I'm going to take a break today from my normal article writing. My usual article consists of some beneficial learning material concerning the reverse mortgage.
Today we shall do something different. The reason is yesterday I spoke to an individual who absolutely made my day.
Just so you know where I'm coming from, you should know something about me. I'm forty years old and have a love for history. Being a red blooded American I'm greatly interested in twentieth century history.
Well, I was in for some luck. I spoke to a gentleman for about an hour about getting a reverse mortgage.
At the end of the conversation he mentioned where he was stationed back in 1948. That was close enough to WWII so I had to ask if he served during the war. Notice he didn't just tell me...
He, in a very low key manner, said he did and was at Pearl December 7, 1941.
You know how you have double take? I had a triple take. Wow! I'm talking to one of last remaining human beings with a first hand account.
Not only was he there but he was on the West Virginia when it was hit by seven torpedos. He said he looked out the port hole and could see them coming just before they hit.
Furthermore he was severely injured and piled in with the dead. I'm not sure how but the Navy listed him as deceased and informed his family as such.
The family memorialized his death as well.
The truth is I wanted to believe this story but needed confirmation. So, I went to the web afterwards and found him. He's even been on a couple Pearl Harbor documentaries.
I don't have much of a point here other than it was a great phone call, at least for me. I felt like I had a little brush with history in the form of an American hero.
He was there and could give you a first hand account. He's also a dying breed, and it will be sad when he and those in his generation are gone.
Today we shall do something different. The reason is yesterday I spoke to an individual who absolutely made my day.
Just so you know where I'm coming from, you should know something about me. I'm forty years old and have a love for history. Being a red blooded American I'm greatly interested in twentieth century history.
Well, I was in for some luck. I spoke to a gentleman for about an hour about getting a reverse mortgage.
At the end of the conversation he mentioned where he was stationed back in 1948. That was close enough to WWII so I had to ask if he served during the war. Notice he didn't just tell me...
He, in a very low key manner, said he did and was at Pearl December 7, 1941.
You know how you have double take? I had a triple take. Wow! I'm talking to one of last remaining human beings with a first hand account.
Not only was he there but he was on the West Virginia when it was hit by seven torpedos. He said he looked out the port hole and could see them coming just before they hit.
Furthermore he was severely injured and piled in with the dead. I'm not sure how but the Navy listed him as deceased and informed his family as such.
The family memorialized his death as well.
The truth is I wanted to believe this story but needed confirmation. So, I went to the web afterwards and found him. He's even been on a couple Pearl Harbor documentaries.
I don't have much of a point here other than it was a great phone call, at least for me. I felt like I had a little brush with history in the form of an American hero.
He was there and could give you a first hand account. He's also a dying breed, and it will be sad when he and those in his generation are gone.
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