruesome action but to his credit he was never prejudiced against Japanese people.
Or if he was he kept it to himself, but he always said he thought the Japanese internment camps in the USA were moronic. There was a big one south of San Francisco at a horse track that's now a big mall, and our family knew some folks who were forced to go there. They made it sound like it was a little slice of hell, living in horse stalls, losing their possessions, having their car taken and sold.
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"A date which will live in
"A date which will live in infamy."
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Never forget.
Never forget.
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Great article about a
Great article about a survivor of the Arizona who had never talked about the experience until recently.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pearl-harbor-anniversary-20161207-st...
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"From Here To Eternity"
"From Here To Eternity"
For me, that movie, and subsequent conversations with my father about his experiences, captured what the world and our military was like right up until the time the world changed forever.
Thank you dad for your service to our country during WWII. RIP.
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I can remember a time when
I can remember a time when most people wouldn't buy things that said made in Japan.
RIP
http://history1900s.about.com/od/Pearl-Harbor/a/Pearl-Harbor-Facts.htm
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Great specials on public tv
Great specials on public tv recently on battleships Arizona, and Oklahoma. (separate specials)
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>>>"From Here To Eternity"<<<
>>>"From Here To Eternity"<<<
Wow! I never did see the movie (movies just aren't my thing, for the most part) but I was a big fan. I came across Some Came Running in my mom's Wall of Books™ when I was around 9 or 10 years old and just loved it! (It can't be denied, I was a very strange little kid haha) & so, immediately went to the library & checked out all the other books by James Jones that I could find. Then quickly devoured them and wrote a gushy fan letter to the author.
This was back in elementary school/ middle when I was still dotting my i's with little hearts
-- Just taking a wild guess, I imagine the majority of his fans were not prepubescent girls, but he did send me a very gracious reply (not a form letter). Maybe I still have it somewhere.
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>>>"From Here To Eternity"<<<
Too easy to double post. I'll be more careful in the future.
OK?
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That's pretty interesting
That's pretty interesting brightday. You should see the movie. It won 8 academy awards and besides Sinatra and Donna Reed who both won in supporting roles, there were other great performances by the lead and other supporting characters. Some came running is a pretty good flick too.
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My father passed away 11
My father passed away 11 years ago today.
He was 27 on 12/07/41. He was drafted soon after and spent four years in the South Pacific fighting the Japanese.
He saw some pretty gruesome action but to his credit he was never prejudiced against Japanese people.
Or if he was he kept it to himself, but he always said he thought the Japanese internment camps in the USA were moronic. There was a big one south of San Francisco at a horse track that's now a big mall, and our family knew some folks who were forced to go there. They made it sound like it was a little slice of hell, living in horse stalls, losing their possessions, having their car taken and sold.
A hell of a time to be alive.
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I have a deep respect for you
I have a deep respect for your father Lance, and all those that fought in the South Pacific during WWII.
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Kudos to your dad Lance. May
Kudos to your dad Lance. May he RIP.