HayesGreener
Ronin
I plan to watch The Longest Day tomorrow. Maybe Saving Private Ryan or some Band of Brothers. The scale of violence and sacrifice, and the courage of the warriors of America and her allies, deserves our solemn commemoration.
D Day tomorrow June 6
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HayesGreener
Ronin
The Rangers storming the cliffs at Point du Hoc in advance of the invasion to put German artillery out of business is another story of courage in itself.
lkjohnson17
Operator
My father was on Omaha with the 1st Division (The Big Red One). He was the only man on his landing craft to survive the battle. He never talked about the war much even though he saw action in North Africa, Sicily/Italy, France, Belgium (The Bulge), Germany, and was in Czechoslovakia on VE Day. I asked him to read Stephen Ambrose's book on D-Day and give me his thoughts. His thought was, "He (Ambrose) wasn't there." I guess none of us were.
lkjohnson17
Operator
BTW, the National World War II museum in New Orleans is time well spent. It is as good of an example of the curator's art as you will find, and the opening multi-media show is powerful. It is in one of the former Higgins Boat factory buildings where the landing craft for the D-Day invasion were made.
(I have been three times, and have to say that it was not as good the last time as the first time because the museum changed the format a bit to be more appealing to children.)
(I have been three times, and have to say that it was not as good the last time as the first time because the museum changed the format a bit to be more appealing to children.)
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Let’s hope we dont see a world war again.
If we do, I will venture to say our fighting forces will rise to the challenge.
HayesGreener
Ronin
HayesGreener
Ronin
Reagan commemorated D Day
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Haven't much a chance to be on today, had things going on, but there was another thread earlier talking about the "Greatest Generation" and I added a little bit to that one. I can't remember the exact words I said but it was something like 'there might be another 'greatest generation' at some time, but the definition will surely not be the same'. Those men/women of that generation had a serious issue to deal with and they came together and dealt with it.
Just think how the entire nation became involved ... while the young men went off to war, the young women took over much of the industrial complex work and provided the warriors what they needed. To be able to do that work, the women, many young mothers needed baby sitters, so grandma and/or grandpa, older brothers/sisters, etc all stepped up and pitched in. When the "greatest generation" is spoken of today, the speaker is generally not talking only of the young fighting men, although they are the ones we typically think of, but of the entire generation. I'm very proud to say I knew several of them!!!!
I fear today it would be very difficult to pry very many away from their video games, social media, and personal interests that have become so prevalent today. And when the young folks today look around at some of the appointed military leadership positions, I can understand just how hard it would be for them to take the same attitude of the 'Greatest' as we know it today.
Now I recognize there are still many conscientious young people who I think/know would step-up and I'm proud to know them also, so I'm not intentionally painting with too broad a brush. But sadly today, I know so many that have either never learned the real meaning of patriotism, or somewhere along the way have forgotten it, or maybe even been turned away from it by some means, or for other reason simply doesn't give a damn ... it breaks my heart! When I see far more effort and argument to prevent a 'Thin Blue Line' flag from being flown and compromised by simply lowering a 'rainbow' flag as a substitute action, I fume inside. To think in any event that any flag other than the Star Spangled Banner would take precedence over the thin blue line infuriates me.
I don't know, maybe just me ... sorry for the rant!!!!!
Just think how the entire nation became involved ... while the young men went off to war, the young women took over much of the industrial complex work and provided the warriors what they needed. To be able to do that work, the women, many young mothers needed baby sitters, so grandma and/or grandpa, older brothers/sisters, etc all stepped up and pitched in. When the "greatest generation" is spoken of today, the speaker is generally not talking only of the young fighting men, although they are the ones we typically think of, but of the entire generation. I'm very proud to say I knew several of them!!!!
I fear today it would be very difficult to pry very many away from their video games, social media, and personal interests that have become so prevalent today. And when the young folks today look around at some of the appointed military leadership positions, I can understand just how hard it would be for them to take the same attitude of the 'Greatest' as we know it today.
Now I recognize there are still many conscientious young people who I think/know would step-up and I'm proud to know them also, so I'm not intentionally painting with too broad a brush. But sadly today, I know so many that have either never learned the real meaning of patriotism, or somewhere along the way have forgotten it, or maybe even been turned away from it by some means, or for other reason simply doesn't give a damn ... it breaks my heart! When I see far more effort and argument to prevent a 'Thin Blue Line' flag from being flown and compromised by simply lowering a 'rainbow' flag as a substitute action, I fume inside. To think in any event that any flag other than the Star Spangled Banner would take precedence over the thin blue line infuriates me.
I don't know, maybe just me ... sorry for the rant!!!!!