[TenTec] December 7, 1941

[Winston F. Jones]

It seems that a lot of us have similar memories from that era. I wasn't
quite two years old when the war ended. The memory of all the horns blowing
and sirens going off is one of my earliest memories. Some of my family once
questioned that I could remember VJ Day since I was so young, but after I
described what I recalled, they admitted, "I guess you really do remember
it."
73, Winston K4CWQ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B Drake" <rbdrake@erols.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 20:42 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] December 7, 1941


>
> I had a similar experience Larry. I was 2 years old on December 7,
> 1941 so I don't remember much about that. But, I too remember VJ
> day. My mother was getting me dressed when the sirens started to
> blow and my mother started to cry.
>
> "Mommy why are you crying?"
> "Because the war is over!"
>
> Yes thanks to those who gave it all so that we can enjoy the
> prosperity of this wonderful land today.
>
> ---
> 73, Rich - W3ZJ
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-tentec@contesting.com
> > [mailto:owner-tentec@contesting.com]On
> > Behalf Of Larry Kozal
> > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 20:16 PM
> > To: tentec@contesting.com
> > Subject: [TenTec] December 7, 1941
> >
> >
> >
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > Since we're remembering Pearl Harbor Day, and since
> > there are a lot of folks
> > here that lived that day, I hope that it would indeed
> > be OK to share your
> > recollections of December 7, 1941 on the reflector.
> >
> > For myself, my mother and father were getting the
> > Sunday paper at the
> > drugstore in Cheyenne Wyoming when the news arrived -
> > he had been called up
> > from the reserves to active duty at Ft. Francis E.
> > Warren in Sept. 1941.
> >
> > They didn't have their first child - me - until a
> > little over nine months
> > after that day (10-1- 42). I can't remember what I was
> > doing that day, of
> > course, but I sure remember VJ day - a little short of
> > turning 3 yrs.old.
> >
> > Dad had received a medical discharge earlier in '45,
> > and we had moved to
> > Muskegon MI, living quite near a large grey iron
> > foundry and fairly near a
> > fire barn. The factory whistle and the fire siren were
> > blasting away at an
> > odd time, and I do remember having asked why, since
> > they both usually
> > sounded only at noon.
> >
> > Mom answered, "The War is over!"
> >
> > My personal thanks to all who have served, and my
> > prayers for those who
> > died - protecting all that we hold dear.
> >
> > Larry Kozal   K8PUJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
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