Today is the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. I'm kind of a WWII buff, but today is significant because my grandfather (Capt. Norman Lancaster) was serving on the USS Phoenix in Hawaii on the day of the attack. He also lived close to the Pentagon (could see it from his kitchen window in his high rise apartment building) and witnessed the Sept. 11th attacks as well. Both occurred around his breakfast time, so I used to joke that he's no longer allowed to eat breakfast.
He died last year just before turning 97, and is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC with my grandmother.
Thanks to him, and everyone that takes on the task of defending our country.
Grandpa (center)
Grandpa's ship (while he is aboard) sailing past the wreckage
Grandma & Grandpa (Florence and Norman Lancaster)
General McArthur aboard Grandpa's ship (USS Phoenix)
Capt. Norman G Lancaster
Funeral at Arlington National Cemetery last Fall. We (my family) in black on the left.
He is also in these segments on the History Channel about Pearl Harbor. In this one, he's at 1:12, 2:38, and a particularly chilling comment at 6:27:
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