Remember Pearl Harbor

This date has always had a special meaning for me.
As mentioned several times in other threads, I had an uncle who was aboard the "West Virginia" - just behind and outboard of the "Arizona" - on Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor. He had to swim under the burning oil on the surface of the water in order to get away from his ship after it was torpedoed and bombed. We lost him several years ago and to his dying day he could never go in water over his knees without having flashbacks of the burning oil.
He and my aunt had a swimming pool in their backyard because she loved the pool. He could never get in it and swim.

A lot of lessons were learned by America that day. But one that has been forgotten is that our manufacturing might is what won WWII for us. Today we're too busy sending all of our manufacturing capability offshore just to save costs.
This practice may end up costing us more than we could imagine.

Never forget!