Comments on: Remembering my Granddad on Memorial Day http://www.whoahgirl.com/2009/05/26/remembering-my-granddad-on-memorial-day/ The anti-artist artist. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: webmaster http://www.whoahgirl.com/2009/05/26/remembering-my-granddad-on-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-259 webmaster Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:30:48 +0000 http://www.whoahgirl.com/?p=737#comment-259 Thank you. :) I really hope to visit Pearl Harbor and get to experience a small part of what my grandfather was living although I never got to know the man. It gets me choked up hearing how he went through all of that, saw so much, and was still able to cry for his baby granddaughter. I think my half brother wants to go to Hawaii for his 40th birthday this December so if I make that trip I will be documenting history and absorbing all I can! I know that is one of the many (many) reasons why Mack wants to visit Ireland as well. :) Thank you. :) I really hope to visit Pearl Harbor and get to experience a small part of what my grandfather was living although I never got to know the man. It gets me choked up hearing how he went through all of that, saw so much, and was still able to cry for his baby granddaughter. I think my half brother wants to go to Hawaii for his 40th birthday this December so if I make that trip I will be documenting history and absorbing all I can!

I know that is one of the many (many) reasons why Mack wants to visit Ireland as well. :)

]]> By: ma'am http://www.whoahgirl.com/2009/05/26/remembering-my-granddad-on-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-233 ma'am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:53:23 +0000 http://www.whoahgirl.com/?p=737#comment-233 Wow, a wonderful tribute to a hero. I hope that someday, you can visit the Arizona to fully 'get' what your grandfather experienced. (And at such a young age!) I hear it is amazing. A remarkable man to be able to cry at a grandchild's cut finger so many years later. But, maybe because of the years, not despite them. Good blood runs in your veins. Wow, a wonderful tribute to a hero. I hope that someday, you can visit the Arizona to fully ‘get’ what your grandfather experienced. (And at such a young age!) I hear it is amazing. A remarkable man to be able to cry at a grandchild’s cut finger so many years later. But, maybe because of the years, not despite them. Good blood runs in your veins.

]]> By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com http://www.whoahgirl.com/2009/05/26/remembering-my-granddad-on-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com Fri, 29 May 2009 21:37:02 +0000 http://www.whoahgirl.com/?p=737#comment-202 What a lovely post. I'm sorry that you never had a chance to really get to know your Granddad. I had a grandfather like that too and when I was about 21, it hit me. Very suddenly, I wanted to know about his life, about his role in WWII, about who he was and what he believed, etc, etc, etc. I'm glad that you have some of the stories about your Granddad even if you never had a chance to really meet him. And I'm glad that you took the time to thank the vets in your life on Memorial Day =) What a lovely post.

I’m sorry that you never had a chance to really get to know your Granddad. I had a grandfather like that too and when I was about 21, it hit me. Very suddenly, I wanted to know about his life, about his role in WWII, about who he was and what he believed, etc, etc, etc.

I’m glad that you have some of the stories about your Granddad even if you never had a chance to really meet him. And I’m glad that you took the time to thank the vets in your life on Memorial Day =)

]]> By: TetVet68 http://www.whoahgirl.com/2009/05/26/remembering-my-granddad-on-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-200 TetVet68 Wed, 27 May 2009 22:44:49 +0000 http://www.whoahgirl.com/?p=737#comment-200 Remember Pearl Harbor -- Keep America Alert! America's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 100th 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 veteran shipmates and other Pearl Harbor Survivors: http://news.webshots.com/album/123286873BFAAiq http://news.webshots.com/album/141695570BONFYl San Diego, California Remember Pearl Harbor — Keep America Alert!

America’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 100th 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 veteran shipmates and other Pearl Harbor Survivors:

http://news.webshots.com/album/123286873BFAAiq
http://news.webshots.com/album/141695570BONFYl

San Diego, California

]]>