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Pearl Harbor veteran's interment to be last on sunken Arizona

Rexedgar

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Pearl Harbor veteran'''s interment to be last on sunken Arizona


PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii // On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleship/s ammunition storage compartment//


This protocol has always struck a chord with me. Go back to rest with your ship-mates who did not make it that day.



It reminds me of a visit to Normandy a few years ago; I had read up before our trip and I was able to answer another visitors question. The lady asked // why are the headstones facing away from the rising sun, (east,) as in traditional cemeteries? //I was able to answer that the folks that set up the final design decided that //the boys should face west, the direction of home.//




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While you were there, I'm guessing you also visited Pointe du Hoc?
 
Yes, ma’am, we drove from north of Caen to St.Mere Elise. Stopping at Pointe du Hoc, Utah, Arromanches, not in that order. It was ten years ago, 2009. It’s a trip I highly recommend...
 
Rexedgar said:
Yes, ma’am, we drove from north of Caen to St.Mere Elise. Stopping at Pointe du Hoc, Utah, Arromanches, not in that order. It was ten years ago, 2009. It’s a trip I highly recommend...
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I don't think the restoration of Pointe du Hoc had begun when you visited. In later years Earl Rudder was the president of the university that led the restoration efforts. You may be interested in this: CHC-led effort saves Rudder’s Rangers memorial - One|Arch
 
nota bene said:
I don't think the restoration of Pointe du Hoc had begun when you visited. In later years Earl Rudder was the president of the university that led the restoration efforts. You may be interested in this: CHC-led effort saves Rudder’s Rangers memorial - One|Arch
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In 2009 the obelisk was on the far side of a large drop-off and fenced off. I was amazed at the very uneven terrain on the heights. These were evidence of the intense naval bombardment on 6JUN44. We ran into a Dutch pair of tourists and they confided that they were conversing in hushed voices to each other, as they had been accused of being Germans earlier in the day.

Thanks for the link. I hadn’t heard of the restoration.
 
Rexedgar said:
In 2009 the obelisk was on the far side of a large drop-off and fenced off. I was amazed at the very uneven terrain on the heights. These were evidence of the intense naval bombardment on 6JUN44. We ran into a Dutch pair of tourists and they confided that they were conversing in hushed voices to each other, as they had been accused of being Germans earlier in the day.

Thanks for the link. I hadn’t heard of the restoration.
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Sadly, I don't think that most people know who Rudder's Rangers were. :(
 
nota bene said:
Sadly, I don't think that most people know who Rudder's Rangers were. :(
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I think it would benefit people to read about the life of James Earl Rudder.

He only lived to 59 years old but what a list of accomplishments he had. As a commander he was right there with his men and he himself was wounded twice.

He was truly a special person.
 
Crosscheck said:
I think it would benefit people to read about the life of James Earl Rudder.

He only lived to 59 years old but what a list of accomplishments he had. As a commander he was right there with his men and he himself was wounded twice.

He was truly a special person.
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He was. A little known fact about General Rudder is that at the university where he served as president, he broke down the gender barrier, allowing and encouraging women to attend this former all-male/all-military institution.
 
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He was. A little known fact about General Rudder is that at the university where he served as president, he broke down the gender barrier, allowing and encouraging women to attend this former all-male/all-military institution.
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This is the type of person that should run this country.

Instead look what we have. How pathetic. There has to be others like him but the two party corrupt system would never allow such an individual.
 
Crosscheck said:
This is the type of person that should run this country.

Instead look what we have. How pathetic. There has to be others like him but the two party corrupt system would never allow such an individual.
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Unfortunately the best people don't make for electable candidates... Could you imagine Teddy Roosevelt running today?
 
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