I JUST HAD TO.

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT.

Prayer Request for Cliff.

Being handed a layoff notice sucks! especially on the Heals of the New Year. Let's Keep Cliff in our prayers that He finds a new Job A.S.A.P.

NEW YEARS EVE

I HOPE THAT EVERY ONE ENJOYES THE CELEBRATIONS TONIGH. CELESTINE AND I WISH EVERY ONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.



I DUG THIS ONE UP FROM A TIME GONE BY,THIS IS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT I LISTENED TO WHEN I WAS A YOUNG AND DAD WOULD LET US STAY UP TO LISTEN TO GUY LOMBARDO ON NEW YEAR EVE/DAY.

In a Walter Mitty kind of thing

I decided to change this up a bit. Besides this one my alter egos.Just like Walter Mitty

It's award time again.

I just got this award from my friend Cliff. here is what he said about me and the award.

Another first timer is Michael Golch. He gets the "Let's add legs to our prayers" Top Banana. His blog is called Rambling Stuff aka Golch Central. Michael is one who jumps on top of prayer requests at other blogs and will either post them on his blog or at the Prayer Hubs. He is a very avid reader of other blogs and goes to those I recommend quite often.

when all else fails

Never a Year Like '09 - JibJab

A Prayer Request.

I was just visiting with one of my blogging friends where I read that a close friend suffered a terrible loss.Their child that had been visiting for Christmas was killed in an accident on the freeway.Please go and offer a word or two

A prayer request

Yesterday My nephew Jason went to help his brother move to a new apartment on Long Island.
Sometime between 4 AM and 6AM he was in an accident where he rolled his truck while on a freeway.His face is all bruised up due to the airbag inflating,his shoulder is messed up.and the truck may have been totalled. His Father who just so happened to be on vacation went to pick up jason and they both continued on to Long Island to Help my nephew Richie Please Keep Jason and Richard SR. in your prayers that they have a safe travel back here to Ohio.

A milestone that I forgot to post about.

Twelve days ago I hit an important milestone and did not post about it. I do not want people to think that I'm blowing my own horn here,it's just that I want everyone to celebrate this with me.
December 17,1990 is when I got sober.That has amounted to 19 years of one day at a time.THANK YOU GOD FOR MY SOBERITY!!!!

We didn't start the fire

Something that needs to be shared. and a prayer request.

First of all I want to tell you of the fun time I had at a brunch that was hosted by my sister Sandy.The brunch was great. There were a bunch of my cousins One of my aunts and several of cousins whom I had not seen in a while were there,as well as some friends of my sister Sandy and Her Hubby Allen.
Having several seizures were not.
I do have to ask for prayers for my Cousin's wife Cindy,last week she was taken to the hospital with chest pains.the good news is that she did not have a heart attack(YET).they did a stress test on her and determined the her blood flow is quite low and that she needs to see a cardiologist and will need a heart catheration.Please keep her in your prayers.

This has been a fun day,NOT

I have been having a battle of wills with this computer today.it decided to delete a bunch of programs and games that I had installed. so rather get upset and say you win,I got even! That is the great thing about restore discs.you win the evil goblins in the computer do not!

Aww Monday

I had a different picture for awww monday planned but that one got lost.Oh well stuff happens.

Love has no bounds,a Life lession

I saw this on Silly Willy andFluffy's site.It also goes along with a lesson that my late Father,Philip Richard Golch taught me. Yes you may have it bad off,there is some one just ahead that has got it worse,and the best thing that you can do is to make the best of a bad situation. THIS YOUNG MAN IS A HERO IN MY BOOK!!

I have a blogger friend Jeremy who is asking for prayers,Here is what he posted on his site::

I just got this email from a longtime friend of mine. Alisha Pratt is someone I have gone to church with for years. Her family is unfortunately hitting some hard times and so she sent this email.

"Good evening all! I hope that each of you have enjoyed your Christmas and that you got a chance to celebrate with the ones you love. I wish I was writing just to say Merry Christmas but I am also writing to ask that you remember my uncle (Bill Shults)
in your thoughts and prayers."

"Christmas Eve my aunt called 911 because he was unable to breathe. My uncle has been on the heart transplant list for years, has a defibulator and pacemaker and over half his heart muscle is dead, the past few months his health has declined rapidly. Upon getting to the hospital he was immediately sent to ICU and put on a bipap ventilator and in the past two days made no progress, they said that he is in congestive heart failure and are trying to treat it. Today he has slept most of the the day and has really struggled to move air. Please also keep the doctors and nurses that are taking care of him in your prayers as well as he is quite complex right now."

"My uncles wife Vicki is not healthy herself, they have a 13 year old Autistic son and 33 year old mental handicapped daughter - please keep them in your prayers as well as they are struggling with my uncle being so sick."

"Thank you in advance for your thoughts and prayers. I'll keep you update as I know more the next few days.
Love you!
Alisha"

This request speaks for itself so I now lift it to Jesus and ask you kind folks to join me.

'Lord, Mr. Ford' (Jerry Reed)

he just crakes me up with some of his songs.

things are getting better.

As the preceding video shows I'm getting better and feeling a little on the silly side again!

for the heck of it.

Merry Christmas

Christmas Music: "The First Noel", Andy Williams

A Christmas Card.

I know that I cannot match these guys,so I will highlight them as my musical Christmas card.Merry christmas to all.

I have some posts set to go

I have about 6 posts that are scheduled to go. I will let that happen.I am going to cool my heels on both of my wordpress sites and here there are the links MIKE'S OTHER PLACE or you can visit me at RAMBLING THOUGHTS I will let google/blogger/google reader think about how they angered me,yeh as if that counts.see you later'gator!!

W.T.F. a major rant!!!!!!!!!

GOOGLE WHAT IS YOU EFFIN PROBLEM??????I AM SIGNED IN AND YET YOUR EFFIN SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW ME ME TO MAKE COMMENTS ON OTHER BLOGGERS SITES!!!!!!!I HATE THIS SHI# SAYING I DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT.WELL EFF YOU,YOU BUNCH OF JERKS!!! JUST KEEP THIS SHIT UP AND I'M OUT OF HERE AND JUST USE WORDPRESS TOTALLY THAN!! THAN I HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FOLLOW THE BLOGS I LIKE.
by the way I hope that you clowns have a merry christmas,cause you are really messing with mine!

something that had to be posted.

With my thanks to 'TART for this one.

Award.

How lucky can one person be. First I recieved this from Wanda's Wings. Than 'Tart gave it to me and Sandee gave me this as well. This time around I giving this to every one who has done something special for someone else.because that makes you an angel in my book.

Wacky wednesday.

WaI have to thank Coffeepot for this one.I think it fantastic.

An Award

This is my newest award that I just recieved from Wanda's Wings now I am supposed to pass this one to 5 people so here the delema.I bending the heck out of these rules and award it
1) AMIAS now here is the tricky part I have deciced to give this award to all the members of my recover blog roll. A HOY (MULTIPLE AUTHORS),A Stich in Thyme,ANGEL,AUDRINNA
,COLLEEN,DAAVE,dAAve,ENOLA,FINALLY FREE,JESS,KATHY,MARJ A AKA THRIVER,MARY,MILE191,PAM,Pammie,PATRICK,PRAYER GIRL,SARAH,SCOTT,Scott W,SRRUGGERR,STEVE E,SURRENDER,SUSAN,SYD, and lastlyWanda's Wings

IN THE WTF CATAGORY!

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

an award.

I recieve this award from Audrinna. This is one of many awards that I lost when my computer crashed,Audrinna thank you for the reminder to get this. Also you asked where I parked your site.I could not find where I had parked it so I re put your site in my BLOG ROLL OF HONOR.

AWWW....Monday

Sorry that I'm late with my Aww monday

I hope that you enjoy this one

Sunday Songs

Today's song is from a new Blog that I just found called Finally Free.

I JUST HAD TO SWIPE THIS ONE.

Lakewood police officer says little boy's kindness restores hope

by DREW MIKKELSEN / KING5 News

LAKEWOOD, Wash. - A Lakewood police officer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he was inspired to write the following Christmas letter earlier this week.

The officer credits one small boy's donation of support to the Lakewood Police Department as the big reason he has regained hope for this holiday season.

The officer sent it to friends, family members and other law enforcement officers.

A Tukwila police officer received the officer's permission to release it to the public:

I'm not much for writing Christmas letters, and in fact this year, I didn't even feel like making the effort of buying and addressing Christmas cards at all. I'm sure you all have heard of the terrible tragedy that occurred here in Lakewood two weeks ago today - four of our officers, four people that have become my friends over the past 5 years as we all worked here together, were gunned down as they sat in a coffee shop. Three fathers and a mother - all of whom were dedicated to their jobs and their families - now dead. The grief at our station and in our community has been overwhelming and we have all now just barely begun to process what this means for our department and for police departments all across our state and nation. Several times since this event happened, police agencies have responded to reports of individuals across King and Pierce Counties causing commotions and claiming to be planning to kill more officers. We do our best to maintain our composure and continue to do our jobs the best that we can.

It is hard not to remain bleak and jaded with these events so fresh in our minds. But something happened today, just 20 minutes ago, which made me want to send out a Christmas letter. I'm here at work and was just out in our secure parking lot helping another officer load collection bins into his car to take to a local Lakewood Police Independent Guild fundraiser event. I heard a woman, standing with a boy who couldn't have been more than 3 or 4 years old, calling, "Excuse me…." through our locked gate. She had apparently been trying to get to our front counter but found no one there, it being Sunday, and had just happened to see us in the parking lot. I walked over to her and saw that the little boy was holding a plastic baggy containing a dollar and some change, and was clutching a well-worn stuffed dinosaur.

The woman told me that her son, AJ, had seen the stories on tv about our 4 slain officers. She said that they had driven to our station all the way from Kingston because her son was so intent on helping the children of these officers. I opened the gate and the boy handed me the plastic baggy containing all the money from his piggybank and a note on which he had written "AJ….From me to Pleec. I Love You." And then, with tears in his eyes, he handed me his stuffed dinosaur. AJ's mom explained that he wanted to give the children of the slain officers the most precious thing that he owned, and that was his dinosaur, Bruno.

I told AJ that I would take the money that he wanted to donate, but that I thought the best thing he could do for the children of our 4 officers was to keep Bruno safe with him but to keep those kids in his heart when he hugged his dinosaur. He agreed and gratefully took Bruno back from me and held him tightly as if he never wanted to let him go again.

We have seen many, many acts of generosity and kindness over the past 2 weeks. We have hugged more friends and strangers than we could have ever imagined and have mended broken ties with people we haven't talked to for years. Yet nothing has touched me deeper, or given me more hope for the future, than AJ and his stuffed dinosaur. I gave AJ one of our department challenge coins, explaining to him that we only gave them out to the bravest and most deserving people we came across. I hope he will realize someday how much more than a dollar and some change he gave to me and to the Lakewood Police Department today.

So anyway, none of that is about Christmas, but it is about hope and love and I thought it was appropriate to share this holiday season.

I hope this letter finds all of you well and eager to spend the holidays with those you love. Squeeze everyone a little tighter and hug them a little longer today because life really is precious. Merry Christmas!

I have to give a big thank you to the blogger of PICTURE OF EXPERIENCE

Prayers for DR.T.

Finally Free is asking for prayers for a Dr.T. Let's add Dr. T. to ours prayers.

the new meds. an update.

this will take me a while to type this out.I have to watch which key I hit. My Doctor just gave me instructions that I need to stop taking the medication that was just prescribed.it will take a while for me to get off the medication. I go from 3 pills a day to 2 for 5 days,than 1 pill for 5 days and than 1/2 a pill for 2 days than none after that.The reason is that this medication can be additive and I need to step in down slow to avoid problems.

So If I'm not around much this is the reason.

the new meds.

The new medication the I have been put on mostlikey eill have to be stopped,it is coausion gme to be confuded and my speechg is not that great,i have amessqge to my doctor ad waitng for a reply.i hopee ican jdur stop it.

Friday Flashback

my postings.

I do not know if it is the new medication that I just got put on that has caused me not to care to blog,or comments on blogs that I visit.I guess I just need time to get used to it.it can cause drowsiness,and maybe some apity,I don't know. the meds is intended to help control my seizures.
I do have several posting planned and scheduled for posting,So Please bear with me.

my thoughs about life.

if you think that you are having a bad deal in life.just watch this!

My late father,Phillip Richard Golch has always told me no matter how bad you think you got it there is some one else worse of that you. Here is a young man that has problems in life and makes to best of a bad situation.He is a hero in my book

A Prayer request.

I have to ask for prayers for a blogging friend that just lost her Mother. Please keep MAITRI and her late Mom in your players,and go offer a kind word to Maitri.

Wacky Wednesday

Awww...Monday

This Awww...Monday is courtesy of Gemmak I give her a Huge Tip of the Hat.

We Didn't Start the Fire - 1860-1920

A blast from the past!

SUNDAY THOUGHTS.

O creator past all telling,
you have appointed from the treasures of your wisdom
the hierarchies of angels,
disposing them in wondrous order
above the bright heavens,
and have so beautifully set out all parts of the universe.

Image via Wikipedia

You we call the true fount of wisdom
and the noble origin of all things.
Be pleased to shed
on the darkness of mind in which I was born,
The twofold beam of your light
and warmth to dispel my ignorance and sin.

You make eloquent the tongues of children.
Then instruct my speech
and touch my lips with graciousness.
Make me keen to understand, quick to learn,
able to remember;
make me delicate to interpret and ready to speak.

Guide my going in and going forward,
lead home my going forth.
You are true God and true man,
and live for ever and ever.

--St Thomas Aquinas, 1225-74

a list of novelty Chrismas songs.

Just for the heck of itI decided to to post this list.The highlighted stuff was supposed to link to wikipedia but does not.
Another form of popular Christmas song are those musical parodies performed solely for comical effect, usually classified as "Novelty songs". The best known of these include:

• "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" written by Donald Yetter Gardner in 1944 and introduced by Spike Jones and his City Slickers in 1948.
• "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" sung by 13-year old Jimmy Boyd in 1952.
• "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" written by John Rox and performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) in 1953.
• "Nuttin' For Christmas" by Art Mooney and Barry Gordon, who was seven years old when he sang the song in 1955.
• "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1958.
• Tom Lehrer wrote a parody of Christmas carols purporting to show the true spirit of Christmas - the commercial spirit - in "A Christmas Carol"^[15]
• "Monster's Holiday" recorded by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, written by Paul Harrison, released December 1962.
• "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" originally done for the 1966 cartoon special How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The lyrics were written by Dr. Seuss, the music was by Albert Hague, and the lyrics were performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. Many different versions have been recorded since.
• "Snoopy's Christmas" performed by The Royal Guardsmen in 1967; a follow-up to their earlier song "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" recorded in 1966.
• "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo & Patsy which came out in 1979.
• Numerous "The Twelve Days of Christmas" parodies, including one by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) which came out in 1982, and another by the a capella group Straight No Chaser which was first performed in 1997.

Even Cheech and Chong got into the act with "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" recorded in 1971.

In 2007, The Killers released Don't Shoot Me Santa; a song which benefited various AIDS charities.

A more recent example of a novelty Christmas song is "Damn it, I'm Vixen" performed by Brian Beathard, in 1997.

Christmas novelty songs can involve gallows humor and even morbid humor like that found in "Christmas at Ground Zero" and "The Night Santa Went Crazy", both by "Weird Al" Yankovic.^[16] Radio personality Bob Rivers has parlayed the format into several albums in the Twisted Christmas line.

The number of Christmas novelty songs is so immense that radio host Dr. Demento devotes an entire month of weekly two-hour episodes to the format each year, and the novelty songs receive frequent requests at radio stations across the country.

The Dan Band released several adult oriented Christmas songs on their 2007 album "Ho: A Dan Band Christmas" which included "Ho, Ho, Ho" (ho being slang for a prostitute), "I Wanna Rock You Hard This Christmas", "Please Don't Bomb Nobody This Holiday" and "Get Drunk & Make Out This Christmas".

The Skandles released a Christmas Rap and R & B parody of Rihanna, Snoop Dogg and Biggie Smalls to Airplay Direct on Dec. 9th, 2009 called "The Elf That Jacked Christmas".

more silly Christmas music

This is just great I really enjoyed this one. 12 day of Christmas with a huge twist!!

I just had to

Friday Flashback

A couple of Songs for you.

Open Awards

Finding Pam,is passing out these award to her frequent visitors.I am doing the same as well.IF YOU WANT THEN COME AND GET THEM. And of course no appoligies to the group BADFINGER.

A Rant

I just love the digital television broadcasts NOT Yesterday during shows that Celestine and I watch the fuc&en signals keep cutting out.I do not know if it was being caused by the high gusting winds that we had yesterday or was it the incompetent operations people at the stations.needless to say we were extremely pissed off. Last year when we STILL had the analog signals high winds did NOT interrupt the signal at all. when they switch over to the digital broadcast signals the did not have the transmitters totally perfected AND STILL DO NOT.THANKS A LOT Federal Communication Commission. Why in the hell can't you people get you act together,HUH????

I got this in an Email.

I got this in an e-mail and just had to share this.

CHRISTMAS AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY
I wonder why the press hasn't enlightened the public about it??
Arlington National Cemetery


Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell...



Readers may be interested to know that these wreaths -- some 5,000 -- are donated by the Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, Maine. The owner, Merrill Worcester, not only provides the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well. He's done this since 1992. A wonderful guy. Also, most years, groups of Maine school kids combine an educational trip to DC with this event to help out. Making this even more remarkable is the fact that Harrington is in one the poorest parts of the state.

I just have to post this link. Post #1323

I just just visiting one of my blogs that I follow.Matty has a great posting and I feel that it is a must read.

The Bucket List.(A meme) With an Update.

I saw this over at JUST BREATHE'S site and decided that I would play along as well.

The stuff that has an X is stuff I did.
(x) Shot a gun? Almost shot myself in the foot.
( x) Gone on a blind date
( ) Skipped school.
(x ) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Alaska
( ) Been to Cuba
( ) Been to Europe
( ) Been to Las Vegas
( ) Been to Mexico
() Been to Florida
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a cruise ship
() Served on a jury
(x ) Been lost
(x ) Been on the opposite side of the country out in California.
( ) Gone to Washington , DC
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
( x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Played cowboys/girls and Indians
( ) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Sang Karaoke No But I did sing with a bar's house band when I was in the Air Force I was drunk as a skunk,and trying to sing Yesterday by The Beatles,I was very off key,made a fool of myself but had fun doing it. This was long befor there was such a thing as Karaoke!
( ) Paid for a meal with coins only?
( x) Made prank phone calls.
( x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose.
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x ) Been kissed under the mistletoe-
( x) Watched the sunrise with someone.
(x) Blown bubbles
( ) Gone ice-skating
( ) Gone snow skiing
(x) Camped out under the stars.
(x) Seen something so beautiful that it took your breath away?
( x) Are or have been Married?
( ) Children?
( x ) Have a Pet?
( ) Been skinny dipping outdoors
(x) Been fishing
() Been boating
( ) Been water skiing
(x) Been hiking
() Been camping in a trailer/RV
( x) Flown in a small 4 seater airplane
( ) Flown in a glider
( ) Been flying in a hot air balloon
( ) Been bungee-jumping
(x ) Gone to a drive-in movie
(x) Done something that should have killed you
(x) Done something that you will probably regret for the rest of your life

1. Any nickname..Skinny(along time ago)
2. Mother's name - Shirley(her nicknane was Sam)
3.Favorite Drink? DR.Pepper
4. Body Piercing? No
5. Tattoos? No
6. How much do you love your job? Glad that I'm retired from it.
7. Birthplace? Cleveland,Ohio
8. Favorite vacation spot? N/A
9. Been to Africa ? No
10. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? Yes
11. Ever been on TV? Yes
12. Ever steal any traffic signs ? No
13. Ever been in a car accident? Yes
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? Have driven both styles.the first car was a Ford Galixy 2 door. last car driven was a Buick Century 4 dor.
15. Favorite number? 7
16. Favorite movie? Dirty Harry movies
17. Favorite Holiday? Christmas
18. Favorite dessert? Cheesecake
19. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? right where here in my paid off condo.
20. Furthest place you will send this message? Blogosphere.
21. Who will respond to this the fastest? I really don't know,it will be interesting to see.
Now if you want to play along go ahead it is not manitory.

A Sad Anaversary.

One Year ago today we lost a great blogger,Mark lost his battle with cancer.I know that today must be a rough day for his wife Rebecca.Please keep her in your prayers. I never had the pleasure of meeting Mark in person,but did come to know him from his blog. Thank you Jennifer for the reminder or this man's passing.

Wacky Wednesday

"Hellow computer what you knowin I've come to watch you electrons flowin". With no appoligies to Simon and Garfunkle!

Thank you Just be Real.

oh well stuff happens

well folks I'm behind the 8 ball for a reason I have recieved several awards,that I have not posted.it is due to the fact that the day I had planned to post them the computer took a powder and I lost the awards.

DECEMBER 7,1941

These are amazing photos!
Photos taken on 7 December 1941, but not developed until 2009. The camera was the old Brownie camera like my Mother used over 70 years ago...
The photos are unbelievable...






Isn't is amazing how a film could last so long in a camera without disintegrating?




Fantastic photos taken 68 years ago. Some of you will have to go to a museum to see what a Brownie camera looked like?


Here is a simple picture of what we are talking about. . .








These photos are absolutely incredible...Read below the first picture and at the end...








PHOTOS STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERA


Thought you might find these photos very interesting; what quality from 1941.
Pearl Harbor photos found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker. and just recently
taken to be developed.


THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM A SAILOR WHO WAS ON THE USS QUAPAW ATF-11O.


I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR!


PEARL HARBOR


December 7th, 1941

Pearl Harbor


On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii By planning this attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island , where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States .)


In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu , he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.




At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.
When it was over, the U.S. Losses were:


Casualties
US Army: 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
US Navy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
US MarineCorp: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.


TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
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Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-4 4) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage..
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.
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Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco (CA-38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage..
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Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD -3 7 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
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Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.)
I recieved this as an email on Sept 26,2009 and decided to use this now as a way of Honoring thse men and women long ago.


AWWW...Monday wil be back next Monday. Please keep theose that gave their lives this day in your prayers as well as ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN!