Davwingman
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Eternal Peace
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"A date which will live in infamy..."
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Put out my flag this morning. Taps has been running through my head all day.
I'm afraid in 50 years this day will have no meaning what so ever. I asked several people today if they knew what happened 71 years ago today and the only ones that knew were over 40. Perhaps the youngest that knew was from Australia. History is being revised in our schools these days and the accomplishments of the "greatest generation" isn't part of it.
Down right shame!
Down right shame!
luangtom
US Veteran
My uncle was stationed on the USS Arizona at Pearl. He was a Navy corpsman that was ashore that Sunday to resupply. He fought to get back to his ship and was wounded in doing so. He got a total of five Purple Hearts during those times of island-hopping with the Marines. He spoke little of it, but it was my father that told us of those bits of history. Pa was a veteran of the Flying Tigers and yet spoke so proudly of his baby-brother that was at Pearl Harbor. Both are still heroes to me......
cmort666
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It's fashionable now for there to be no heroes... on OUR side, because we weren't absolutely PERFECT.
The script goes, "Because the western allies had flaws, Nazi Germany and Japan can't be condemned for what they did. And besides, we weren't 'nice' to them so the whole thing was OUR fault."
It's a coalition of the ultra-rightwing in Japan and neo-Nazis and their fellow travelers here, and ultra-leftwing 'academics' pushing that swill.
Got this in an email today:
1945 - Japanese surrender Footage Sept 2, 1945.
This film is believed to have never been seen before, only shots of the surrender were known.
If you are a history buff you will enjoy this. General McArthur's voice is a rarity in these old film clips
Interesting the other signers to the document, from New Zealand/Australia to Europe/Russia.
We always saw the "stills" but never the film itself
Japanese Sign Final Surrender - YouTube
1945 - Japanese surrender Footage Sept 2, 1945.
This film is believed to have never been seen before, only shots of the surrender were known.
If you are a history buff you will enjoy this. General McArthur's voice is a rarity in these old film clips
Interesting the other signers to the document, from New Zealand/Australia to Europe/Russia.
We always saw the "stills" but never the film itself
Japanese Sign Final Surrender - YouTube
Dad had a friend he worked with who had also been an Airedale in WW2. Once when I was in HS Dad told me to skip school after lunch, he’d give me a note, and go to his work. His friend was going to bring in his “home movies”. When I got there I sat in the back of the conference room where the movies were being shown and realized there were some extraordinary people there. Woody Hayes the OSU football coach was there and so was our Congressman.
The film started and Steve narrated. “This is my first duty assignment as a Navy photographer. It’s Sunday morning and I’m on the beach trying out the movie camera I was issued. See the planes coming in? If you see the meatballs on the wings you are more observant than I was. I thought they were ours until they opened fire.
Next came movies he shot of the Doolittle Raid, then came Midway, Coral Sea, etc. He wrapped up with copies of nose gun footage that he had traded for or copied. This was 1974 and after it was over what struck me was that as far as I knew everyone in the room except me and Woody Hayes had served in the Pacific during WW2. This wasn’t history they were watching; this was films of their youth. I was only half right. There were not SOME extraordinary people in the room. Other than myself they were ALL extraordinary.
The film started and Steve narrated. “This is my first duty assignment as a Navy photographer. It’s Sunday morning and I’m on the beach trying out the movie camera I was issued. See the planes coming in? If you see the meatballs on the wings you are more observant than I was. I thought they were ours until they opened fire.
Next came movies he shot of the Doolittle Raid, then came Midway, Coral Sea, etc. He wrapped up with copies of nose gun footage that he had traded for or copied. This was 1974 and after it was over what struck me was that as far as I knew everyone in the room except me and Woody Hayes had served in the Pacific during WW2. This wasn’t history they were watching; this was films of their youth. I was only half right. There were not SOME extraordinary people in the room. Other than myself they were ALL extraordinary.
Ivan the Butcher
Member
Walnutred; I remember you dad and some of the other WWII vets from when we were in High School. Like our 10th grade history teacher- wounded in the Pacific, our 11th grade History teacher- Navy corpman with the Marines in Korea, and the many combat veterans that taught Sunday school. There were some who served, but not once talked of it. These men won the wars we had and then came home and made peace, and spent years building us. THANK YOU
cmort666
Member
During the '60s, one of the priests (the pastor?) at St. Columbanus in Chicago had been an 8th Air Force chaplain.
During the early '70s, one of my English teachers at Quigley South Preparatory Seminary in Chicago had been a B-24 navigator in Europe.
They ought to play this clip every Dec 7th at every school in the country. I can dream, can't I?
cmort666
Member
Can't do that... the kids might get the idea that the right side won...
