FReeper Canteen ~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~ 07 December 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~

On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor. Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.

Information from here...LOTS of pictures

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Pearl Harbor Timeline

USS Ward, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack

The Search for the World War II Japanese Midget Submarine
Sunk off Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

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Spam Maki Rolls sold at the gas station! LOL!

[mylife]

You could eat on it for days

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

We never forget!

[radu]

Howdy do, Conor. *HUGZ*

How’s your week gone so far? Does it look like it’ll be another long one?

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Yeah...before I saw them at the Reunion, I just thought they were “old guys” who lived in the neighborhood.

After that, I would always say “Hi” when i would run into them at the Stop and Shop. One guy was a Veteran of WW2, Korea, AND Vietnam.

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And, subsist on it for longer, as it took so long to DIGEST!

[luvie]

Howdy, raru!

Indeed, we don’t!

Hope your day has been good. There is snow 35 miles north of us, heading our way.

[The Mayor]

It’s not that far off. We had a small taste of winter today.
Came and went pretty fast.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Radu!

*HUGS*

It has gone well so far - another long one indeed!

Proud to stand this evening for our Fallen at Pearl Harbor.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[mylife]

Naw
they had good BBQ
Fish,Chicken, Pork, Beef
Maybe my belly was younger then LOL

[combat_boots]

My folks never bought anything Japanese after Pearl

They knew people who died

[radu]

(Hug) backatcha.

It sounds like you thought a lot of her.

[radu]

Oops!
Can’t forget this ....

WOOHOO! #50 is yours!

[mylife]

Been der done dat LOL

Food in HI is very good but they have a soft spot for the bad times

[mylife]

Loved the BBQ fish and rice

[radu]

Well, you’ll just have to plan a trip to TN in the future and see the museum for yourself! :-) They already have a lot of cool stuff and more coming from Tupelo. Plus others have contacted the museum to ask about displaying items they have. It’s going to keep growing for a while.

I like the fact they cover all branches of the military. So many interesting items from each one.

It’s a thrill to be able to help out in some small way.

[mylife]

I feel that way about Muslims

[mylife]

Oh Yeah, Tooty was a lovely lady and we will miss her forever

[radu]

That’s the thing about “old guys” in the neighborhood. Unless asked, you don’t know what they did in their younger years. :-)

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Plate Lunch...two scoops rice! :-)