A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

DECEMBER 7, 1941

Wars are fought by men. Many of these men die. Wars are begun by others, often less brave, who sit many thousands of miles from the death. Those who fought and died in the battles of World War II were, in most cases, honorable men, whether they be American, British, German, French, Japanese or from any one of the many other nations involved.

Each year, we pause to remember those who died on that morning 65 years ago. We remember not so as to bring back memories of a time when the world went mad. We remember not so as to condemn those who attacked us. We remember lest we forget those who died and lest we forget that we must never allow it to happen again.

This year, the 65th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, will be the last one with servicemen who were there that day. These guys are now in their 80's and 90's. In the very near future, even the Arizona itself will be gone. 65 years of rusting in the waters of Pearl Harbor have taken its toll. Eventually all that will be left will be the Memorial.

*** UPDATE ***

I have gone back and added at description for each image below.
Just "mouse-over" and it will appear.
Hope this helps explain what the images are of.. -Wil

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USS ARIZONA

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THE ATTACK BEGINS



































































USS OKLAHOMA








































USS WEST VIRGINIA
























USS CALIFORNIA
















USS NEVADA
























DESTROYER USS SHAW
















DESTROYERS USS CASSINS and USS DOWNES


















































































































USS ARIZONA

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THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL

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HONOLULU TODAY




"Let's all be careful out there!"

A LONG YET

PROFITABLE NIGHT

But it sure didn't start that way.

Sat from 7p to 9p in Wailea and the only run that I was dispatched to canceled at the last minute. After a barren two hours, the dispatcher took pity on me and let me go into Kihei. Between 7p and 12m, I had three runs, none over $10.10,. From 12m to 2a I added three more runs. None of those over $10.10 neither. From 2a to 4:30a I did another three runs, the biggest $9.80

As you can see, it was a really shitty night. Then fortune smiled upon me. The Renaissance Hotel called. A Korean guest had forgotten that he need to catch a flight to Honolulu this morning. He was more than a bit disorganized. Waited 10 minutes while he kept walking away from the counter, always forgetting something. Then he had a bag that he needed to give to a friend staying at another hotel in Wailea. The problem, he couldn't remember which one it was. All the other hotels are south of the Renaissance, so we started driving to each, until he found the correct one. Wrong entrance, we had to go around to the ballroom.. He went upstairs to his friends room. Finally, at 5:15a we started for the airport. The normal $50 fare totaled out at $66. At first he gave me a $4 tip but then, as I was leaving, ran up and gave me $5 more.

While enroute to OGG, the first dayshift car checked in at 5:30am. The second one came on-board just before 5:45a. I only had two reservations for the day. One at 6a and the other at 6:15a. I thought I had everything covered but a non-scheduled pick-up, from The Grand to OGG, walked out. With that and the 6a reservation, I was out of cabs. Pulled up for the 6:15a reservation at 6:11a and the guests were waiting. Two people going to Maalaea Harbor. Gave the return pick-up to the first of the day drivers.

Those last two runs added over $100 dollars to my meter. Prior to them, I hadn't even reached $75.

Finally walked in my front door at 7:30a.

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Gas dropped 2-cents over my days off:

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

SOUTH OF WAILEA - part 2

Ahihi Bay

Little Beach
(clothing optional)

Big Beach

La Perouse Area

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"Let's all be careful out there!"