On this day, the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, I wanted to share an interview with my dad, who was stationed there during the bombing. This interview was originally published by the Delaware State News in 1985. My dad passed away in 2005.
It begins like this:
"It was early in the morning on Dec. 7, 1941. James L Edwards, then a 28-year-old soldier stationed just outside of Pearl Harbor with the 65th Combat Engineers, decided to go for a swim."
Your dad was right in the middle of one of the most horrifying moments in American history.
ReplyDeleteWhat particularly strikes me is this comment he made in the interview: "I made a deal with my friend, that if either of us didn't make it, we should get our personal things out of our lockers and get them back to our loved ones back home."