Never forget those that sacrificed for us!
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Big7
The Oracle
People today don't even care about 911 anymore and it's not even 25 years past yet.
I doubt many under about 40 even know or care about Pearl Harbor.
I doubt many under about 40 even know or care about Pearl Harbor.
Toliver
Senior Member
I watched WWII documentaries most of the day. It occurred to me that more time has passed since the end of World War 2 (79 years) than had passed when the war started from the end of the Civil War. (76 years)
I been to Yap, Saipan, Truk, and Iwo Jima. Hulks of ships, planes and armor still litter the islands. Standing there on the beaches I can only imagine the terror they bravely faced and over came.
kmaxwell3
Senior Member
I think what he is saying is the people in this country soon forget the sacrifice other people have made for us to stay free. If they don't continue to teach our history in schools then it will soon be forgotten. Sad.
When we quit memorializing and talking about them their memory sadly fades.
Big7
The Oracle
I was talking about the general public. Not folks on the forum.
If read you wrong my apologies. I will tell you there’s an eagle statue on top of a column that faces the ocean in Brisbane. When I visited there I was taken there by some young Aussies to make sure I saw the memorial thanking the US for their aid in WWII.
basstrkr
Senior Member
Salute.
turkeykirk
ESQUIRE
I knew a former Marine (deceased) who got his Mom to sign for him to join up when he was 17 years old. He said standing on the troop ship and going over the side to land at Iwo Jima was scary. The thought going thru his mind was “Why did I get my Momma to sign this paperwork.”
Toughest generation.
My wife’s grandfather drove an armored vehicle that served as mobile artillery at Tarawa, Iwo and a couple others. He made it back home to farm an acreage WI. Looking at pics of him on the farm you’d never guess he had been through so much on those islands.
The Original Rooster
Mayor of Spring Hill
Good read…………
Big7
The Oracle
I have been to Cambridge American Cemetery in England. I vaguely remember any details because I was only 7 or 8 years old at the time.
WW2 in Europe would have been an even bigger mess had it not been for the United States.
A lot of them have forgotten or it's to far in the past to be of any consequence to most younger Europeans.
Funny how the very people that dog us out always seem to need a hand.
tr21
Senior Member
Every June 6th and December 7th I always think about what those HERO's were going through !
GeorgiaBob
Senior Member
Uncle Hutch was ordered by his CPO to run an errand. He returned just in time to see his ship, the USS Oklahoma roll over. Half of his mess didn't make it out. Hutch was at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyards on August 6 and August 9, 1945. Everyone cheered when they got the news on those nights. He said August 15, 1945 was a much better day than December 7, 1941.
Uncle Clint was a mechanic for Studebaker in December of 1941. It was two years later before he landed in Africa, then Italy, then in the summer of '44, Normandy. He was a Sgt tank commander for Creighton Abrams until they sent him to England to recover from his wounds in February of 1945.
Dad was a college student on December 7. 1941. The next spring he was crew on B-24s flying out of the Aleutian Islands. He wasn't impressed with the B-29s bombing Japan in '45 - He had been over Japan dropping bombs in 1942!
Uncle Clint was a mechanic for Studebaker in December of 1941. It was two years later before he landed in Africa, then Italy, then in the summer of '44, Normandy. He was a Sgt tank commander for Creighton Abrams until they sent him to England to recover from his wounds in February of 1945.
Dad was a college student on December 7. 1941. The next spring he was crew on B-24s flying out of the Aleutian Islands. He wasn't impressed with the B-29s bombing Japan in '45 - He had been over Japan dropping bombs in 1942!
Resica
Senior Member
God Bless them all!!
