I was only 2 months old but all my life I remember my mom and dad talking about the sadness of that day and how frightened they were about the attack. My mom would reflect on how the news came over the radio as she was cooking Sunday dinner and she became so numb, she couldn't complete it. They were newly married and realized how this would change their lives.
Dad was recruited a few months later but an unbelievable thing happened. His paperwork was lost in all the crazyness of the times and he wasn't called up until 1945 or 46. He was on a ship heading for Okinawa when the war was called over in Japan so his duty as an MP was to guard the prisoners. He always called himself extremely lucky to have escaped any action.
However, many of my uncles and older cousins served in Europe and saw a lot of action. One received a bronze star and we were so proud of him
God bless all the men, women and children who died in the attack.
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