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Here’s an old video (by the Japanese) on the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941

It’s the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. There were 2,350 people killed and the attack drew the United States into World War II. Our WWII Veterans are quickly dying away, one way to read their stories is to go to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Project.

Al Bodenlos’ Story:

Early in the morning on December 7th at the Army-Navy YMCA, loudspeakers ordered all military personnel to report to their organizations immediately. Al dutifully caught the Schofield Shuttle. When the bus neared the shores of Pearl Harbor, all hell was breaking loose. M.P.’s stopped and stormed the shuttle and ordered everyone to get off and to take cover immediately. Al then Iearned that the harbor was under attack and the Japanese pilots were shooting anything moving. Al recalls that the planes were flying so low that you could see the faces of the pilots. They shot at but missed the shuttle by inches, bullets whizzed all around and everyone dove for safety into a nearby ditch. Al was scared and witnessed the horror of the tragedy developing in the harbor. He vividly remembers the USS Arizona blowing up and the USS Oklahoma rolling over as he helplessly watched other ships sink to the harbor floor.

The attack appeared to end, so everyone re-boarded the shuttle and proceeded to Schofield Barracs. The second wave started when Al arrived at his unit. The 804th was already deployed at all five military airfields. Al was also the Company courier, and he delivered messages from the command post by motorcycle to the airfields for two full days with no rest. He spent the rest of the war island hopping, building and repairing airfields captured from the Japanese. His faith pulled him through.

If you have a relative or friend who is a survivor of Pearl Harbor get their story added to this database for future generations and history.

PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS PROJECT

This is the Tussing Elementary 3rd grade class singing a sincere thank you to our brave and strong soldiers, men and women, past and current, for protecting us in times of war and peace. THANK YOU!

Get a free copy of the sheet music for this thank you song to soldiers at www.restored.faithweb.com.

It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag.”
– Father Dennis Edward O’Brian, USMC

Veterans Day

How did the attack on September 11th change you? Have you already forgotten that fateful day and it’s importance with all the sacrifices made by every day heroes? Have you forgotten the real threat of Islamic terrorists who hate your very existence? It is very clear to me that too many Americans have learned nothing from September 11th, they have succumbed to political correctness. They are more concerned about giving Muslims a special right, the right not to be offended. The media wouldn’t even bother to yawn if there were piles of Bibles burned. We know they will defend and promote art desecrating the likeness of Jesus or Mary but yet won’t even print a cartoon of Mohammad for fear of Muslims rioting. For a supposed religion of peace, Islam has demonstrated time and time again it is anything but peaceful. Americans must submit and all too many Americans ARE submitting to their own naive detriment.

Remember the life of Brian D. Sweeney

A resident of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Brian was a lieutenant in the Navy and a Desert Storm veteran, protecting the no-fly zones. He was a radar intercepting officer aboard F-14 Tomcat fighter planes in the VF-211 “Bounty Hunters” squadron, serving on the USS Nimitz and USS Ranger aircraft carriers. Brian graduated at the head of his class at the Naval Officers Training School in Pensacola, Fla.

He was a staff instructor at the Navy’s prestigious Fighter Weapons School in Miramar, Calif., from 1995 to 1996, and a staff member for the Tomcat Strike Fighter Weapons School in 1993. He was also squadron avionics/weapons division officer from 1991 to 1993 and squadron weapons training/tactics development officer from 1993 to 1995.

Brian worked for a variety of private-sector aeronautical companies, including Lockheed Martin Corp., Spectratek Corp. and Horizons Technology. From March 2006, he was a systems consultant for the Department of Defense and aeronautics industry at Brandes Associates in Los Angeles.

Described as “side-splittingly hilarious, athletic, stylish and intelligent”, Brian believed most in dedicating time to family and friends. (Cape Cod Online)

United Flight 175, which was hijacked by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

Project 2996

From David Barton at Wall Builders:

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain. Two days afterwards – July 4th – the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed, albeit by only two individuals at that time: John Hancock, President of Congress, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. Four days later, on July 8, members of Congress took that document and read it aloud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, after which the Liberty Bell was rung. The inscription around the top of that bell, Leviticus 25:10, was most appropriate for the occasion: “Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof.”

To see the turmoil in other nations, their struggles and multiple revolutions, and yet to see the stability and blessings that we have here in America, we may ask how has this been achieved? What was the basis of American Independence? John Adams said “The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity.” Perhaps the clearest identification of the spirit of the American Revolution was given by John Adams in a letter to Abigail the day after Congress approved the Declaration. He wrote her two letters on that day; the first was short and concise, jubilant that the Declaration had been approved. The second was much longer and more pensive, giving serious consideration to what had been done that day. Adams cautiously noted: “This day will be the most memorable epic in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.”

It is amazing that on the very day they approved the Declaration, Adams was already foreseeing that their actions would be celebrated by future generations. Adams contemplated whether it would be proper to hold such celebrations, but then concluded that the day should be commemorated – but in a particular manner and with a specific spirit. As he told Abigail: “It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”

John Adams believed that the Fourth of July should become a religious holiday – a day when we remembered God’s hand in deliverance and a day of religious activities when we committed ourselves to Him in “solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.” Such was the spirit of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of those who led it, evidenced even further in the words of John Quincy Adams, one who was deeply involved in the activities of the Revolution.

In 1837, when he was 69 years old, he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He began that address with a question: “Why is it, friends and fellow citizens, that you are here assembled? Why is it that entering on the 62nd year of our national existence you have honored [me] with an invitation to address you. . . ?”

The answer was easy: they had asked him to address them because he was old enough to remember what went on; they wanted an eye-witness to tell them of it! He next asked them: “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?”

An interesting question: why is it that in America the Fourth of July and Christmas were our two top holidays? Note his answer: “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?”

According to John Quincy Adams, Christmas and the Fourth of July were intrinsically connected. On the Fourth of July, the Founders simply took the precepts of Christ which came into the world through His birth (Christmas) and incorporated those principles into civil government.

The framers clearly believed this was a Christian nation and would be confounded by the current belief of many Americans of the “separation of church and state”. In signing this document the framers believed they were signing their death warrant.

Read the rest of David Barton’s article on July 4th.

Declaration of Independence, July 4 1776, David Barton, Wallbuilders

Red Skelton’s Pledge of Allegiance never gets old and bears remembering especially with the assault on our US Constitution today by politicians who laugh when asked if a bill is constitutional.

Red Skelton, Pledge of Allegiance, US History

You already knew about Uncle Wally’s assistance in destroying any success the US Military achieved in the Vietnam war right? His pro-commie propaganda became the mantra for all the media in braying that the US Military had lost the Tet Offensive when in fact it had won. At this point in the war North Vietnam had essentially been defeated but thanks to Uncle Wally the wins were turned into defeats.

Now through the FOIA more information had seen sunlight on Uncle Wally’s pro-Soviet (pro-communist)actions.

Cronkite Targeted by Soviet Intelligence

Released through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Cronkite documents include an FBI cover letter, dated June 25, 1986, which designates an attached internal memorandum from the “Campaign for a People’s Peace Treaty” as part of a “Soviet active measures” campaign. The document is addressed to the FBI director and the attention of the Bureau’s intelligence division.

While many questions remain about the nature of this secret influence operation and its ultimate success, the documents provide absolute confirmation that the Soviets were targeting major figures in the U.S. media. Other targets were talk-show host Phil Donahue, Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times, David Brinkley of ABC News and Bill Moyers of CBS News and later with public television.

The “Campaign for a People’s Peace Treaty” was a project of the Soviet front National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and was designed to create public and international pressure to undermine Reagan’s U.S. conventional and nuclear arms buildup.

Here’s the section on the Tet Offensive:

The offer of support from Cronkite to the anti-war organizers is consistent with the fact that the CBS newsman had already declared that the communist 1968 Tet Offensive was a defeat for the U.S. and that the American government should negotiate a military withdrawal. Cronkite’s verdict that the war was unwinnable—and its acceptance by other media and many members of the public—forced the transformation of U.S. policy into one of negotiations with the communists and eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces, leading to the Communist takeover of South Vietnam in 1975.

And people wonder why the media is a slimy pool of liberal/socialist/progressive/communist agenda driven industry! They’ve got a history with the propaganda being pushed in every journalism school across the country.

Walter Cronkite, Tet Offensive, communist, Uncle Wally, People’s Peace Treaty, Phil Donahue, Bill Moyers, David Brinkley

As I was driving through downtown Franklin there was this man walking with his old style bicycle and top hat. I was in a bit of traffic and he saw me wanting to take a picture so he stopped and posed for me. It’s the charm…..

Franklin Tn, Old style charm

It’s the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. There were 2,350 people killed and the attack drew the United States into World War II. Our WWII Veterans are quickly dying away, one way to read their stories is to go to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Project.

Al Bodenlos’ Story:

Early in the morning on December 7th at the Army-Navy YMCA, loudspeakers ordered all military personnel to report to their organizations immediately. Al dutifully caught the Schofield Shuttle. When the bus neared the shores of Pearl Harbor, all hell was breaking loose. M.P.’s stopped and stormed the shuttle and ordered everyone to get off and to take cover immediately. Al then Iearned that the harbor was under attack and the Japanese pilots were shooting anything moving. Al recalls that the planes were flying so low that you could see the faces of the pilots. They shot at but missed the shuttle by inches, bullets whizzed all around and everyone dove for safety into a nearby ditch. Al was scared and witnessed the horror of the tragedy developing in the harbor. He vividly remembers the USS Arizona blowing up and the USS Oklahoma rolling over as he helplessly watched other ships sink to the harbor floor.

The attack appeared to end, so everyone re-boarded the shuttle and proceeded to Schofield Barracs. The second wave started when Al arrived at his unit. The 804th was already deployed at all five military airfields. Al was also the Company courier, and he delivered messages from the command post by motorcycle to the airfields for two full days with no rest. He spent the rest of the war island hopping, building and repairing airfields captured from the Japanese. His faith pulled him through.

If you have a relative or friend who is a survivor of Pearl Harbor get their story added to this database for future generations and history.

PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS PROJECT

Reposted from 12/7/2008.

I had a comment posted in 2008 noting the photo album for Lt John William Finn who is the only living Pearl Harbor Medal of Honor recipient. You can read Lt. Finn’s story here.

Pearl Harbor Day, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7 1941, WWII, MOH Lt John William Finn

She’s 123 years young, October 28th, 1886 was the dedication of the Statue of Liberty presided by President Grover Cleveland.

Read about it at the NY Daily News.

Lady Liberty Birthday, Statue of Liberty

People are always blaming the politicians for being corrupt, self serving, reckless and unaccountable. Who’s fault is this anyway? Well, it’s the American people who don’t pay attention, don’t read or understand the Constitution and vote for politicians based on what that particular politician can do for THEM when they should be voting based on that politician adhering to the U.S. Constitution. Americans need to wake up, learn about the US political system from the federal level down to the local level. Don’t leave it to everybody else to do the right thing.

The History of Spending

We can only turn this country and our economy around if Americans decide that liberty and freedom are worth more than subservience to a government that thinks they know better how you should live and work your life.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free”. President Ronald Reagan

The History of Spending video.US debt