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| a WWII documentary about Fathers, Sons, & Grandsons |
"Every
year on December 7th I walk out past the memorial and watch the ship
come by, blow its horn, and the planes in their missing man formation.
When they pull up into the Gs, Phew!,
I find myself right back in that water." - Sterling R. Cale |
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| Meet the Weatherwaxes | | GENERATIONS filmed it's first segment (PEARL HARBOR) this past December 2007. We followed Pearl Harbor survivor Herb Weatherwax, his son Clarence, and his grandson "Mac" to several battleground sites around Oahu. Herb related to Clarence and Mac his memories of witnessing the destruction at Pearl Harbor, Wheeler Airfield, and Hickham Airfield and how World War II changed his life and how it relates to the generations of today.
Check out the photo gallery for captured memories of our trip. | |
| Jamie's First Visit October 2007 |
This
past October I was fortunate to be able to visit Oahu, Hawaii. During
my two-week stay I took the opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor and the
Arizona Memorial. At the site visitors are able to look out over the
harbor and view the Arizona Memorial, the Nevada Memorial, the USS
Missouri (still intact but retired), and Ford Island (the naval air
base). The Arizona Memorial actually sits over the sunken ship itself.
The top part of the ship lies just a few feet underwater. Drops of oil
still seep from the sunken ship to the water's surface. Pearl Harbor
survivors think of the drops of oil as tears from their fallen comrades
still entombed in the ship.
While
waiting for the ferry that transports tourists to and from the Arizona
Memorial, I was able to talk to Pearl Harbor survivor, Sterling R. Cale
(85). A Honolulu resident, Cale tries to visit the memorial a few days
each week. He related to me these memories of that fateful day: "I was
20 years of age when the attack happened that morning. After the attack
I found myself in the water dragging the injured and the dead back to
shore. I spent 4 hours in the water that day and since have spent 57
years in the military, between the navy and the army. Since I have been
back in Pearl Harbor, I spend three days a week down here at the
memorial and 4 days with my wife. She tries to keep me from coming down
here." |
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