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drop, but when he turned up and went away, like this, you could actually see him, and you could see torpedoes coming straight at us. i would say it was less than 300 feet from us when you first spotted him. within less than two minutes, it was all hell that had torn loose. did you ever find out what happened to your school friend that you were going to meet on the arizona? never did find out. he might not have even been there. because like i say, usually the arizona, they would come in one day and be shipped out the next. no, i never heard from him. i wrote to my aunt you know, it is a small town, a very small town, and she was in her 80 s at the time she wrote me the letter, and i had called her and contacted to her, and she said she never heard from him, so i guess maybe he didn t make it. that is the best thing i can tell you there. there is a story about the utah that there are 40 old souls entombed with an infant child ashes. this navy chief, they had com ....
as today s master of ceremonies on this historic 75th anniversary. this year s theme is honoring the past, inspiring the future. and today, we will pay tribute to those members of the greatest generation who paved the way here in pearl harbor for current and future generations throughout the world. will the guests please rise, as able, for the arrival of the official party. the official party for today s ceremony includes ms. jacqueline ashwell, superintendent, world war ii valor in the pacific national monument, national park service. ms. laura joss, regional director, pacific west region, national parks service. [bells] navy region hawaii and naval service group middle pacific arriving. [bell] united states pacific command arriving. please are seated. ladies and gentlemen, it is consist marry on december 7, that we observe a moment of silence at 0755 to commemorate the beginning of the attacks of pearl harbor. you will hear u.s.s. halsey sound the ship s whi ....
spotted him. within less than two minutes, it was all hell that had torn loose. did you ever find out what happened to your school friend that you are going to meet on the arizona? never did find out. he might not have even been there. usually, they were shipped in one day, and out the next. now, i never heard from him. you know, aunt it is a small town, a very small town, and she was in her 80 s at the time, and i had called her, and contacted to her, and she said she never heard from him, so i guess, maybe, he didn t make it. that is the best thing i can tell you there. story about the utah that there are 40 old ls into with an infant entombed with an infant child ashes. this navy chief, they had come from the states, and his daughter died. they were going to bury her at comes, andarl harbor a bomb to her because they thought she was a carrier. she sucks,her, and but she is still there. sunk, but she is still there. so, they hunted, but they could never fin ....
first with the aztecs and then of the incas, is of an unquenchable desire for precious gold and metals. also silver. when the first english settlers came to jamestown, they hoped to find the same kind of supplies of gold found by the spaniards. there was a bitter disappointment in not finding gold in what is now virginia. they brought with them jewelers and goldsmiths. america s first gold rush took place to where we are now in georgia in 1829. this was the georgia goldrush in north georgia. 100 miles north to the town of don monica, you can see the old lumpkin county courthouse has been converted into a gold-mining museum. it is about 100 miles up the road. what happened was, first gold was discovered, then people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. until then, this had been an area beyond the line of settlement. suddenly the white settlement catches up quickly. here is the g ....
your commentator is joe o brien. here is the motion records released by the united states navy of the habit reached by the japanese raid on pearl harbor. america s pacific naval faction. on december 7, 1941, japan struck first and declared war afterwards. costly to our navy was the loss of airplanes and equipment, but more costly to japan was the effectiveness of its follow-up unifying immediately america in the determination to win the war thrust upon it. and to win the peace that would follow. the germane copy masters in striking hard. of honolulu and the foot island naval plane base where the first subjects of japan s victory. scores of planes were bruised and battered by the area bombs. many of these were demolished beyond repair. direct hits were scored on hangers. these were badly shattered. air paint supplies were reduced to smoldering wood. grim and positive evidence of japanese victory. japanese diplomats were talking peace in washington. america lost t ....