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    Posted: December/08/2015 at 05:18
  

74 years ago today millions of men mobbed recruiting offices in America after the Pearl Harbor attack.  My dad was one of them.   


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President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, a day after the Pearl Harbor attacks to ask for a declaration of war against Japan.





Picture Source: NNC recruiting poster, 1943 



        







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My Dad was there signing up also!RIP all you brave souls,you will never be forgotten......Ernie       
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Never forget Tora Tora Tora, those dirty M,fers.
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Well, now we need to concentrate on The NEW WAR......
















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