Hero Week 7

Class this week was awesome!

I know I say this all the time, but maybe that is because it always is!

General Schmeider did an amazing job bringing Pearl Harbor to life. THANK YOU GENERAL! The sim she designed was so engrossing. It was incredible to witness the amount of damage inflicted on the unsuspecting seamen and airmen of the service. So many sacrifices and feats of incredible courage were committed by our forces during that fateful day. I think of the bravery and hope that I would have a even a fraction of it in similar circumstances.

My family went to Bremerton on Friday, to visit the Puget Sound Naval Museum. While there I learned that at the the Puget Sound ShipYard served as the principal repair facility for the U.S. battleships that were damaged and sunk at Pearl Harbor. Five of the six surviving battleships (Tennessee, Califronia, West Virginia, Maryland and Nevada) were named the "Pearl Harbor Ghosts" because the Japanese had declared them all sunk. But, in addition to repairing them for service, the Shipyard workers built 52 more ships and overhauled/repaired/fitted out over 400 warships during WWII.

Incredible, right? Who knew our local Pacific NorthWest heritage was so important and integral to helping defeat our foes in WWII? I know, Benjamin is probably shouting..."I did!"  And good for him too, history buff that he is!  :-)

For this week:

Assignments:
**Finish Hiroshima - discussion is in 1 1/2 weeks!
**Conduct/record your interviews
**Work on your Hero Projects!
**PREPARE to SHARE experiences from your interviews (if done) or about what you have done so far to set up or prepare for your interviews. YOU WILL BE SHARING THIS WITH US IN CLASS NEXT WEEK!!!!

As always, call, text, or email with any questions. We are here for you.

Thank you Heroes! See you on Thursday!