Bill-- Thanks Bill--it's a great story! You were awfully young to remember this incident, so it must have really impressed your little mind. Please tell me a few more details, and I get it on the page. Where were you living at the time--what town and state? Was it a farm? What was your father's name? Are Jean and Joan your first cousins? How did the war years affect your family, if you can remember? And try to tell how your mother may have felt about the situation, if you are able to recall anything. Last--please tell me which son of Reuben Barrett you descend from. I'm sorry I don't have it recorded-- I've been very remiss about keeping my genealogy records caught up. Now, I will give you the webpage for the Pearl Harbor memoirs. If you see anything I need to correct, please let me know. I will be adding as I go, and there's no particular order. So--please, everyone, tell your story! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mccannkin/PrlHrbr/ PrlHrbMem.html Kuz Karen On Jun 27, 2004, at 1:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Karen > I don't have much of A story but I was almost 3 and I was at our > house and heard my daddy and uncle fred talking about pearl and him > maybe having to go back in the army. We were standing at the barn lot > gate and I can remember grabbing daddy's leg and holding when they > were talking about him going. He was 44 and had 2 children so he > didn't go , he was in the first world war.Jean and Joan can tell you > more than I can.their dad and his two brothers went in. > bill barrett >