My buddy Billy Crow is a Parks Service Diver & dives down monthly to check the integrity of the USS Arizona as she still have over 700,000 gallons of fuel oil, diesel & aviation fuel on board. He also dove Fireman First Class Lauren Bruner's remains into the Arizona in 2019. This is a poignant service that happens on December 7th. We only have 1 living survivor of the attack still alive. 101 year old Lou Conter of California. Lou says he will not join his shipmates but has chosen to be buried in his hometown. Here is a link to an interment service for Ensign Joseph Langdell. God Bless the men of the Arizona who paid the ultimate sacrifice & God Bless the USA.. Ensign Langdell interment: https://youtu.be/N-6V7rqmqNg
I can appreciate the emotions and the sancity of the Arizona cite, but as inevitable as the tides, it hull will be compromised and all that fuel will spill out creating a Godawful mess, and more gist for the mill for the enviro-wackos. Rather than wait, surely this fuel could be pumped out with minimal disturbance to the wreck. But the Navy seems to have its head in the sand.
I hate to say it, but the way things are going in Washington, I think we are setting ourselves up for another Pearl Harbor or Twin Towers attack. One only has to investigate what happened in the Afghanistan pull out to see the mindset of this administration and its military leaders.
I know about Pearl Harbor been there still can't watch videos the laptop just doesn't want to play ball
ReplyDeleteMy buddy Billy Crow is a Parks Service Diver & dives down monthly to check the integrity of the USS Arizona as she still have over 700,000 gallons of fuel oil, diesel & aviation fuel on board. He also dove Fireman First Class Lauren Bruner's remains into the Arizona in 2019. This is a poignant service that happens on December 7th. We only have 1 living survivor of the attack still alive. 101 year old Lou Conter of California. Lou says he will not join his shipmates but has chosen to be buried in his hometown. Here is a link to an interment service for Ensign Joseph Langdell. God Bless the men of the Arizona who paid the ultimate sacrifice & God Bless the USA.. Ensign Langdell interment: https://youtu.be/N-6V7rqmqNg
ReplyDeleteI can appreciate the emotions and the sancity of the Arizona cite, but as inevitable as the tides, it hull will be compromised and all that fuel will spill out creating a Godawful mess, and more gist for the mill for the enviro-wackos. Rather than wait, surely this fuel could be pumped out with minimal disturbance to the wreck. But the Navy seems to have its head in the sand.
DeleteMy apologies for commenting as 'anonymous' above. It was me-Chris
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the post.
Much respect to those men.
I hate to say it, but the way things are going in Washington, I think we are setting ourselves up for another Pearl Harbor or Twin Towers attack. One only has to investigate what happened in the Afghanistan pull out to see the mindset of this administration and its military leaders.
ReplyDeleteDrach has great content on all things related to warships. I’ve been watching him for years.
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