Remembering Pearl Harbor

Some of us can recall that day. My family and I were living in Alva, Oklahoma. Dad and we kids were headed to the car for an errand when a neighbor gave us the news. I instinctively glanced at the sky as though enemy planes might be overhead. A day or so later Dad tried to enlist but was just over the age limit. The hardships of the war on us civilians was nothing compared to the horrors of the war in the Pacific.

On a trip to Hawaii I visited the memorial on the Arizona. When you're in Honolulu be sure to go to that hallowed place. It's an appreciation of sacrifice like none other.