tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3165931764355489076..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Flashback 1999: Dec. 7, "Everybody was in their own grief"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62803435789416551882018-12-07T13:15:05.144-06:002018-12-07T13:15:05.144-06:00The photo I emailed you shows Marines at Hickam Fi...The photo I emailed you shows Marines at Hickam Field with the smoke from Battleship Row rising behind the barracks. My father is somewhere within that scene, probably on a roof, depending on the time. My hope for Cpl. Swiontek is that he died quickly from the massive magazine explosion, which probably killed a large majority of the Arizonas' crew. I can only imagine a mothers horror seeing the twisted wreckage of her sons' ship, not knowing how much he suffered.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52873274679053282642018-12-07T11:26:24.997-06:002018-12-07T11:26:24.997-06:00Polish (Swiatek, Swiontek): nickname from swiety ‘...Polish (Swiatek, Swiontek): nickname from swiety ‘holy’ or occupational name for a carver of icons, from swiatek ‘icon’, ‘holy image’.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com