12-07-2009, 11:02 PM
I had the opportunity to visit Oahu this summer with my family. One of the things I was very interested in while I was there were the events that took place before, during, and after December 7th. It was an eerie feeling to look up and imagine the Japanese flying overhead on their way to their targets but it was especially somber when visiting the visitors center looking out over the harbor at the Arizona memorial and trying to visualize the carnage and destruction that took place that day.
I also experienced other feelings that I don't know quite how to put words to... standing there with my family... thinking of the Americans and the Japanese at war... You see my mother in law was 100% Japanese making my wife 1/2 and both my boys 1/4.
I also experienced other feelings that I don't know quite how to put words to... standing there with my family... thinking of the Americans and the Japanese at war... You see my mother in law was 100% Japanese making my wife 1/2 and both my boys 1/4.