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Photo courtesy of Warbird Gift Shop The Warbird Gift Shop at the Warbird Museum at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, 660 Tico Road, Titusville, has numerous unusual items for military and aviation buffs on people’s holiday shopping lists. has a clear idea of what he or she is looking for. The museum and store are open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; on Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Ship Store sales benefit the SEALs museum, a tour of which is also a great gift. Heading north, there’s the Victory Center Military Store at the Indian River Mall, 6200 20th St., Vero Beach. “We have all branches of service,” Bill Beyerle, volunteer manager, said. “We have flags, we have shirts. We have hoodies.” Sold by an all-volunteer staff of men and women raising money that benefits area veterans and organizations.

“We have a lot of stuff,” Beyerle said. From decorative items for cars, offices and homes to — “We have some stuffed animals with sweaters with Army, Navy, Marines,” Beyerle said. Along with the Wall of Honor that memorializes those from Indian River County who served, or are serving, in the military. Visitors are invited to add loved ones, or themselves, to the wall by taking 5-by-7 photos with names and ranks. Then there’s the R & R Bunker, a place for the non-shopper in the family to relax on a couch reading or watching TV as others make their ways through the store, or mall.

The Victory store is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Sundays. It’s open on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. in December only. The phone is (772) 226-5316. It’s on the web at vcms-fl.com. Going up to Brevard, there’s the Warbird Gift Shop at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, 660 Tico Road, Titusville. “We have quite a few people who come in (to the museum) just to shop,” Pam Watson, gift shop manager, said. “We do have a large gift shop. We carry clothing, we carry clocks. We carry models from the Franklin Mint down to the easy-to-assemble ones for

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‘Tis the season to be veteran. Don’t know what to get for a vet? No problem. The Treasure and Space coasts have just the places to find gifts for military buffs. The best part is, shopping at them helps deserving organizations. “We have great gifts that honor the Navy SEALs,” Margaret Chase, retail manager at the National Navy SEAL Museum Ship Store, said. “We have everything from high end watches to drink containers, toys and T-shirts.” The Ship Store is at the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. State Road A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce. “We have a line of shirts from a company called ‘Forged,’ which were created by former Navy SEALs,” Chase said. Along with clocks, patches, decorative items for offices and homes, in addition to specialty playing cards. Of course, it’s the SEALs’ Ship Store, so it’s got to have something else. “We have a large collection of knives,” Chase said. Sweet. Knives from Smith & Wesson, KA-BAR, SOG, and Tac Force. “(Customers) can come and shop and don’t have to pay the museum admission to do that,” Chase said. “They can also buy things on the website and have them shipped.” That’s at navysealmuseum.com/ museum-store. The phone number is (772) 595-5845. Chase said the shop can do a telephone order, assuming the shopper

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Purple Heart recipient Israel Schulman of Port St. Lucie admires the medallion presented to him by Mayor JoAnn Faiella during a presentation made during the City Council meeting Monday, Nov. 25. Schulman was in the 29th U.S. Army infantry and was wounded by gunshot in 1944. Mitch Kloorfain chief photographer

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Photos courtesy of Paul DeYoung On Monday, Nov. 25, the city of Port St. Lucie celebrated its second year as A Purple Heart City, sponsored by Mayor JoAnn M. Faiella, in the Council Chambers. Yvette Cruz was the RSVP person. Multiple Purple Heart recipients from the city received a beautiful Purple Heart Pin which read “City of Port St. Lucie” and the year 2013 in white was inserted at the bottom of the heart. Danny Witts is a lifetime Disabled American Veterans Post 113 member and Donna Carlsen said she was glad to shake his hand and thank him for his outstanding service to our country. Others were from various local organizations such as Vietnam Veterans of America, Post 566, other American Legions and DAV chapters. Above left, Purple Heart recipients Mike Kipper, in green shirt, to his right, Myles Gill and the Marine in red is Gregg Mann. Above right, Danny Witts and companion and Donna Carlsen.

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‘Pearl was burning from one end to the other’ Florida man remembers Pearl Harbor Patrick McCallister For Veteran voice

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It was likely the two hours that most transformed America. Shortly before 8 a.m., local time, on Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacked the American military facilities on the Hawaiian Islands. As chance would have it, “George” Osmer Crippen, 93, was wrapping up a bit of leave that weekend morning when all hell broke loose. “I was stationed at (Hickam Field), which is next door to (Pearl Harbor),” he said. “That particular day, I was in Hilo, the Big Island, for the weekend.” The Army Air Corps mechanic and a handful of others were awaiting a pilot to take them home when a radio operator put the brakes on that plan. “He said, ‘Something’s going on in Hickam; I don’t know what it is,’ This announcer was saying, ‘Everyone report to your stations and doctors and nurses to the hospital.’ That kept repeating over and over.” The handful of men there figured out over the next few hours that America was under attack. “The airplane we had was a (Douglas B-18 Bolo),” Crippen said. “We had no armament on it. No bombs, no machine guns. Nothing. There was nothing much we could do about it.” Except roll the plane under some

cover, and wait. It’s easy in hindsight to see the near inevitability of the Japanese

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attack. The historically xenophobic nation had long felt that growing European and American influences in Asia were threatening it, but also weakening rivals. In 1937 Japan expanded from the previously-occupied Manchuria to invade its longstanding rival, China. The invasion was generally quick and successful, but occupation was economically and militarily costly. Japan needed natural resources to continue the Second Sino-Japanese War, but the United States had embargoed oil and other resources sales to the island nation. America was also supporting Chinese resistance. In 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt transferred much of America’s military might to the Hawaiian Islands to thwart any Japanese thoughts of expansion across the Pacific. But, Crippen said, even among the military men stationed on the Hawaiian Islands, war seemed improbable. “We had no idea prior to that that there was such a thing as an attack,” he said. Crippen added, “We were practically helpless. In peace time during those days, we didn’t have

access to arms, except when we were on guard duty or maneuvers. Before the war, we had no reason to have arms of any kind. We just worked as mechanics, or pilots or navigators.” The Navy’s official record of the attack holds that six Japanese aircraft carriers accompanied by 24 support ships launched 181 planes — torpedo, dive and horizontal bombers, along with some fighters — at about 6 a.m. “The Japanese aircrews achieved complete surprise when they hit American ships and military installations on Oahu shortly before 8:00 a.m.,” reads an article at history.navy.mil. “They attacked military airfields at the same time they hit the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. The Navy air bases at Ford Island and Kaneohe Bay, the Marine airfield at Ewa and the Army Air Corps fields at Bellows, Wheeler and Hickam were all bombed and strafed as other elements of the attacking force began their assaults on the ships moored in Pearl Harbor.” About 30 minutes after the first attack wave, the Japanese launched a second with about 170 planes. When the attack ended at about 10 a.m., the U.S. Pacific Fleet had 21 sunken or heavily damaged ships, including eight battleships. Additionally, 188 airplanes were destroyed, another 159 damaged. And 2,403 Americans were dead, including 68 civilians. Another 1,178 seriously wounded. Crippen would get his first look at the damage about 12 hours later as he flew over the naval base. “Pearl was burning from one end to the other,” he said. “It was an awful mess.” Those that survived the attack were tense. “They shot at us with automatic fire,” Crippen said. “Nothing big. Thankfully they hadn’t had any experience shooting at moving things at night. They got plenty of experience later.” The military quickly reinforced defenses to fight back any additional Japanese attacks. It seemed likely that the Japanese were planning a ground invasion. Crippen saw a fellow with a box of ammunition marked “Use only for maneuvers.” He’d crossed off “maneuvers” and wrote “war.” “That act of his, I said, ‘My goodness we are at war, aren’t we?’” Crippen said. Crippen moved from fixing the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses

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VETERAN VOICE • THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE • DECEMBER 6, 2013 • 5 Florida man ‘George’ Osmer Crippen stands with his brother, Craig. Crippen was stationed at Hickam Field, Hawaii in 1941. As chance had it, he was visiting Hilo on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. His flight back to the station was delayed by the Japanese attack on American military installations. He saw the damage 12 hours later.

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Photo courtesy of Jen Horton, Deland-Deltona Beacon Florida man ‘George’ Osmer Crippen was stationed at Hickam Field, Hawaii in 1941. As chance had it, he was visiting Hilo on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. His flight back to the station was delayed by the Japanese attack on American military installations. He saw the damage 12 hours later.

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To learn more about the Build the Center Project, go to http://www.vvmf.org/gala. service members, veterans, and their families’ access to high quality health care. “The VVA has been essential in helping Vietnam veterans adjust to civilian life,” said VVMF founder and president, Jan C. Scruggs had said prior to the event. “My generation is so thankful for the VVA’s steadfast support and community, and I will be honored to recognize them at the benefit.”

The Build the Center Benefit was held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium located at 1301 Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Nov. 21, with cocktails, followed by dinner and an awards program. Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promot-

ing healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. The Education Center at The Wall will be a place on our National Mall where our military heroes’ stories and sacrifice will never be forgotten. With plans to begin construction in 2016, the Center is a technologically-inno-

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