While our then NYS office moved out of there to Brooklyn years before 2001 - I worked in the NE corner office on the 73rd flr in South Tower 2 for a year '80 -'81.

The second plane plane emerged about 2 floors above ftom where we would have been w/o the move.
It was a hideous day for almost everyone.

COL Mustard

(8,060 posts)

39. Amen to that!

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #36)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:02 PM

Dec 7

It started out as such a beautiful day but turned horrific quickly.

So glad you weren’t at the site!

electric_blue68

(26,384 posts)

41. TY.

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #39)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:13 PM

Dec 7

Bengus81

(9,958 posts)

4. Only 45K WWII vets alive as of Sept out of 16.4M who served.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:54 AM

Dec 7

Showing only 12 Pearl Harbor survivors left alive.

3catwoman3

(28,852 posts)

5. Happy?

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:57 AM

Dec 7

CurtEastPoint

(19,899 posts)

6. Please consider revising your title. It is NOT a 'happy' day by any means.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:01 AM

Dec 7

snowybirdie

(6,606 posts)

7. In Memory of the Pearl Harbor attack

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:07 AM

Dec 7

We will always commemorate this day.

ZDU

(1,159 posts)

9. SocialDemocrat are you okay?

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:23 AM

Dec 7

Have you visited the USS Arizona memorial? U.S. Navy vet. here. I've been to the memorial. Happy is a poor choice of words to describe the anniversary of the attack upon Pearl Harbor and U.S. Forces.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,159 posts)

14. I'm fine

Reply to ZDU (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:54 AM

Dec 7

Have a happy Pearl Harbor day!

ZDU

(1,159 posts)

15. Obnoxious much?

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #14)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:58 AM

Dec 7

Insensitive.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,159 posts)

16. Have a great day!

Reply to ZDU (Reply #15)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:00 AM

Dec 7

paleotn

(21,818 posts)

18. Seriously. Consider revising your OP

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #16)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:06 AM

Dec 7

It is offensive to those of us who served and those who know fully what happened that day. It wasn't happy. And does a disservice to those who died there.

Response to paleotn (Reply #18)

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paleotn

(21,818 posts)

25. Blocked. I don't converse or read the scribblings of those who are grossly insensitive to the memory....

Reply to Post removed (Reply #22)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:32 AM

Dec 7

.... of those who died so that you can be grossly insensitive with impunity. In my mind, you're no better than Trump.

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whathehell

(30,391 posts)

30. Judgemental much?

Reply to ZDU (Reply #15)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:05 PM

Dec 7

Greg_In_SF

(981 posts)

31. Disgusting

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #14)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:14 PM

Dec 7

n/t

COL Mustard

(8,060 posts)

27. I've been there.

Reply to ZDU (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:35 AM

Dec 7

It's a very moving scene. USS Arizona is still weeping oil.

rickford66

(6,053 posts)

10. Here's a link if it won't play on your browser

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:16 AM

Dec 7

bif

(26,773 posts)

12. Your headline sounds like something the Orange Rapist would say

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:29 AM

Dec 7

Just sayin'.

intheflow

(30,070 posts)

23. Or Hegseth. Sounds like bloodlust. n/t

Reply to bif (Reply #12)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:29 AM

Dec 7

paleotn

(21,818 posts)

17. I get your point, but....

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:04 AM

Dec 7

there isn't one damn thing "happy" about Pearl Harbor. Seriously, consider revising. No offense, but it sounds Trumpish.

That's from a Navy vet who's saluted the Arizona Memorial a few times on passage into and out of Pearl.

ZDU

(1,159 posts)

20. Shipmate, thank you!

Reply to paleotn (Reply #17)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:12 AM

Dec 7

MineralMan

(150,838 posts)

19. I'd get rid of the "Happy" in your post title.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:12 AM

Dec 7

Inappropriate for the day. Yes I would.

Jacson6

(1,829 posts)

24. I wouldn't call PH a happy day.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:31 AM

Dec 7

Just sayin...

Ocelot II

(129,707 posts)

28. What's happy about it?

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:45 AM

Dec 7

It's like wishing somebody a happy Good Friday.

DFW

(59,870 posts)

32. Many years ago, one of the greatest entertainers America ever produced was planning to have lunch with little old me

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:27 PM

Dec 7

When we set the date, he emailed back: "a date that will live in infamy."

I think the phrase will be known by Americans with an IQ in three digits for centuries to come, even long after people remembering the original event that brought it about.

Srkdqltr

(9,504 posts)

33. Well , according to my mother, it was a nice happy day until they came home from my baptism and they hear about the

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:45 PM

Dec 7

found out about the attack. After that they all were saddened and confused as to what it meant in their lives. Everyone went home early . for some life was never the same.
Mother was upset because the party was a bust but she knew .
Her brother and several cousins went off to war.

LetMyPeopleVote

(176,617 posts)

34. This day in History

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 01:47 PM

Dec 7

Visting the Arizona Memorial is a very moving experience.

electric_blue68

(26,384 posts)

35. You may have a good documentary link, but your OP tittle is insensitive.

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 06:20 PM

Dec 7

True Dough

(26,079 posts)

37. All of these valid critiques in this thread

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:15 PM

Dec 7

and yet the OP won't back down. For shame!

3catwoman3

(28,852 posts)

38. Interesting, isn't it?

Reply to True Dough (Reply #37)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:44 PM

Dec 7

I think this is one of the most unanimous threads I've ever seen on DU.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,139 posts)

40. Thanks for the link

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:11 PM

Dec 7

Very informative. However your thread title leaves something to be desired. I recommend changing it.

LudwigPastorius

(14,370 posts)

43. What's next?

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 01:15 AM

Dec 8

Happy Battle of the Somme Day?

Happy Murrah Federal Building Bombing Day?

Happy Bhopal Chemical Leak Day?

Happy Coconut Grove Fire Day?

Happy Tenerife Airport Crash Day?

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