Pearl Harbor Day

The following conversation is not only far out in left field, but it also has strangely good timing. National Pearl Harbor Day is just days away.

Don: Do you remember being stationed in Hawaii? 

Kristy: I have been to Hawaii 3 times and did not enjoy any of those vacations. I have no plans to go back. When were you ever stationed there?

Don: With the National Guard. 

Kristy: When? 

Don: During World War 2. 

Kristy: You weren’t even born until after World War 2. Are you talking about your parents?

Don: No. It was the beginning of filming of the bombings. 

Kristy: Are you talking about the black & white films we saw on TV years after the fact? 

Don: Yeah, those. 

Kristy: What part of Hawaii?

Don: Right outside of Pearl Harbor. 

Kristy: Were there bomb shelters? 

Don: No, but every morning, the bombing started, and it was loud. 

Kristy: Must have been very scary. Where did you go when the bombing started?

Don: Very far away. 

Note to Self: Yeah, all the way to December 22, 1950.