Too bad you can ask a teenager and the won't know nuttnWhen I was stationed at Hickam in 1969 the barracks still had bullet holes all over the front of the building. I asked what happened and of course was told thye were from WWII Pearl Harbor attack. I guess they wanted to keep them so they'll never forget.
I was 2 when it happened. Don't remember it but i remember the aftermath and the hardship during the war. To this day i fly my flag at half mast on Dec. 7 and also June 6 th. NEVER FORGETToo bad you can ask a teenager and the won't know nuttn
That was USS Yorktown CV-10, which earned 11 battle stars in WW2 and another 5 in Vietnam. She is the centerpiece of the Patriots Point Maritime Museum, an absolutely fantastic destination if someone is interested in such things.Cool pictures!
I visited the Air Craft Carrier thats at Charleston and put my fingers in some of the bullet holes on the control tower. Stuff like that makes me pause for a minute as a tribute to the men and women that were there!
Me too, in NY City, but don't remember Pearl Harbor itself. What I do remember of WWII was the blackouts (everybody had blackout curtains), the bombers forming up to get to Canada to then fly to Europe... the roar of the planes was terrifying to this little kid. And my father, who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and had good ears and was in a position to hear things, mentioning that they had sunk another merchant ship off Long Island. Apparently, this unterseeboot activity right off our shore was to become a hush-hush matter.I was 2 when it happened. Don't remember it but i remember the aftermath and the hardship during the war. To this day i fly my flag at half mast on Dec. 7 and also June 6 th. NEVER FORGET
That's most likely 7.7mm if it is a Japanese-made hole. If it had been 20mm, the stairwell would have been shredded. The 20mm cannons in the A6M and other planes it was used in generally used an explosive round.Traveled to Hawaii last week at the last minute due to a hard down emergency. When walking up stairs I saw this:
There were other holes as well. Likely the stairwell was ventilated on December 7th. Seems somebody would have gotten around to fixing it. Looks like a 20mm?
That was USS Yorktown CV-10, which earned 11 battle stars in WW2 and another 5 in Vietnam. She is the centerpiece of the Patriots Point Maritime Museum, an absolutely fantastic destination if someone is interested in such things.