Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Lt. CDR Joe Langdell, the oldest living survivor of the USS Arizona has passed away a age 100. Thank you Joe and all your shipmates for the service and price you guys paid. RIP with them. I hope the young people of today never forget. http://www.usatoday....-dies/22980983/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,456 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks for posting this PT. May God truly bless and keep this HERO and his family/friends..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,600 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Godspeed, sir! May you rejoin your shipmates on the sea of serenity. Favorable winds and following seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 His ashes will be placed beneath the Arizona along with those of many of his shipmates. If anyone can walk across the Arizona and look down at all those and not weep they are a better man than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,419 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Visiting the Arizona was easily a Top 5 Life Event for me. We have a print of the Arizona in my home office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 2,229 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I visited the Arizona memorial last May, My niece was graduating from UH -- Manoa and we took the opportunity to take a trip to Hawaii. Very, very moving experience. The listing of names of casualties is sobering enough but, the addition of survivors who had passed away and had elected to have their ashes interred along with their shipmates is even more so. Every citizen should make this trip some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,600 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I have one of the flags retired from the flag pole at the Arizona Memorial. I'd love to see it in person along with Omaha Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Tiger 4,261 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 For those who have never been, a visit to Pearl Harbor and the Arizona should be hgh on their bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japantiger 4,051 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 God Bless Commander Langdell and all his shipmates. Semper Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strychnine 1,802 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Having grown up as a Navy brat in foreign countries (retired Master Chief), I have always wanted to visit both the Arizona Memorial and the USS MIssouri. I've seen as many ship museums as I can on the continent, but that remains the ultimate one. Fair winds and following seas Commander Langdell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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