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Dec. 7, 1941:a date which will live in

infamyOn Dec. 7, 1941 at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.

With diplomatic negotiations with Japan breaking down, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers knew that an imminent Japanese attack was probable, but nothing had been done to increase security at the important naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was Sunday morning, and many military personnel had been given passes to attend religious services off base. At 7:02 a.m., two radar operators spotted large groups of aircraft in flight toward the island from the north, but, with a flight of B-17s expected from the United States at the time, they were told to sound no alarm. Thus, the Japanese air assault came as a devastating surprise to the naval base.

Much of the Pacific fleet was rendered useless: Five of eight battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,400 Ameri-cans were killed and 1,200 were wounded, many while valiantly attempting to repulse the attack. Japan’s

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The planes of VS-6 from the USS Enterprise, seen below, just two months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; some of these very planes were involved.

Parade Ground, Pearl Harbor Marine Barracks, during Japanese air attack.

Remains of the forward superstructure

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explosion of her forward magazines

during the Japanese attack.

The forward magazine of USS Shaw explodes during the second Japanese attack wave. Photographed from Ford Island, with a dredging line in the foreground.

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the water alongside the sunken USS West Virginia

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raid on Pearl Harbor.

Japanese prepare planes for take off to

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The wrecked destroyers USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) in

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Attempting to save a burning PBY at NAS Kanoehe Bay after Japanese raid.

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Dear Military Press,My dad was a WWII Pacific Theatre

U.S. Army combat infantryman who deeply respected all those serving in all branches and every MOS, as well as any skin color or race. He taught me that lesson.

For far too long, some vets have got away with verbally abusing fellow vets at locations like VFW halls, American Legion halls and at events like Memo-rial Day, 4th of July and Veterans Day. The abusers try hard to make some vets feel guilty or ashamed, even unworthy, of ever having served.

Some vets abuse others to promote a political advantage of the VFW over the American Legion. Some vets abuse others because they hate other vets who are of a certain skin color or race different than their own. Some vets abuse others to discourage them from seeking VA benefits or as an extension of the political hatred in Washington, D.C.

Every vet has the legal and moral right to wear clothing representative of

Vets abusing vetstheir military service and yet some vets try to put them down for doing so.

I have a legal right to enjoy the American Legion hall but have not set food there since 2012 because of con-frontational bigots. After eight years of volunteering for American Legion Honor Guard Funeral Detail, I with-drew from them in 2009 because of ra-cial intolerance issues.

Any vet who verbally abuses anoth-er vet is a coward. It’s the responsibil-ity of the national commanders of the VFW and American Legion to speak out loud in public to denounce these abusers and take actions to terminate their memberships.

Whenever I complained, it remind-ed me way back when vets first tried to complain about Agent Orange. One of these days, somewhere in America, the one wrong vet is going to get abused and could escalate into bloodshed. Whose fault would that be?

Yours in patriotism,Dennis Martinez

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Sayinggoodbye...

CH-46 Sea Knights being retired

CH-46Sea Knights beingretired

Story and photos by Doug AguillardMen become attached, even grow

to love certain non-human things, like a cowboy to his horse, it was the same with the U.S. Marines and their Boe-ing Vertol CH-46 (Sea Knight) heli-copters.

First procured by the Marine Corps back in 1961 to meet their me-dium-lift requirements, it first flew in August in 1962 and designated as the CH-46A. By November of 1964, the Marine CH-46A and the U.S. Navy’s UH-46A was introduced to the Fleet.

For the next 50 years, untold num-bers of Marines would step foot on these beast of burden. From flying into hot LZs (landing zones) and fight-ing wildfires in California to medical evacuations in combat and humani-tarian evacuations around the world, the CH-46 was always ready for the Marines.

Lovingly nick named the “Phrog” by the Marines (front the front angle it resembles a sitting frog), the Sea Knight has been used in all combat and peacetime environments. By 2014, it was still

regularly flown by the Marines; the Navy retired its in September 2004. Its longevity as a reliable airframe has led to such mantras as “phrogs phorever” and “never trust a helicop-ter under 30.”

The “Purple Foxes” of Marine Me-dium Helicopter Squadron, HMM-364 (now VMM-364, due to their transi-tion to the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey) started flying the CH-46 in 1967. They were the last active duty (fleet de-ployable) Marine squadron to fly the CH-46, now with a “E” designation.

During the summer and fall of 2014, the Purple Foxes were gradually flying their old friends to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, where ARMAG (Aerospace Mainte-nance and Regeneration Group) is located. It’s also known as “The Bone Yard,” 2,600 acres of desert land where most military planes go for re-tirement. Here aircraft are stored for replacement parts or are slated for destruction.

In late October of this

year I had the honor to fly with the Purple Foxes for their last delivery of aircraft #06. This CH-46E was flown by Captain Rick Hill and Captain Matt Schmitt, with Staff Sergeant Derek Burleson and Sergeant John Kirk VI as the flight crew.

We were being escorted by anoth-er CH-46E being flown by the Com-manding Officer of the Purple Foxes, Lt. Colonel Paul Kopacz and Major Eric Landblom, the Maintenance Of-ficer for HMM-364, along with crew members, Staff Sergeant Ryan St. An-toine and Sergeant Carmen Zangari. This plane had been repainted in the colors of her Vietnam days in green with black. She was to escort #06 to Davis-Monthan AFB, and then fly us all back to Marine Corps Air Station

(MCAS) Camp Pendleton.It was a nostalgic flight for me, be-

ing a former Marine infantryman who had flown on many CH-46s during my time in the Corps. During the brief-ing, Captain Gibson gave the weather report to the two crews, and stated “it was promising to be a beautiful day for flying.”

We took off from MCAS Camp Pendleton with an itinerary to fly to the airport in Imperial, California and refuel, and then fly non-stop to Davis-Monthan AFB. The flight took approximately 4.5 hours. The entire flight was smooth, and the flying con-ditions were perfect. Flying over the high mountains of eastern San Diego County and then dropping down into the desert of southeastern California,

I watched the Marine crew as they

Left: Major Eric Landblom being celebrated as the last Marine to fly the CH-46E for a active duty deployable unit. Right: The view from the flight deck, with Captain Rick

Hill and Captain Matt Schmitt over the Imperial Valley of California.


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all of the people who were a lot worst situations than I have been in, that got out of trouble because of this bird.” I asked him if he was having any flash backs while flying her for her final mission? His reply “No, not really, just enjoying the smoothness of the flight and the just how the aircraft handles. It’s beautiful not having a tail rotor and an indescribable kinetics to it.”

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are left to right: Derek Dono-van, vice president of Fisher

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Sitting at home over their bye week the Chargers knew they faced a

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being pummeled by the Dolphins 37-0. And although their 13-6 vic-

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Confidence, determination and playing together as a team – that’s how.

That the Chargers were able to beat the Rams shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. Just when you seem to count this team out over the past few years they suck it up and go on a late season run that is all too familiar.

Whether they can do it again this year against this schedule remains to be seen. But don’t count them out just yet because the Chargers have three x-factors in their corner – quarterback Philip Rivers, the healthy return of a few impact players and the proverbial ‘On any given Sunday any team can be beaten.’

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Ravens (7-4): San Diego, @Miami, Jacksonville, @Houston, and Cleve-land.

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The EndzoneWith their 27-24 win over the Rams

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Tito Ortiz vs Stephan Bonner was the main event and did not disappoint. There was bad blood between these two from the start with Ortiz telling me, “In my 19 years of mixed martial arts I have never hated someone as much as I do Bonner. He has attacked me personally, my family and my fans. I had a great deal of pressure to perform

and beat this man.” Tito lived up to

the hype and con-trolled the fight from the start get-ting several take-downs and land-ing many efficient strikes. He won by decision but Bonner came to fight and showed the heart that made him a household name after his legendary fight with Forrest Griffin many years back made the UFC popular.

San Diego’s own Michael Chandler,

out of Alliance MMA, had a great battle with Will Brooks on the co-main event. Brooks won by referee Jason Herzog stoppage from strikes in the 4th round. At first the crowd thought the stoppage was premature but Chandler stated in the press conference that he was dazed by the numerous blows he endured.

The most exciting fight of the night was Joe “Stitch em Up” Schilling vs Melvin Manhoef both known as in-credible Muay Thai kick boxers. This was an absolute war that was almost stopped in the first round as Manhoef took control and delivered a beat-ing with his sharp punches and lethal kicks. Schilling had the heart of a lion by going into survival mode and mak-ing it thru the round. In the second round Schilling amazingly turned the tables and ended the fight with devas-tating strikes to the roar of the crowd.

Team Faria after big win at Bellator 131.

Tito Ortiz after the fight along with Carlos Kremer, Military Press sports writer.

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World events• The war in Europe continues to

escalate with countries joining on one side or the other, and large number of civilian casualties on both sides due to use of bombing.

• Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland on a peace mission and is captured by British forces

• Churchill launches “V for Vic-tory” campaign across Europe

• Enigma code is broken• In the North Atlantic, the German

battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood killing all but three crewman

“Don’t worry about me, Gettys! Don’t worry about me!I’m Charles Foster Kane! I’m no cheap, crooked politician,trying to save himself from the consequences of his crimes!”

• A bill designates the fourth Thurs-day in November as Thanksgiving Day

• Willy’s Jeep introduced for use by the Army

• President Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for his 3rd term

• President Roosevelt signs the GI Bill to provide financial aid to veter-ans returning from WWII

• Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the Congress about war in Europe

• U.S. officially declares war on Japan

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on what was the pride of the Royal Navy. Fairey Swordfish aircraft from the carrier HMS Ark Royal fatally cripple the German battleship Bis-marck in torpedo attack. The attack that follows by Navy warships sinks the Bismarck.

• Germany attacks the Soviet Union and then begins an all-out of-fensive of Moscow

• The HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by a German U-boat

• German aircraft sink a Russian hospital ship killing 7,000

• Germany gets within 50 miles of Kiev in Russia

• Nazis take and occupy Athens, Greece

• Germany invades Yugoslavia• Germany begins the Siege of Len-

ingrad which lasts until 1944

U.S. news• The United Service Organiza-

tion (USO) begins operations pro-viding coffee, donuts and enter-tainment to U.S. military forces

• The Mt. Rushmore sculpture featuring U.S. presidents is com-pleted by Gutzon Borglum

• Hitler and Mussolini an-nounce they are at war with America, which retaliates with its own declaration of war

• Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, thus drawing the U.S. into World War II.

— Charles Foster Kane


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Lesson in politicsA son asks his father, “What can you

tell me about politics? I have to learn about it for school tomorrow.”

The father thought some and said, “OK, son, the best way I can describe politics is to use an analogy. Let’s say that I’m a capitalist, because I’m the breadwinner. Your mother will be the government because she controls ev-erything, our maid will be the working class because she works for us, you will be the people because you answer to us, and your baby brother will be the future. Does that help any?”

The little boy said, “Well, Dad, I don’t know, but I’ll think about what you said.”

Later that night, after everyone had gone to bed, the little boy was woken by his baby brother’s crying. Upon fur-ther investigation, he found a dirty diaper. So, he went down the hall to his parent’s bedroom. He found his fa-ther’s side of the bed empty, and his mother wouldn’t wake up. Then, he saw a light on in the guest room down the hall, and when he reached the door, he saw through the crack that his father was in bed with the maid. The son then turned, and went back to bed.

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So the third Indian says, “I’m just gonna shoot at anything I see.”

So he goes out and comes back half a day later all beaten, bruised, bloody, and totally trashed. The other two In-dians ask him what happened and he says, “I see tracks. I follow tracks. I get hit by train!”


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“It’s kind of a sad day to see the Phrog go away. It’s the end of an era, and sitting here looking at so much his-tory in them. It’s kind of a sad day, sad to see them go as this is the last one (#06 BU 15368), we’re bringing here from HMM-364,” said Capt. Hill, also a four-year veteran of the Phrog. When asked if it was an honor to be chosen to fly her last mission, Hill replied, “Yes, it’s the fourth one I’ve brought here for retirement, and it’s nice, even cool, to be the last one to fly her, and I’ve flown the last six birds, four here (AMARG) and two to museums in Hawaii.

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command of HMM-364, and it being redesignated to VMM-364 (October 2014). I get the privilege of transition-ing this famous squadron from CH-46s to V-22s. Now what do I think about us dropping off aircraft #06 here, it’s be-lieve it or not, just being an avid lover of the V-22. It’s still such a sad day, she’s (CH-46s) done so much for us, but it’s pretty exciting to think back over all of the years, that she’s been a major con-tributor to the mission. It’s fun to see the emotional ties to it. Yet if you’d ask me 15 years ago, when I was flying the CH-46 (Kopacz flew the CH-46 with the Purple Foxes when he was a Captain, having flown in both Operations En-during Freedom I, and Iraqi Freedom I, where he had two combat deploy-ments in the CH-46) and people’s opin-ion of you. You didn’t feel the respect then, but as it started to drop off here in the end, everyone is coming out of the woodworks, whether it’s be Grunts (Marine Infantrymen) or others, it didn’t matter.”

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It was suddenly time, an escort truck arrived from the AMARG, and we boarded #06 for her final taxi. Time seemed to slow down, and it was a long way to the gates of the Bone Yard. As

we finally entered the Yard, there was every type of aircraft and there were thousands of planes and helos all in formation for as far as the eye could see. We followed the escort to our park-ing spot, and as I departed the aircraft, civilian workers from AMARG immedi-ately descended on our bird. They start-ed covering all of the engine vents, tap-ing up doors and windows and securing her. The crew slowly started to leave their girl, some giving her a simple tap on the airframe with their hands. One Marine had a pen and started to sign #06 with his name. All of the other Ma-rines followed suit, as they said good-bye to this old warrior.

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The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and declared, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” After a brief and forceful speech, he asked Congress to approve a resolution recognizing the state of war between the United States and Japan. The Senate voted for war against Ja-pan by 82 to 0, and the House of Rep-resentatives approved the resolution by a vote of 388 to 1. The sole dissenter was Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a devout pacifist who had also cast a dissenting vote against the

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U.S. entrance into World War I. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States, and the U.S. government responded in kind.

The American contribution to the successful Allied war effort spanned four long years and cost more than 400,000 American lives.

Manhoef was the heavy favorite mak-ing the outcome even more dramatic. Look out for Schilling after this amaz-ing, gritty performance and I can’t wait to see this rising stars next bout.

In other bouts, King Mo beat a very tough and game San Diego fighter Joe Vedepo. Vedepo earned the crowds re-spect by never quiting and took quite a beating before the fight was stopped in the 3rd round. Crowd favorite and Royler Gracie blackbelt Joao Paulo Faria won his Bellator debut vs Ian Butler head and arm triangle choke in the 3rd round to the delight of his 200 plus students and friends in the crowd. Look for big things in the future from this ground phenom who will present a huge challenge for anyone in his path.

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Another local and San Diego’s own Andy Murad of Undisputed pulled out a great win over a tough Bubba Pugh. “ Nitro”Nick Garcia out of Blackhouse won a great fight against a very tough local warrior Matt Ramirez by guillo-tine choke in the 2nd round living up to his nickname and expectations.

The entire night of Bellator 131 was so special for our community, local ath-letes and veterans who were honored.

Bellator and Coker are doing all the right things to gain more exposure and fans while giving the fighters and the academies they train in the respect they so much deserve. Look out UFC, there is someone knocking at the door and is demonstrating that there is an-other legitimate and respected orga-nization that is going to compete for market share in this game previously dominated only by the UFC.

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