THANK YOU, AMERICA'S FIGHTING MEN AND WOMENHERE'S TO YOU, THE HERO'S OF ALL FREE PEOPLE, AND THE PRIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
It was '65 and I was 16 and the war was only over for 20 years at the time and our vo. ag. teacher, Mike Orendo, used to show us WWII movies in some of our classes. He was a recent retiree of the U.S. Air Force, a WWII B-29 bomber pilot, who had seen action in the pacific. At the time we never got it, the meaning and reasons why he was so proud to show us those movies, but now after 8 years of living in Hawaii, and 13 years here in the CNMI, I get it for sure. In Hawaii I went to the Arizona Memorial, saw battleship row, the sunken remains of a once hell in Pearl Harbor, but the real stories came from the people I befriended who were actually living in Honolulu and near-by who recanted their real life experiences that Sunday morning on December 7th. These people actually saw the bombs falling, heard the explosions and saw all the carnage. It became real then, and it all started to come together. After coming to the CNMI it became even more real, seeing all the war relics, memorials and the historical sites here on Saipan, I started to fully understand just what these hero's have really sacrificed and gave to us all. They need to be honored with the up most of our respect. Their valor and bravery should never go unheeded or be forgotten. Please show your respects and honor our past and present hero's this Memorial Day. To all of you, Kudos and a heart felt Thank-you!! .......GED.......
It was '65 and I was 16 and the war was only over for 20 years at the time and our vo. ag. teacher, Mike Orendo, used to show us WWII movies in some of our classes. He was a recent retiree of the U.S. Air Force, a WWII B-29 bomber pilot, who had seen action in the pacific. At the time we never got it, the meaning and reasons why he was so proud to show us those movies, but now after 8 years of living in Hawaii, and 13 years here in the CNMI, I get it for sure. In Hawaii I went to the Arizona Memorial, saw battleship row, the sunken remains of a once hell in Pearl Harbor, but the real stories came from the people I befriended who were actually living in Honolulu and near-by who recanted their real life experiences that Sunday morning on December 7th. These people actually saw the bombs falling, heard the explosions and saw all the carnage. It became real then, and it all started to come together. After coming to the CNMI it became even more real, seeing all the war relics, memorials and the historical sites here on Saipan, I started to fully understand just what these hero's have really sacrificed and gave to us all. They need to be honored with the up most of our respect. Their valor and bravery should never go unheeded or be forgotten. Please show your respects and honor our past and present hero's this Memorial Day. To all of you, Kudos and a heart felt Thank-you!! .......GED.......
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