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14. Okay, I'm the old lady that remembers hearing FDR make his speech on the radio. My father

Sat Dec 7, 2013, 10:38 PM

Dec 2013

father had to explain the reason for the speech, but I knew it must be something very big. And I was 8 years old. I already could not sleep well at night for listening to the airplanes overhead. I was scared to death it was German airplanes coming to bomb us. It was explained to me it was WAACs ferrying plains to Great Britain. My sister's best friend's mother was one of those pilots as we learned many years after.

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Do any DUers remember the attack on Pearl Harbor? [View all] Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 OP

Sadly...I think most are very elderly or have passed on. But... KoKo Dec 2013 #1

That's what I was wondering Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author russspeakeasy Dec 2013 #16

I don't the beginning but I remember the ending VE day and VJ day. CK_John Dec 2013 #3

What was that like? Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #4

We lived in mid town NYC (123st) and we could see all the fire boats in the Hudson River CK_John Dec 2013 #6

Mid town (123st)?? Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #10

I do not understand why someone would take time to post only snark and edit to add eyerolly. It just uppityperson Dec 2013 #17

I was wondering something too Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #19

It is good to wonder things. Without wonderment, the world would be a sadder place. uppityperson Dec 2013 #20

... Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #23

The els were still up then and that was about halfway on both the east and west side lines. rug Dec 2013 #21

Of course Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #22

It's not the same city by a long shot. Especially Manhattan. rug Dec 2013 #24

The grid is Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #26

Neither the neighborhood nor their names are. rug Dec 2013 #29

Yes Hell's Kitchen is now Clinton Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #36

Not if you were from Lenox Hill. rug Dec 2013 #38

If memory serves Lenox was at 92nd Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #39

Lenox Hill is in the mid-70s. (The hospital is named after it.) rug Dec 2013 #41

That's right, Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #42

At that time the 125 Ferry was considered as the middle, since Man. ran up to 212st CK_John Dec 2013 #31

You mean Harlem? Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #35

I worked with a man who was on the USS Helena at 1010 dock... Cooley Hurd Dec 2013 #5

I don't (too young) but my father was there that day. He was a 19-year-old airman tblue37 Dec 2013 #7

Anybody born up til 1936 or so will remember it. kestrel91316 Dec 2013 #8

Yes, I thought we had some older people here, Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #9

i was 2 months old. DesertFlower Dec 2013 #11

Not me, but my 87-yr old dad would certainly remember. scarletwoman Dec 2013 #12

Yes, although at the time I did not understand exactly what had happened. northoftheborder Dec 2013 #13

Okay, I'm the old lady that remembers hearing FDR make his speech on the radio. My father asjr Dec 2013 #14

That must have been terrifying for an 8 year old. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #32

Not me, but LumosMaxima Dec 2013 #15

Yes, I was almost 3 years old. RebelOne Dec 2013 #18

I was not alive at the time but am reminded every time I visit the family cemetery. William769 Dec 2013 #25

That's such a sad story. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #33

When I saw the flags at half staff today CFLDem Dec 2013 #27

I think the flags ARE at half staff for Mandela Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #34

My father was 16 and new instantly he'd be drafted at 18 into the Army, so Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #28

Not me, but I have my Mom's memory TexasProgresive Dec 2013 #30

Yes, I was 12 katmondoo Dec 2013 #37

I'll never forget. It's my birthday. Bonhomme Richard Dec 2013 #40

That was my grandmother's name. :) Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #43

Mine too :) Boom Sound 416 Dec 2013 #44

We must be cousins. :) Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #45