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peacebuzzard

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14. I was preteen and living on a military base overseas

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 12:47 PM

Sep 2023

with outside communications all through AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio Television) one TV channel, and one radio station. It was in a remote region; ruled by a dictator who didn't allow the local population of this area to have radio or TV unless he was on. It was very medieval and we kids just wanted to have fun on base or off. I can't remember much about anything else.

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Question for older DUers - what was December 7 1966 like? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 OP

It was observed but it was not a huge event. Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #1

Don't really remember anything. I would have been 11. Tomconroy Sep 2023 #2

Same here. CountMyVote4Reality Sep 2023 #5

Me too MuseRider Sep 2023 #39

IIRC, it was a federal holiday for years Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #3

Don't think it was a school holiday. I sure as hell Tomconroy Sep 2023 #4

Yeah, not every school/state observed every holiday Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #6

Dec. 7 has never been a federal holiday. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2023 #9

Right. H2O Man Sep 2023 #22

As far as I can recall (I was 24 and a stay at home Mom) it was just marybourg Sep 2023 #7

It was remembered snowybirdie Sep 2023 #8

I was in high school. Don't remember anything different about that day rurallib Sep 2023 #10

Cooked supper for family and did homework as usual Attilatheblond Sep 2023 #11

On the cover of a magazine (maybe Look Magazine), a photo of the Pearl Harbor horror struck me. John1956PA Sep 2023 #12

Cloudy, 39 degrees. It was a Wednesday. I went to college all day rzemanfl Sep 2023 #13

I was preteen and living on a military base overseas peacebuzzard Sep 2023 #14

It's really hard to compare Pearl Harbor and 9/11 LeftInTX Sep 2023 #15

I get that it's an imperfect comparison Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 #17

Pearl Harbor was the seminal event for my parents generation. Tomconroy Sep 2023 #19

I know, but it isn't the same. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #20

16 million people served in the military during ww 2 in Tomconroy Sep 2023 #24

Or see the Disney and Warner Bros cartoons Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 #26

I know, but there was more "closure" involving the actual Pearl Harbor site. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #33

I agree on the point of closure. soldierant Sep 2023 #41

Seriously. Perhaps people don't understand how massive Voltaire2 Sep 2023 #32

In thinking about it more: 9/11 was a one off event for most. Tomconroy Sep 2023 #34

The war itself was more of the story than Pearl Harbor. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #35

In 1966, I was 10 and never heard of Pearl Harbor. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #16

Here's a news clip from that day TheProle Sep 2023 #18

Pearl Harbor was a defeat. People tend to shy away from celebrating such events. Chainfire Sep 2023 #21

Exactly, there were many victories following Pearl Harbor. Not so many following 911... LeftInTX Sep 2023 #36

I was in the Navy then but don't recall any tributes. Basic LA Sep 2023 #23

I don't remember a really big deal being made of it that year. MineralMan Sep 2023 #25

I remember the 50th Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2023 #27

Yes. The 50th anniversary was a bigger deal. MineralMan Sep 2023 #29

In December 1991, there was discussion about whether Japan would, or should, apologize. n/t John1956PA Sep 2023 #38

Perhaps naive thinking, but IcyPeas Sep 2023 #28

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association held their first national reunion in Hawaii in 1966 ... Donkees Sep 2023 #30

I was 22 that year in the New York metro area. kskiska Sep 2023 #31

15 years old and all I could think about was girls Emile Sep 2023 #37

What I remember best about 12/7/66. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2023 #40