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Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 | 2:02 a.m.
The late Mike O’Callaghan served two terms as governor of Nevada and was the Sun’s executive editor. A veteran of the Marines, Air Force and Army, O’Callaghan wrote authoritatively about military service. He was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, among other awards, for his actions in the Army during the Korean War. The following is a column published on Dec. 7, 2000, remembering the attack on Pearl Harbor. “Forgive but not forget” comes to mind every Pearl Harbor bombing anniversary we recall. These are the words over the door leading into the Japanese death camp and Jeath ...
Good article Mr. O'Callaghan. It is right not to forget. Yesterday evening, I visited a local Catholic Chapel and prayed for a deceased friend, among others, who is buried at Arlington National Cemetary. He was a swabby asleep in his bunk in Pearl Harbor, on the morning the Japanese attacked. He survived and made the Navy a career before joining the Federal Government and working a second career as a public servant. May we never forget what those before us sacrificed so we would not.
CarmineD
And nine months after Mike wrote this, we were attacked on 9-11-2001, started two wars and ruined our economy. What were we not to forget? How about war costs dearly in many, may, ways, no matter who attacks whom.
"What were we not to forget?"
To start, we should not forget that freedom is not free. It costs. The United States of America was born as a result of a violent revolution that cost countless American lives and blood. Why? Because a group of immigrant colonists stood up to the King of England, and his mercenaries, for imposing rules and regulations that violated Americans' rights.
And, that cost in human sacrifice has been paid and repaid again and again by other generations of Americans for the same reasons. But, what are the alternatives? Should the Sons of Liberty have made peace with King George? "Give me liberty, or give me death."
CarmineD