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"Mark" wrote in message om... wrote in message . .. I can't vouch for the authenticity of this story. I was talking with an acquaintence I don't see often and he asked me: "You're a pilot aren't you?" I told him I was, that I'd gotten my PPL last August. He then launched into this story he'd heard from a relative who worked at the Udvar Hazy Center down in Washington. He told me that the director, an ex general, was squiring a group of Japanese journalists around the center (date of this incident not mentioned). When they passed the Enola Gay, some of the journalists spoke up and said that they were offended by the display, saying that the bomber had dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. The ex general asked them what they thought about Pearl Harbor. The Japanese, all journalists, were bewildered. "What about Pearl Harbor?" They asked. snip Ever been to Perl Harbor on Oahu? When I was there last fall I would estimate between 50% and 75% of the tourist on the boat ride to the Arizona Memorial were from Japan. Haven't been there but those that I know that have say the Japs are very disrespectful while on the memorial. |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message gy.com...
"Mark" wrote in message om... wrote in message . .. I can't vouch for the authenticity of this story. I was talking with an acquaintence I don't see often and he asked me: "You're a pilot aren't you?" I told him I was, that I'd gotten my PPL last August. He then launched into this story he'd heard from a relative who worked at the Udvar Hazy Center down in Washington. He told me that the director, an ex general, was squiring a group of Japanese journalists around the center (date of this incident not mentioned). When they passed the Enola Gay, some of the journalists spoke up and said that they were offended by the display, saying that the bomber had dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. The ex general asked them what they thought about Pearl Harbor. The Japanese, all journalists, were bewildered. "What about Pearl Harbor?" They asked. snip Ever been to Perl Harbor on Oahu? When I was there last fall I would estimate between 50% and 75% of the tourist on the boat ride to the Arizona Memorial were from Japan. Haven't been there but those that I know that have say the Japs are very disrespectful while on the memorial. Let me give you another first hand account of Japanese people at the Pearl Harbor memorial. When I was there this past fall, everyone was very respectful. The Japanese people were just like everyone else in our tour group. We had to get a ticket for the boat ride to the memorial. When they call your ticket you go into an auditorium for a ~25 minute movie on the history of Dec 7th, 1941. Then you board a boat (operated by the Navy) that takes you out to the Arizona Memorial. You get to spend about 20-20 minutes at the memorial and then take the boat ride back. I remember while we were waiting for our ticket to be called, it was your normal crowd of tourist. Kids running around, people taking pictures. However once in the auditorium everyone got quiet and the proper respect was made. While at the Arizona Memorial I remember watching some of the Japanese people and I could tell in their faces that they had respect for both the Americans and Japanese people that died that day. You didn't hear any kids screaming or people taking loudly. I was very impressed with how everyone acted. They even had some Pearl Harbor survivors present and I remember Japanese people having their pictures taken with these veterans. If you're even on Oahu, take time to stop at Pearl Harbor. On they busy Saturday morning when my wife and I visited the memorial, it only took a little more than 2 hours. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message thlink.net...
The color of the White House has nothing to do with the burning of the structure by the British in 1814. The building was first made white with lime-based whitewash in 1798, when its walls were finished, simply as a means of protecting the porous stone from freezing. My sentiments exactly. http://www.snopes.com/language/colors/whithous.htm |
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