MEMORIES OF DEC.7, 1941

Source: Personal collection

MEMORIES OF DEC.7, 1941

Source: Bing clip art

Pauline (GARNER/APPLEBACH) HAHN was about 4 1/2 yrs old when the attack on Pearl Harbor, HI occurred.  Years later she was able to tell people that while she was too little to really understand what had happened, she knew the radio broadcast was bad. 

She remembered sitting beside her mom (Reba RESSLER) GARNER listening to the radio at their home on then West Chestnut Ave (later Temple Ave) in Lancaster, that the black-out shades were closed. While Pappy (Ralph GARNER) shook his head in disbelief, her mom cried.

Her memories of the actual war years were vague and mostly what others in the family had told her about that time, but her memories of the radio announcement of Pearl Harbor did not dim over the years.

Source: Personal collection

Both of the photos on this post were taken when Pauline was 4, so 1941-42. This was what she looked like when she heard the Pearl Harbor radio announcement.

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