Posted on Jan 31, 2021
‘Hopefully it won’t be forgotten’: With no survivors left, Tidewater’s Pearl Harbor Survivors...
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End of an era, its sad when it comes down to this. The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association disbanded and donated the 1400 remaining in their accounts to the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society. WWII vets are now few and far between with Korean vets not far behind.
‘Hopefully it won’t be forgotten’: With no survivors left, Tidewater’s Pearl Harbor Survivors...
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End of an era: Pearl Harbor survivors close chapter
The San Diego chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, which at its peak was believed to be the largest chapter in the nation, can’t continue becau...
Thank you my friend SFC William Farrell for posting a sign of an end of an era. Those of us who are history appreciators will remember. I hope that many will remember the sacrifices the greatest generation made to keep us free from barbarism from external sources.
Hopefully the Navy-Marine Corps Relief will use the final $1,400 donated by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association wisely.
The San Diego chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, which at its peak was believed to be the largest chapter in the nation, can’t continue because it needs at least two survivors to serve on the board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-5E1puJQa0
"On Wednesday, it donated $1,400 that remained in its accounts to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society during a small ceremony at Little Creek.
At its height in the 1970s and ‘80s, the Tidewater chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association boasted several hundred members — sailors who’d survived the infamous 1941 attack and lived to tell the tale.
They gathered often share lunch at the club or picnic, and for more somber occasions like an annual Dec. 7 memorial ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Members watched each other “get married, buried and have grandkids,” said Gerry Chebetar, whose father Frank served as the chapter’s longtime president."
But membership dwindled as folks aged and passed away. Several years ago, with just a handful of members left, the chapter gave up its nonprofit status. By late 2019, the group had lost its last survivor, 97-year-old Paul Moore.
Suddenly the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association found itself an organization in want of survivors. And with the coronavirus pandemic prohibiting the venerated annual ceremony, the decision was made recently to officially disband."
Now it seems our gravest threat near-term is from radicals including some who were elected .
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) Maj William W. 'Bill' Price MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt David A Asbury PO2 (Join to see) SSG Franklin Briant SSG Michael Noll SFC Chuck Martinez CSM Chuck Stafford SSG Robert Webster SPC Nancy Greene MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi Maj Robert Thornton Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. PVT Mark Zehner SSG Paul Headlee
Hopefully the Navy-Marine Corps Relief will use the final $1,400 donated by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association wisely.
The San Diego chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, which at its peak was believed to be the largest chapter in the nation, can’t continue because it needs at least two survivors to serve on the board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-5E1puJQa0
"On Wednesday, it donated $1,400 that remained in its accounts to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society during a small ceremony at Little Creek.
At its height in the 1970s and ‘80s, the Tidewater chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association boasted several hundred members — sailors who’d survived the infamous 1941 attack and lived to tell the tale.
They gathered often share lunch at the club or picnic, and for more somber occasions like an annual Dec. 7 memorial ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Members watched each other “get married, buried and have grandkids,” said Gerry Chebetar, whose father Frank served as the chapter’s longtime president."
But membership dwindled as folks aged and passed away. Several years ago, with just a handful of members left, the chapter gave up its nonprofit status. By late 2019, the group had lost its last survivor, 97-year-old Paul Moore.
Suddenly the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association found itself an organization in want of survivors. And with the coronavirus pandemic prohibiting the venerated annual ceremony, the decision was made recently to officially disband."
Now it seems our gravest threat near-term is from radicals including some who were elected .
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) Maj William W. 'Bill' Price MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt David A Asbury PO2 (Join to see) SSG Franklin Briant SSG Michael Noll SFC Chuck Martinez CSM Chuck Stafford SSG Robert Webster SPC Nancy Greene MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi Maj Robert Thornton Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. PVT Mark Zehner SSG Paul Headlee
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SFC William Farrell
LTC Stephen F., not to take away any of the valor of our brave soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen but I remember reading a long time ago that the Congressional Medal of Honor Society was to disband when the last recipient died which for all intensive purposes would have been the Vietnam War recipient. Next thing you know is they are coming up with more and more brave men who are deserving of the honor. I almost felt like it was too coincidental.
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End of an era is correct and it was inevitable, SFC William Farrell, but nonetheless, it’s profoundly sad.
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