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Dragonflies

Planes like dragonflies
skimming over the pond*
~Pearl Harbor

*Japanese torpedo aviator remembering December 7, 1941

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Ann Foster

August 20, 2021 at 4:35 PM

Wow...so real... great imagery... I have the biggest blue planes around here... hugs. Ann

Chetta Achara

August 23, 2021 at 6:33 PM

It was based on the actual words of a Japanese torpedo aviator who was remembering the attack.

Kim Rodrigues

August 19, 2021 at 4:58 PM

For sure! Good one.

Kim Rodrigues

August 22, 2021 at 9:56 AM

I was stationed on Ford Island. It was surreal standing, waiting for the boat to take us from the Island. It made me think of those who had no idea the morning of Dec 7, 1941 that they were about to be bombed. God bless.

Chetta Achara

August 19, 2021 at 5:12 PM

Thank you. When I heard the Japanese veteran say this in a documentary on remembering Pearl Harbor, it struck a cord with me.