December 7, 1941 ...

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

I don't like the idea of pitting one group of servicemen versus another. Every man and woman that serves, or has served, in the military deserves our respect and thanks.

We should use days like today to remember them all.

At the assisted living center where I now live, we don't have a demonstration on Pearl Harbor Day, but we do on Veterans Day. On that day, we gather outside around our flag pole. We raise the flag and then read off a list of residents, residents family members (living or passed on) and also friends who ever served in the military. We then thank them all and the veteran residents here get hugs and hand shakes. We have a few who served in WWII and also in Korea. I also make sure my grandfather (who served in WWII) and my nephew (who has been serving for the past 14 years) are on the list.