Weatherman2020
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I have been blessed to know two Marines who were there. One is still with us on earth, just talked to him this weekend over the phone. Special kind of men who accomplished so much for liberty.
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God bless those MEN who stepped up and took on the liberal madness that infested the world.View attachment 178536
I have been blessed to know two Marines who were there. One is still with us on earth, just talked to him this weekend over the phone. Special kind of men who accomplished so much for liberty.
The war in the Pacific was a fight to the death. The Japanese fighting on the various islands took no prisoners and refused to surrender. The US Marines adopted the same attitude and didn't take any prisoners until late in the war. ....
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I have been blessed to know two Marines who were there. One is still with us on earth, just talked to him this weekend over the phone. Special kind of men who accomplished so much for liberty.
The war in the Pacific was a fight to the death. The Japanese fighting on the various islands took no prisoners and refused to surrender. The US Marines adopted the same attitude and didn't take any prisoners until late in the war. ....
I grew up with those men all around me. My father, my neighbors were all veterans of WWII. They whistled at women and women liked it. They told me to stand up to bullies. And when Civil rights bill was passed, some did not like it, but they said it was the law and it was to be obeyed. Real, pragmatic, caring and loving men when there were only two genders.Real men who we owe so much
I am friends with a guy who was a gunner in the 8th. He's no longer with us, but he had great stories I'd ease drop in the talks with another friend who was in a B-25 in the Pacific. Lot of courage by those guys.Don't forget the 8th Air Force, which lost more men than the entire Marine Corps in WW2. Bombing runs into German-controlled airspace were akin to suicide missions. With a 10% loss rate, surviving 25 missions was almost impossible.
My uncle was an infantry Marine who fought on Iwo Jima.
He hated Japs till the day he died. I remember when he got mad he would rant and rave about those "son's of Tojo".
It the time I was just a kid and didn't have a clue as to what he was talking about.
It wasn't until my adult years that I read books on the battle of Iwo Jima and could understood the hell he went through. .....
Don't forget the 8th Air Force, which lost more men than the entire Marine Corps in WW2. Bombing runs into German-controlled airspace were akin to suicide missions. With a 10% loss rate, surviving 25 missions was almost impossible.
Celebrities were heroes. We have come a long way? Neville Brand was the fourth most decorated GI in WWII.
Maybe to indicate that America still has some need to treat all equally was what some of our wars were about?When I watch television programs about World War II, I also feel the greatest admiration and respect for those young Americans who fought in Europe and Asia.
Their sufferings were unimaginable.
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Some students and some athletes today do not wish to honor the national anthem. Maybe if someone would gently speak with them in private and show them some films of World War II fighting, some of those students and athletes might change their attitude.