Reverse Mortgage for Pearl Harbor War Hero
Today we shall do something different. The reason is yesterday I spoke to an individual who absolutely made my day.
About me real quick. I'm 40 and have love for history of all kinds, particularly 20th century history. Of course, the History Channel was my favorite spot until they abandoned their former programming to speculate about UFOs.
All I can say is I'm glad I work as a loan officer in the reverse mortgage industry. If I didn't I wouldn't have had the pleasure of speaking to a very important individual yesterday about a reverse mortgage.
We weren't too far from saying our goodbyes when a made mention in passing about where he was stationed in 1947. That was close enough to WWII that I was compelled to ask if he had served.
He affirmed that he served in WWII and was in Pearl Harbor the day the Japanese attacked.
Whooohh Nelly! Now the whole conversation has turned into a little gold mine for me. There aren't many of these guys left.
The story gets more interesting. This man was actually below deck on the USS West Virginia when it was hit by six torpedos. He said you could hear the high pitched whine of the torpedos as they crashed against the hull.
In one of the explosions from a torpedo he was hit hard and blacked out. In all the confusion in the hours and days thereafter he was listed as dead. And his family was notified.
His family even had a memorial service.
The truth is I wanted to believe this story but needed confirmation. So, I went to the web afterwards and found him. He's even been on a couple Pearl Harbor documentaries.
If you came to this article or blog site looking for good mortgage info, I'm sorry to disappoint. I just had to relate my great phone call with an important man.
From my perspective the reverse mortgage business was the conduit for a shlub like me to speak to the last of a dying bread. It was a great experience.

