"OLD GEEZERS" This is slang for an older man "Old Geezers" are easy to spot. But, at sporting events, during the playing of the National Anthem, they hold their caps over their hearts and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them. They remember the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing, not to mention Vietnam. If you bump into an "Old Geezer" on the sidewalk, he'll apologize, pass an "Old Geezer" on the street, he'll nod, or tip his cap to a lady. "Old Geezers" trust strangers and are courtly to women. They hold the door for the next person and always when walking, make sure the lady is on the inside for protection. "Old Geezers" get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like violence and filth on TV and in movies. "Old Geezers" have moral courage. "Old Geezers" seldom brag unless it's about the grandchildren in Little League or music recitals. This country needs "Old Geezers" with their decent values and common sense. We need them now more than ever. It's the "Old Geezers" who know our great country is protected, not by politicians or police, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country in foreign lands, just as they did, without a thought except to do a good job, the best you can and to get home to loved ones. Thank God for "OLD GEEZERS"! ---Author Unknown |
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The Survivors Get to know them by reading their personal stories. |
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The ships at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 |
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Crew Members of the USS Arizona |
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Crew Members of the USS Utah |
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"The Fahlgren Brothers" Vern, Gordon, Warner, Ervin, Glenn, as well as Leonard (not pictured), all survived WWII |
"Signal Watch" Crew Members of the USS Detroit (Picture provided by John McGoran) |
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Army Air Force pilots from Wheeler Field downed nine Japanese planes (L-R) 2d Lt Harry W. Brown, 2d Lt Philip M. Rasmussen, 2d Lt Kenneth M. Taylor, 2d Lt George S. Welch, and 1st Lt Lewis M. Sanders |
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Bellows Field |
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Burns Field |
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War Poster |
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Special Requests If you have any information regarding the following military personnel, please e-mail us: |
Ned Donohue Carlyle B. Hansen Frank Reed Freddie Beaton James Hart Charles Hyslope Billy Mainwaring Harold Wilson Walter Hamilton Simon John H. Phillips Frank Bodkin Andrew V. Schipke Raymond Buckles |
Ralph Wright Masten Ball Galen Ballard Richard Bass Paul Egan Lawrence Farquhar Edward Van Winkle Robert Melvin Hunter Joseph Stanley Rozmus John Doherty Herbert John Hoard Henry "Hank" Dale |
James L Andrews George Berdolt Lauren Bruner Herbert Buehl Henry Duncan Robert Osmond Wiliam Purvis Regis J. Bodecker Fran W. Schiller Gerald "Jerry" Whiteman Joseph Charles Ayres Ruben Pressnell |
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"Here comes a Jap plane so close I could see the pilot's teeth as he grinned at me. We made eye contact. I loaded my rifle and got off five rounds. I realized that I wasn't going to hit a plane going a couple hundred miles an hour with an .03 rifle." ---James Evans, Survivor - Kaneohe Naval Air Station |
"It was a swim to shore through thick oil under fire from the attacking planes. They strafed us in the water. I saw men throw up their arms and go under. Reaching Ford Island, I ducked into a trench to hide. The sights and sounds of defeat were all around." ---Aubrey Mahaney, Survivor USS Utah |
"Some of the men tried to reach the pilings by traveling hand over hand down the lines that secured the ship. Some of them were halfway down, when the lines snapped and dropped the men, like flies, into the water below." ---Warren "Red" Upton, Survivor USS Utah |
