December 7th 1941,
The WORST thing happened yesterday! We had been bombed by the Japanese! It was a normal day on the USS Detroit located in the harbor, we were practicing incase we were attacked. I went to relieve my crewmate Jonny from the motorboat and start my shift. I was helping him out when we heard the bashful buzzing sound of fighter planes hovering above us. BOOM! I would hear a bomb. Terror filled my soul and tears filled my eyes. I didn’t know what was going on. I was clueless; I was in disbelief and worst of all I couldn’t speak or move my numb body. We were getting orders to shout at us and I was confused and my body was doing what I was telling it to. I just stood there until Jonny grabbed me and took me to the boat. We were told to evacuate immediately and go to the west coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. I sat in the ship looking out the window, all I saw was thick black smoke and big ships being blown up.
I could smell that awful smell of the dusty smoke and the burning ash. My eyes were burning from looking at the disgusting, horrid, and hypnotizing scene. My friends that were on the USS Arizona were gone. All my other mates from other ships, GONE! I simply felt like I was dreaming and hoping that someone would wake me up, but nobody was there to wake me up because I wasn’t asleep. “Why” I thought… why them not me? This isn’t fair, not at all! I couldn’t sleep last night. I cried and cried replaying every scene in my head. I couldn’t shake it out I didn’t want to either. I just wanted everyone who died to come back. Captain has been angry but I think he’s in just as much shock as we all are! Were in Oahu and I don’t want to! As much as I want to help these people and defend the Japanese, I want to go home to my family. I want to be safe. I want this to all be over, but it cant and it wont. I guess ill just have to face the truth and realize this isn’t a dream, its reality.
I could smell that awful smell of the dusty smoke and the burning ash. My eyes were burning from looking at the disgusting, horrid, and hypnotizing scene. My friends that were on the USS Arizona were gone. All my other mates from other ships, GONE! I simply felt like I was dreaming and hoping that someone would wake me up, but nobody was there to wake me up because I wasn’t asleep. “Why” I thought… why them not me? This isn’t fair, not at all! I couldn’t sleep last night. I cried and cried replaying every scene in my head. I couldn’t shake it out I didn’t want to either. I just wanted everyone who died to come back. Captain has been angry but I think he’s in just as much shock as we all are! Were in Oahu and I don’t want to! As much as I want to help these people and defend the Japanese, I want to go home to my family. I want to be safe. I want this to all be over, but it cant and it wont. I guess ill just have to face the truth and realize this isn’t a dream, its reality.
~Fortin Hearve.
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