I'd like to use the excuse that my motherboard is down and I'm using a little laptop with no Bryce. The truth is I probably would not have done anything anyway. I remembered the day, but what right do I have to it? I was born in 61. None of my family actually fought in the pacific part of the war. Uncle Bill marched into Paris without a scratch. Powell was killed in France by charging an SS machine gunner to rescue civilians. My father -in-law (a civilian) spent part of the blitz in tunnels on the coast siphoning gas from downed Messerschmitt so we could crack and duplicate the German’s high-octane performance.

 

I see Pearl Harbor as a deeply personal event. I have no right to put my own spin on it. I doubt I could do much better than the USS Arizona by way of a memorial. Leave grief for the grieving and memorials for those who do remember.