This post is quite a bit different than most you will find at Earth Images.  This is not about war or gore but is meant to honor my father who died a few years ago.   When the Pearl Harbor Naval Base was bombed on December 7, 1941, so was the near-by Wheeler Field Air (Army) Base.  My father was stationed there, and the pictures below are of the air base and the Scofield Barracks where he lived.  His job that day was to get damaged air craft flight worthy for a counter attack.  He was a Staff Sargent at the time and his normal job was in fact to oversee a crew that worked on both bombers and pursuit ships.

The first two images were taken from a Japanese fighter plane that had been shot down, and the other three appear to be pictures taken by U.S. Military after the bombing.

My goal is to honor the over 2,000 Sailors and Army Air Corps that lost their live’s that day, as well as people like my father who faught and survived.   I am eternally grateful that my father escaped with only one minor injury.

Thank you and God Bless