Just 1 of the 3 living Pearl Harbor survivors will be able to attend a ceremony marking the attack's

[Gefn]

CNN)Saturday marks the 78th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, and one of the three remaining survivors of the USS Arizona will attend the annual ceremony in Hawaii.

Lou Conter, 98, arrived this week after missing last year's celebration, the first time no survivors attended.
"I always come out to pay respect for the 2,403 men that were killed that day, including 1,177 of my shipmates on the Arizona," he said, CNN affiliate KHNL reported.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/06/us/pearl-harbor-survivor-uss-arizona-trnd/index.html

[Gefn]

 

[skeeter]

I'm surprised any of the pitifully few Arizona survivors are still among us.

I respect the heck out of these guys.

[truth_seeker]

The soingle nation guilty of Pearl Harbor deaths, was dealt with very firmly, and has not been a problem since.

OTOH an equal number of people died on 9/11/2001 and the nations responsiblehave been coddled and the aattacks continue over 20years later.

Pensacola FL for example.

[Fishrrman]

Nice to see that Mr. Conter could still make it at age 98.

What I'd like to ask him is:
Considering the struggle you and others like you fought back then, when you look around at America as it is today, what do you think...?

Out walking today, the thought came to me that in, say, 50 years, the Arizona memorial won't get nearly the visitors it sees today. By then all those who served in WWII will be gone, and perhaps most of their children, as well.

Who will still care by then...?
Will it still even be taught as a part of American history?

[Applewood]

Nice to see that Mr. Conter could still make it at age 98.

What I'd like to ask him is:
Considering the struggle you and others like you fought back then, when you look around at America as it is today, what do you think...?

Out walking today, the thought came to me that in, say, 50 years, the Arizona memorial won't get nearly the visitors it sees today. By then all those who served in WWII will be gone, and perhaps most of their children, as well.

Who will still care by then...?
Will it still even be taught as a part of American history?

@Fishrrman

If anything about World War II is taught at all, it is usually presented with America as the aggressor and bad guy.  I know for sure the slant surrounding the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings says they weren't necessary because Japan was going to surrender anyhow.  My guess is that the kids are taught Pearl Harbor was somehow our fault and we deserved it. 

That's why when another member of the Greatest Generation leaves us, I feel it as a tremendous loss to this country.  Keeping the kids ignorant of history makes them so much easier to control. This country already is producing generations of delicate snowflakes who would never be able to survive a calamity like Pearl Harbor.  Hell, many of them can't even deal with ordinary, everyday life. 

[Wingnut]

I met two sisters this past Dec 7th in Pensacola who lived near Pearl Harbor-Hickman Field on Dec 7 1941.  They had a picture of them with their mother hiding in a rock ditch during the attack.   It was a real pleasure talking to these remarkable ladies who lived thru the attack.  Their father was part of the service men responsible for re-floating the damaged battleships.