Dave i do remember pearl harbor as my dad listen to the news on the radio when ever he was home from work and when this happen i was about 7 year old and it seem as daddy was so concerned that it happen near us I was so up set it seem like we would be next in my mind Dad was so worried about some of the boys his nephews going to war and what would happen so to us that was young so to us only think it was so close to us. like next state or something Dad was in world war 1 and had two purple hearts from being gas in France and some other metal i own now. any way my family was so worried about it. so you sure hit a sofe place in my heart i still get afraid for the soldiers of to day also no one can for get things like that and the jews I did get to go to washington musuem to see the jewish collection as so many in our State is part jews of to day. well so much for the memories louise ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Dave Kuhl <dbkuhl@bellsouth.net> Reply-To: hcgs@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 20:22:02 -0800 (PST) > > >I sent this to another group today.  I thought you might enjoy it. >---------------------------------------------- >It has been 71 years. >   >A 21 year old at Pearl Harbor in 1941 would be 92 now. >  >Frank Buckles (February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) the longest surviving >American veteran of WW I died at 110 in WV. >Two of my high school classmates had contact with him.  One was through their >church and the other through their real estate firm > > (his wife worked there).  My class of 62 celebrated our 50 anniversary this >summer.  The Civil War (1861-1865) was only 150 years ago.  That brings big >numbers like these into perspective.   >  >I thought that an Aussie, two Brits and a Frenchman outlived Buckles by a few >weeks or months.  Wikipedia says that only a Brit female mess steward outlived >Buckles and by less than a year. > >  >My friends said that Buckles drove his car until he was 100 and drove his >tractor until he was 105.  He was not in combat but drove ambulances and >motorcycles. > Dave Kuhl >210 Glen Eagles Drive >Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 >e-mail: dbkuhl@bellsouth.net > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.westvirginia.net