12/10/2021, Updated December 1, 2022
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Link to December 7, 1941Pearl Harbor attack
I was three years old when this attack occurred and it was a short time later that I realized the impact of it. My Dad was killed in a car accident May 1939, when I was 8 months old. Here we are three years later and by this time my Mother had remarried. August 17, 1941, my sister was born. She would have been 3 or 4 months old when the attack came, too young to realize any of the dangers. Several things I do remember. Everyone 18 years old was eligible for the draft and the age extended to age 35. My Uncle was 27 at the time. My Mother had decided my Grandparents would be able to care for me better than she could, so my Grandparents, because my family. Since my Uncle was draft age when America declared war on Japan, it was scary for the family after recently losing my Dad in the accident. My Uncle was sent to Pearl Harbor, which became even scarier, because everyone thought Japan would likely strike Pear Harbor again. As it turned out, Pearl Harbor was one of the safest places to be during WW II. I was too young to remember very much, but the one thing I do remember is the blackouts and when we would go get in the storm cellar. We were living in Megargel, Texas at the time, where my grandfather was the Church of Christ minister. The storm cellar was probably built because this area was subject to tornadoes. I remember when it was announced that there would be a practice air raid, I would go with my Grandad and Grandmother to the cellar. There was a siren that went off and we would stay until all clear was sounded with another siren. I can still see spiders and cobwebs in that cellar, which was scary for me, but I was too young to completely understand what was going on. I do remember hearing planes fly over, which was part of the drill.
Link to December 7, 1941Pearl Harbor attack
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