Day 303 – Pearl Harbor
07/08/2010It was a wonderful day at Pearl Harbor. A friend at church knew a Park Ranger so we got a personal tour of the monument. I had a lump in my throat the whole time. What an incredible time in our nations history. True Valor.
Planning for things that I don’t really want to do needs to be a nonnegotiable deal with myself. I have for far to long wavered like a ship a sea. So this morning when the bed was oh so nice I knew that I had already made a decision that supports a healthy lifestyle so I sprung out of bed and headed to the gym. It was nice to know that I had already accomplished one of my goals for the day before 7 a.m.
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Remember Pearl Harbor — Keep America Alert!
(Now deceased) America’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 101st year is former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman (ACOM), later wartime commissioned Lieutenant John W. Finn, U. S. Navy (Ret.). He is also the last surviving Medal of Honor, “The Day of Infamy”, Japanese Attack on the Hawaiian Islands, Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
(Now deceased) ‘Navy Centenarian Sailor’, 103 year old, former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Radioman (ACRM, Combat Aircrewman), later wartime commissioned Chief Warrant Officer Julio ‘Jay’ Ereneta, U. S. Navy (Ret.), is a thirty year career veteran of World War One and World War Two. He first flew aircrewman in August 1922; flew rearseat Radioman/Gunner (1920s/1930s) in the tactical air squadrons of the Navy’s first aircraft carriers, USS LANGLEY (CV-1) and USS LEXINGTON (CV-2).
Visit my photo album tribute to these centenarian veteran shipmates and other Pearl Harbor Survivors:
http://news.webshots.com/album/123286873BFAAiq
http://news.webshots.com/album/141695570BONFYl
San Diego, California
Great job on getting to the gym!
Those are beautiful pics, too.