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Not sure if I have told this story here. My second MIL was a child in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Posted by Bacon (aka Redmond) Dec 7 '18, 07:28

She was at school (she showed us pictures of her school) that sat on a ridge on one side of a long narrow valley. The Japanese Zeros used this valley as one of their over land attacking groups. Being in the low valley with ridges on both sides made them hard to spot.

She remembered the day they flew threw that valley. The kids were on the playground and stopped playing to watch all these planes flying by them. Because the planes were flying lower to help be undetected it put them at the same height of the school and the playground. She said she could see the pilots turning their heads to look at the kids. Then minutes later she could see the thick plumes of smoke coming from Pearl Harbor.

My second MIL has since passed, but hearing that story and getting to ask her questions about that day is a true highlight of my life. She painted a very descriptive picture of what she experienced as a kid.

So amazing

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It reminds me of this woman. -- (link) - David Dec 7, 07:41 1
- Oh she's a treasure. I thought this entire video was from Hawaii until she said at the end she left there in 1971 -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:46
how many MIL have you had? -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:36 3
- Currently 3 -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:38 2
  - ... hopefully that is the last. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 07:46 1
    - That is the plan, stan -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:47
dang. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 07:36
they essentially did that scene in the movie iirc. very neat story. -- nm - Beaker Dec 7, 07:29 4
- Which movie? -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:31 3
  - Pearl Harbour -- nm - Roger More Dec 7, 07:31 2
    - The Canadian version, with Paul Gross and Victor Garber. -- nm - Mop Dec 7, 08:52
    - Ah that's cool. Well I can say that part of the movie is accurate. I heard this story before that movie came out. I have to watch that again. -- nm - Bacon Dec 7, 07:33

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Not sure if I have told this story here. My second MIL was a child in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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