Almost 70 years together!! What a wonderful record that is!! Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: juanita To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 6:27 PM Subject: [GN] Pearl Harbor--Who remembers? I remember perfectly what was going on that Sunday, December 7th in 1941. It was the first time I met my future husband. He and my one male cousin had been friends in a nearby town and had driven the 50 miles or so - just to be going somewhere. My cousin suggested stopping by my apartment house where I'd been living for a few years while working at my first big job after graduating high school. I had gone to a morning movie and before it ended the management stopped the show and announced Pearl Harbor had been attacked. I had heard of Pearl Harbor but didn't know much about it. We knew it meant war....the guys were 20 yrs. old, had good jobs but figured they'd probably enlist rather than wait to be drafted into the Army. We went for a long afternoon drive....got lost on Frank Phillips' Wool-A-Roc ranch west of Bartlesville, OK. A few hours later the two fellows went home and the weekend ended. The next morning my boss at the oil company where I worked called of the office employees to his private office where he had a small radio. We all listened intently to President Roosevelt announce the "day that will live in infamy". My husband-to-be and I had a whirlwind courtship....he enlisted in the Navy and 2012 we'd have celebrated our 70th wedding anniversary. Sad to say we weren't allowed that privilege and he died a few weeks ago. We had a wonderful nearly 70 years together.....my parents were apprehensive about their daughter marrying a sailor but later agreed he was "one in a million". Oh, how I miss him. December 7th always had a special place in our heart .... both because of the terrible war that ensued but also it was the beginning of a wonderful life we've had....with no regrets. juanita ks > How many remember what they were doing that day so many years ago. If > I remember correctly is was on the radio that night (Was it Saturday). > Just remembering so long ago. ellen ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message