If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born…
you’d have spent around $740 billion — STILL LESS than 2% of our national debt.
Congress needs to get serious now before it’s too late.
He was still in bed when the bombs started falling. He dragged a .50-caliber machine gun into an open parking lot at Kaneohe Bay and held his position for two and a half hours — taking 21 wounds before anyone could convince him to leave.
December 7, 1941. Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.
Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John William Finn was asleep when Japanese aircraft struck. He grabbed a .50-caliber machine gun, hauled it to an open parking ramp where he had a clear field of fire, and opened up. Wave after wave of Japanese planes strafed the station. Finn shot back through all of it. Shrapnel and gunfire struck him 21 separate times. Only by direct order was he persuaded to leave for treatment. After first aid, he returned to the flight line and supervised the rearming of returning American aircraft.
Chief Finn was awarded the Medal of Honor — the first awarded in World War II.
John William Finn was born July 24, 1909, in Compton, California. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and served 28 years before retiring. He lived to be 100 years old, passing away May 27, 2010 — one of the last surviving Medal of Honor recipients from Pearl Harbor, and at the time the oldest living recipient of the decoration.