The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Friday, January 6, 2017

Obama, Japan's Leader Meet in Pearl Harbor-- Part 3: "Sorry Is Just a World"

Among those in attendance at the Arizona Memorial was Sterling Cale, 95.  He was a sailor at Pearl Harbor the day of the attack.  In the days following the attack, it was his job to pull bodies out of the still-burning battleship.

Mr. Cale said he did not come hoping to hear Abe apologize.  He said: "'Sorry' is just a word.  What matters more is the action of coming here and going out there with our commander in chief.  That says more than words."

Prime Minster Shinzo Abe did not issue a formal apology, even as he detailed the horror of the sinking of the Arizona.''"Each and every one of those service men had a mother and father anxious about his safety.  many had wives and girlfriends they loved, and many must have had children they would have loved watching grow up."

--GreGen

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