Remembering Pearl Harbor
Dec 2nd, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: MiscellanousLife for a young sailor, based in Hawaii during the early 1940s, must have seemed an idyllic assignment with sunny days at the beach, routine drills on base, and time spent with comrades. One young sailor vividly captured the times with photographs and carefully posted them in an album. On the morning of December 7th, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the album was the one thing the sailor saved during the attack. Will Seippel, CEO and founder of WorthPoint, recently purchased the album and thought the members might enjoy the photos as much as he does. WorthPoint - Get the Most from your Antiques and Collectibles!
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR.
sunlight dancing on the water shines like pearls atop the waves
a quiet sleepy harbor december sky was once ablaze and though
the bay is peaceful now where once a battle raged in standing on this
platform above ARIZONA’S grave a thousand men below me asleep
in heroes rest your names upon the marble wall you were AMERICA’S
best.
we will remember you standing your ground that fateful day we will remember you and the
price you had to pay we will remember you as we have throughout the years we will remember
you as ARIZONA sheds her black tears.
across FORT ISLAND UTAH lays upon her side her brave crew not forgotten 54 of them had died
all across OHAU our faces under fire the heroes of the harbor fought on with one desire the
losses here were heavy but we’d show them we’d fight on after four more years of the world at war
our victory was won.
we will remember you bravely standing your ground that fateful day we will remember you and the
price you had to pay we will remember you as we have t hroughout the years
we will remember you as ARIZONA sheds her black tears.
dedicated and in loving memory of all the brave heroes that lost their lives on dec.7th 1941.
rest easy sailors.
may you be having a great time in heaven.
you’ll never be forgotten.