pqr Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Lest we forget….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE 2,388 Americans died in the attack 1,178 Americans were wounded 21 American ships were sunk or damaged 323 American aircraft were destroyed or damaged 1,177 Americans involved in the attack were serving on the USS Arizona 333 servicemen serving on the USS Arizona survived the attack 15 Medals of Honor 51 Navy Crosses awarded for action that day. Herbert Charpiot Jones (21 January 1918 – 7 December 1941) was an officer in the United States Navy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Jones was born 21 January 1918 at Los Angeles, California and enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 14 May 1935. He was commissioned Ensign 14 November 1940 and reported to the battleship California (BB-44), at Pearl Harbor 2 weeks later. On 7 December 1941, the 23-year-old Ensign was about to relieve the officer-of-the-deck on California when Japanese planes swooped in to attack. In the first wave, a torpedo and a bomb hit the ship. Ens. Jones dived into a smoke-filled hatchway and crawled along oil-slick decks to rescue a stricken sailor before being temporarily overcome by fumes. Reviving, Ensign Jones saw an antiaircraft battery without a leader and, staggering to his feet, took command. As a second wave of Japanese planes came in, the young officer fired his guns until all their ammunition was expended. Since the torpedo had put California's ammunition hoist out of action, Ens. Jones quickly organized a party of volunteers to go below and pass the ammunition up by hand. The vitally needed shells had just begun to reach the battery when a bomb hit the ship and mortally wounded him. Citation: For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. Ensign Jones organized and led a party, which was supplying ammunition to the antiaircraft battery of the U.S.S. California after the mechanical hoists were put out of action when he was fatally wounded by a bomb explosion. When 2 men attempted to take him from the area which was on fire, he refused to let them do so, saying in words to the effect, "Leave me alone! I am done for. Get out of here before the magazines go off." May they rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Talked to my kids about it this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Read the novel Unbroken about Louis Zamperinin-great WWII story http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/1400064163/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323257959&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thank you for the reminder.:001_smile: It's also my MIL's birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The book Children of Battleship Row by Joan Zuber Earle is one of the best books I've read about Pearl Harbor and is far and away better than any of the fictional YA books set during the attack. Zuber was the younger daughter of the Marine Colonel in charge of the Marine detachment at Ford Island. She lived with her family in one of the bungalows on Ford Island, saw the attack first hand and had to shelter in an evacuation shelter on the island when their home was declared in danger. If you library has this or if you can find a copy (sadly, it's out of print), grab it. There are so many little details (like the Matson cargo ship that had the island's shipment of Christmas trees being torpedoed and trees washing up on the shore through later weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 may they rest in peace. Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 70 years ago...we've lost almost all who can remember when it happened in their lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayb842 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thank you to all the men and women who fought that day and world war II. December 7,1941 truly changed this nation. It helped shape our nation and my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Read the novel Unbroken about Louis Zamperinin-great WWII storyhttp://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/1400064163/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323257959&sr=1-1 :iagree: My great uncle, a pilot, was killed in WWII, and this book shook me up a lot. It brought the war in the Pacific to life in a way no other book or film ever has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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