[pianotech] Appointment on Ford Island. OT

[Paul Williams]

Nice, Wim!  Ive both seen the Arizona there in the harbor, and also Mighty Mo when still "parked" in Washington state.  Cool machine that could launch a bomb that weighed about the same as VW bug 26 miles and hit the target 60 years ago!  I got to walk on the MO.  My uncle Frank was on the sister-ship Arizona in the engine room.


It still gives me goosebumbs to see the top stacks of the Arizona and what happened that day..

Paul


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Date: Friday, August 10, 2012 3:03 AM
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Subject: [pianotech] Appointment on Ford Island. OT


I had an appointment on Ford Island this afternoon. For those of who might not remember, it was along the shores of Ford Island where the Battleships were moored during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

When I got done with my appointment, I was only a few hundred feet from the water front, so I drove down to the Arizona Memorial.  Picture is from about 25 yards away. When I got back to my car, I had a great view of the Mighty Mo, the Missouri, which is docked only a few hundred yards from the Arizona.

One of the few perks of living in Hawaii. History just a few feet away.

Wim



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