Pearl Harbor
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton
Bunker oil still seeps out from the wreckage, 68 years later. USS Arizona (BB 39) had, on the day prior, finished a full refueling operation, so her tanks wire filled with fuel oil. To this day, you can see the oil, still seeping out, bubbling up in small and large bubbles, breaking the surface with that rainbow hue of oily residue, marking her resting place. I took this picture during a navy trip to Pearl Harbor back in 2000.
Thank you, all you veterans who have come before us and will serve after us.
1IDVET // Dec 7, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Pinch,
Talk about eery.
I open up the RSS feed and there’s my name. Only it isn’t MY name. It’s just someone with the same initial and last name as me.
Eery.
God rest their souls.
SoCal Pir8 // Dec 8, 2009 at 6:40 am
I doubt anyone who has stood above the USS Arizona’s deck has not taken a picture of the fuel oil reaching the surface. I know I took several when I visited the memorial first back in ‘75.
Dangerousdan // Dec 11, 2009 at 6:37 am
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived…..”
I felt the same way when I visited the American Cemetery at Normandy although it evoked a raw emotion feel I have never felt before even 60 years later.