Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:23 pm
Zachary wrote:Speaking of Dec. 7 - any other WIXers share a Dec. 7 birthday? Having a birthday on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is one of the reasons I first became interested in WWII history.
Keep those pics coming, Mark!
Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:55 pm
Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:42 pm
Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:52 pm
Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:57 pm
Zachary wrote:Speaking of Dec. 7 - any other WIXers share a Dec. 7 birthday? Having a birthday on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is one of the reasons I first became interested in WWII history.
Keep those pics coming, Mark!
Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:05 pm
Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:35 pm
Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:07 pm
Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:21 pm
Xrayist wrote:Fantastic pics! A couple of things that might be of interest to this group, and some (if not all) might know is that a major portion of superstructure and other parts removed from the Arizona and were unusable, are stored on a remote point of Oahu on the Pearl Harbor Base. I have seen several pics. It looks like scrap just laying in the weeds and bushes, but you can tell what you are looking at if you know about the Arizona. Also there was a movie called "This Is The Navy" with Jimmy Cagney that came out in the late 30's. A lot of scenes were filmed on the Arizona.
Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:42 pm
SaxMan wrote:Xrayist wrote:Fantastic pics! A couple of things that might be of interest to this group, and some (if not all) might know is that a major portion of superstructure and other parts removed from the Arizona and were unusable, are stored on a remote point of Oahu on the Pearl Harbor Base. I have seen several pics. It looks like scrap just laying in the weeds and bushes, but you can tell what you are looking at if you know about the Arizona. Also there was a movie called "This Is The Navy" with Jimmy Cagney that came out in the late 30's. A lot of scenes were filmed on the Arizona.
I had heard that as well, but also heard a conflicting rumor that those parts were cut up and disposed of. There is yet another rumor that one of Arizona's Kingfishers was stored along with the superstructure, etc. If they are truly extant, they should be incorporated into an adjoining memorial on Ford Island, don't you think?
Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:51 pm
Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:30 pm
Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:37 pm
Xrayist wrote:Fantastic pics! A couple of things that might be of interest to this group, and some (if not all) might know is that a major portion of superstructure and other parts removed from the Arizona and were unusable, are stored on a remote point of Oahu on the Pearl Harbor Base. I have seen several pics. It looks like scrap just laying in the weeds and bushes, but you can tell what you are looking at if you know about the Arizona. Also there was a movie called "This Is The Navy" with Jimmy Cagney that came out in the late 30's. A lot of scenes were filmed on the Arizona.
Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:17 pm
Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:14 am