(Not as old as 230RN, but old... Grumpy Old Man grin )
A good-natured
![ROFL :rofl:](http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/Smileys/default/crackup7do.gif)
I was going to wisecrack on that Pearl Harbor thread that technically, I'm a Pearl Harbor Survivor.
After all, I was around during the attack.
(In Brooklyn, but what's a mere 5000 miles?)
But I didn't think it was appropriate for the subject matter.
I do remember the blackout curtains after we had so many merchant ships sunk right off the New York coast --in fact most of the eastern seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico. The German subs would sight in on the ships with the lit-up skyline of New York behind them.
I also remember being scared at the rumble and approach of low, low flying heavy bombers forming up for ferry flights to Europe. Or maybe coming in from the aircraft manufacturers all over the country.
I really don't know whether they were coming in or going out, but they sure were flying low and scared the hell out of me. They went right over our house.
(There were maybe 10 airports besides Idlewild (now JFK) and La Guardia and one was pretty close to where we lived.)
Terry, 230RN