Loved what that 98 year old vet had to say yesterday. He said something like, "we gave up our yesterdays so that you could have your tomorrows". Man if that doesn't put it all in the proper perspective, I don't know what else does. He said he had been 16 when he went off to war. Do we even make men like that anymore? I hope so.
Seriously…do we deserve them??? This nation most certainly deserves them. Some individuals not so much. Perhaps you need to get acquainted with a history book!!
Yes. Our USMC son is one. Fully understands the possibility of how his time in service may end and fully committed to protecting our country. Three nephews, one niece and sons of three friends all young people in their 20’s serving in various branches feel the same way. All college graduates who have chosen to serve. And, not surprisingly, all are young people of faith who view their service as a calling with a purpose.
That's an attitude I can appreciate as a woman who lost my dear brother, Chuck, to the war in Vietnam. It was not Chuck's desire to go to Vietnam, but he drew a low draft number and his young mind couldn't wrap around the idea to enlist 4 whole years of his life. As it turns out he helped his company learn how to survive in the jungle and he ultimately sacrificed his life by taking the "short stick" for a newly arrived infantryman who looked scared as hell. My brother was captured and missing in action for an entire month before my parent's final collapse into oblivion. I'm not surprised that my brother was an honorable patriot. He was a creative young man with a heart of gold who had dreams for the future. Unfortunately, our war addiction crushed his young vibrant life and any hopes my parents had for a happy future. My family was destroyed in March 1969.
Our soldiers don’t sacrifice their lives for just the citizens who appreciate what we’ve been blessed with. The ungrateful still reap the rewards though.
My reply was meant for @Sheryl original topic post, asking, "... do we even make men (or women) like that any more". I'd argue, in general, not in the last 10-15 years or so. They are a part of the ungrateful's benefiting from the sacrifices made for them.
Controversy over using the A-bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki is counter factual and using facts not in evidence at the time. First 100% of the soldiers, sailors, and marines preparing for Operation Olympic favored the use of Fat Man and Little Boy to end the war. Second, the US had just finished the Okinawa campaign. Okinawa devastation was cataclysmic. Civilian casualties would likely have been in the millions in any invasion of Kyushu or Honshu. 250000 in the two atomic bombs or >10,000,000 in a land campaign.
Those today that condemn the dropping of the bombs are ignorant of the intransigence of the Japanese, whose military was unwilling to surrender even AFTER the first bomb was dropped.
It took Emperor Hirohito to prevail over his generals, AFTER the second bomb. And many years of our occupying Japan to change the culture.
Now Japan is one of our firmest allies, and even they welcomed honesty about WW2.
The thing is, that Dems are NOT honest. The clip from Slotkin above is a perfect illustration. She claims to be moderate, while trumpeting that she is on team “fight”. Fight what? What policies are they embracing that will improve the lives of Americans? All I see is socialist/leftist, unlimited immigration and Globalist which are on full view in places like LA and NYC. None of these are conducive to human flourishing or wellness.
Praying for safe travels for you Sasha, and joy with your daughter. We are blessed despite the divisiveness that besets us. May. God comfort those that have lost loved ones in American War, and may God bless and revive the USA.
Just went to Hiroshima and their memorials and museum
Like many, they emphasize the devastation, and what not without recognizing the devastation that was going to continue due to their leaders
There was no ill will towards Americans by anyone that we came across
I encourage everyone to go visit the World War II museum in New Orleans
It is become a shining star of historical museums
It is a walk through the war
And it was a WORLD war that you really don’t understand the scope of until you walk through all the various theaters of war that are displayed. It is an amazing museum and that’s not even counting the movie.
If you mean the Tom Hanks–narrated 4D film Beyond All Boundaries at The National WWII Museum — no, not in its full form. It was created specifically for the museum’s Solomon Victory Theater and is described by the museum as “exclusive” to that venue.
What makes it hard to show elsewhere is that it is not just a regular movie. The experience uses:
* a 120-foot theater screen,
* moving seats,
* fog, sound, lighting, and physical effects,
* synchronized stage elements and projections.
You can find:
* trailers and short clips online,
* behind-the-scenes videos,
* some museum promotional footage on YouTube and the museum website.
But the actual immersive presentation is essentially tied to the museum installation in New Orleans.
The official page for the experience is here:
Beyond All Boundaries – National WWII Museum
Many visitors online still mention it as one of the highlights of the museum experience.
Yes I live in La and have been to that museum several times … it is so well done. My dad was in World War II as was my father in law. These are the people who shaped me and my husband… we are truly lucky to be their children
Ds have absolutely nothing to offer but losing and failure and their standard "resist" to anything remotely associated with success. They are the deplorables, half of whom are irredeemable. They are the Wormwoods that opperate on behalf of malevolence and disruption. Their party has devolved into everything no sensible American would want for themselves or their fellow Americans. They are a Superfund site of toxic political garbage that will require years of rehabilitation to even come close to something any self-respecting person would consider safe.
What do you think supporting childern removing their sexual body parts and defunding police (among the vastness of ill-liberal policies) should be termed? If not deplorable, then what?
I hear you, but it fits with most of the current leftists/globalists. The term I will not use (and I was so pissed off when Clinton said it) is "irredeemable". ANYONE can be redeemed! Interesting that Trump said once that he thought the "irredeemable" comment was worse than "deplorable".
Good point. Of course God can redeem anyone, provided their repentance is sincere. (is that what you mean?) I guess I conflate the “deplorable” adjective with irredeemable….
The Japanese were training women and children with bamboo spears for a last-ditch defense. The US made so many Purple Hearts in anticipation of the invasion that we are still using that stock today. Only the two bombs convinced them that further resistance would be hopeless.
I'm the son of a Guadalcanal Marine. If we had invaded the mainland the odds of my or my four siblings being born would not be high. I tend to be be biased about the decision.
Exactly! Fight WHAT? They don't fight for me and you, that is a big for sure. Can't even stand for us citizens and The SOTU Address! Bunch of grifter garbage
I'm here today because of the Atom bomb. My father was on Okinawa. There's more than 100% who favor it's use. The wives and children of those who participated in the War.
100% correct. All it takes is the research to see what the landing force would have been facing. It was far more than the planning anticipated. Watch the series “The Pacific” then tell me about storming the beaches in the Japanese home islands.
Yes, my grandfather had just been returned to active duty during WWII after being injured in battle somewhere in France. He was scheduled to participate in a ground invation of Japan if the bomb was not developed in time. From my understanding, an invasion of Japan would have made Normandy Beach look like a children's tea party. The first few waves would have basically just served as human cadaver barrier cover for the following waves.
I hate seeing the carnage those bombs caused, but they did end the war and I most likely owe my own existence to them, as my father had not been born when my grandfather served.
Jimmy Carter strongly opposed nuclear war and spent much of his political life advocating arms control and nuclear disarmament. However when asked by Bill OReilly about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Carter - did acknowledge the conventional argument that the atomic bombings ended the war quickly and likely saved many lives that would have been lost in a land invasion of Japan. That position was common among many Americans of his generation, especially veterans and political leaders shaped by World War II.
The overwhelming majority of the soldiers that were in the Pacific supported the Nuclear bombing.
Harry said if he hadn’t dropped them, and we invaded, and suffered the predicted million casualties and the public learned we had the bombs but held off to be humane to the Japanese they’d have hung him from a lamp pole.
It seems to me that someone who uses rhetoric that advocates going to war or fighting against other Americans is guilty of treason. This Slotkin character has done this a few times, not least of which the notorious, “Military, disobey unlawful orders,” video. We don’t have to agree on everything, but how do we even come together a little bit with people who believe like Slotkin?
Otherwise, I always like Memorial Day and thank those past and present for their sacrifice to this country.
For Believers, a celebration of Pentecost today (receipt of the Holy Spirit). Which gives us the gifts of Communication (both speech but especially hearing), Commitment, and Compassion. Compassion in Latin is ‘to suffer with’. Or turn it around and it’s our sitting alongside our fellow man ‘with suffering’ …
Two old men share a nursing home room. One man in bed near the door, is immobile and paralyzed. The other man is near the window. The paralyzed man asks the other to describe to him every day, what is going on outside the window because he can’t see this view. The man near window gladly gives descriptive account of flowers blooming, kids on bicycle, squirrels scampering about and birds feeding in grass. This goes on every day for many moons and brings pleasure to both speaker and hearer. One day the man near window passes away. A new man is brought into bed near window. Paralyzed man asks new arrival for description of what is happening in world outside the window. New man says, you mean this window, the one where outside is a brick wall?
Monsignor made it part of his homily this AM. He also told tale of deaf and mute, Helen Keller, being asked which of those 2 senses would she want, if one could be granted. And without hesitation she responded ‘hearing’. The Holy Spirit 1st descended upon the Apostles as described in Acts 2:1-11. Each speaking in different languages, but all hearing could understand in his or her own native tongue.
The communication that is mentioned in scripture, is by way of God's spirit through speaking of languages that the Believer doesn't know by their knowledge, but speaks it through the spirit "giving utterance" as the Apostle Paul writes it. The Spirit "prays for what we don't know that we aught to be praying for". Also other gifts of the spirit are listed in Paul's letters to the Corinthians, including the workings of miracles, healings, words of knowledge, words of wisdom - all from God's spirit - and there's others....
We will be going to a Memorial Day service celebrating those that sacrificed it all. Embarrassed to say this will be my first. In church today they had the standing rifle ( m-16?) with the GI helmet hung on the top, folded Flag at the bottom, front & center on the stage. I hope to see families with children at the service & not just boomers.
I hope you enjoy it Dena. The one I go to annually has a band that plays each of the service hymns and has veterans of those services stand to be recognized as each is played. You might also look out for a small table set out for the soldier who never returned from war (Missing Man Table). On it are very specific items with very specific symbolic meanings you can read about in link. I think Missing Man Table gained its place in ceremonies following the Vietnam War.
The one I attend here in PNW has all ages, including the young. The ceremony is opened with bagpipes to bring in flag, then all attendees reciting pledge of allegiance.
Thanks for the information Matt. We live In western WA but happened to be in Coeur d’Alene ID on Memorial Day & went to a service there. So glad we went, it was very touching & beautiful. My husband, who is a vet was especially touched. Met some lovely people as well. Thanks for sharing the link to the Missing Man Table, though I didn’t see one there it’s worth knowing. 🙏
Memorial Day is a remembrance of our honored dead who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our nation and of our allies. I'm not sure that wishing each other a "Happy" Memorial Day comports with the meaning of the day. Perhaps we should be wishing each other a "Grateful" Memorial Day?
I'd like to render honor to Sgt. Derek Stenroos who was killed in action in Iraq on 5 November 2007 with an IED. Your mom has been so brave. She misses you very, very much.
"If the Democrats retake control of government, they will treat Trump and his supporters like the second Confederacy and the Nazis all rolled in one" They may try. The confederates got reconciliation. the nazis got nuremberg. somehow i dont think the dems have reconciliation in mind. The rinos protect the far left wingnuts because they use them as distractions from their own looting and pillaging of the country. But once the rinos are out if the way, their protection will be gone and the ways of acting like spoiled brat bitches will be over. They will try, but like most things, they are delusional about how it plays out for them. They have no idea how kindly they've been treated so far. I dont know how much more kindness will be aforded them. Hopefully, not much.
And you have to wonder why why do they support the left wing so vociferously?
It is for power and money
They have the power and are working remain in power to control the dollars
And we’re seeing the exposing of these schemes, and the Democrats are silent
And you have to say why?
former Attorney General Becerra is running for governor of California and he’s totally protected all of these graft and corruption schemes that continue to this day
They put their people in charge and they protect criminals. There’s always gotta be a kickback.
Representative Burchett (spelling?) said that "the honey pot trap" is real in D.C. and that's why so many are complacent. That's why Republicans at hearings are all: "5 minutes to the honorable representative from NY" and "Oh, you made it back from the vote.....we're so glad you're back.....the honorable man from NJ has his 5 mins." ....GOOD GOD, such kiss asses. I get the Idea, as Mike Johnsons says, to not "overcome evil with evil but overcome evil will good", but TELLING THE TRUTH AND BEING HONEST is GOOD, not evil. STOP being kiss asses, OUR WHOLE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC is on the line, for God's sake! THEY NEED TO WAKE UP and BRING IT!
Democrats are falling into another Trump Sun Tzu trap. He weaponizes their TDS to drive them to extremes like publicly vowing revenge against not just Trump, but all of MAGA. That may energize the left-most 25% of voters, but it alienates and motivates the rest. It also acts as persuasion, helping justify the coming indictments of Democrats. As long as the DOJ goes after real and clear crimes (no Biden-era lawfare b.s.), the majority will be fine with it.
Happy Memorial Day to all Vets everywhere. Your sacrifices are what built our great country. Young people do not really appreciate all those sacrifices and take their general well being, income and freedoms for granted. They complain about small social issues because they don't have to worry about food, healthcare, transportation or shelter, for the most part. My father made his contribution as a junior officer in the Korean War. I did one year in Air Force ROTC, which doesn't really count, but already in the mid-70s the world had become more peaceful so I did not complete my service. Others did and I am thankful for them and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Amen Sascha. The 58,000 ignored men and women on the Wall thank you. The media also lied about them and about the Vietnamese who fought bravely for their freedom until the democrats in Congress took their weapons away and allowed most of them to be executed by the NVA
Most of the men on the side of the South, like the ones in my family, did not hold slaves and didn't fight to preserve slavery. They just fought because there was a war.
I know. Reparations, my ass!!! How many who survived were bankrupted by the 4 years that they gave even if not a hair on their head was touched? How many developed PTSD? How many crippled through loss of limb? In addition to what you pointed out.
This from Democrats, who are the political descendants of the slavers who were the cause of the war. All to keep the blacks on their modern plantation.
Memorial Day is May 30. Making it into a 3 day weekend focused on BBQ is an atrocity. The holiday arose in the aftermath of CW1. For a while it was only for the Union dead with the former Confederates having their own holidays. After a while the two holidays merged though some of the southern states still maintain their separate holiday. Some Confederate women's groups and some Union veteran's groups began honoring the other side's graves informally as early as the late 1860s but it was not formal until after WW1. People should ponder that chart of war dead. CW1 was the worst war in out history and according to the chart exceeded all other wars combined until Vietnam. More recent scholarship indicates that CW1 deaths are understated and the crossover didn't happen until Iraq. While Memorial Day is for the military, the number of civilian deaths far exceeded all other wars too. Estimates are in the range of 100,000-mostly Southern, black and white.
It’s not a travesty to me. The 3 day weekend and time spent with family and friends is a treasure and a gift. Remembering those who gave their ‘last full measure of devotion’ allows us all these moments.
Yeah, the revised number I have seen for Civil War dead is 750,000. Probably far greater if one tallies all the grievously wounded who later died prematurely.
I just picked up a New York Tribune from 1870. On the front page was a report about a group of Confederate women in Baltimore who asked to place flowers on the graves of their honored dead on Memorial Day. They were granted that privilege by the president.
However, when they entered the cemetery, the group marched straight to the unmarked grave of John Wilkes Booth, recently reinterred in the Booth family plot.
WOW. Yes, they haven't changed. I came across that postings of stump speeches (for the Republican running for president, after the Civil War) made my a Union colonel (if I recall correctly) where he talked of the Democrats as if it was today, warning Americans that they (Dems) hated America and only sought to inflict pain and damage to her!
You probably already know this, but there are "search angels" out there who can find people very quickly in situations like this. A friend was looking for her biological parents as she was adopted in a "closed" adoption..... The search angel found them in less than a day. This might be harder, but another option is to use the DNA companies. They can pretty easily identify biological relatives and tell you who they are to narrow the search.
The American public is whining about high gas prices while we fight an enemy that has dogged us for 47 years!
I doubt they would endure the years of rationing, victory gardens, women doing hard and gritty work in the munitions factories and the sacrifices of loved ones lives in a war that required such selflessess.
I'm 70 and I came to that same conclusion about 30 years ago. When I've tried to point it out it just gets me labeled a cranky old man by those same spineless, dishonest pussies. I've pretty much given up talking about it. I'll be gone soon enough, good luck
Loved what that 98 year old vet had to say yesterday. He said something like, "we gave up our yesterdays so that you could have your tomorrows". Man if that doesn't put it all in the proper perspective, I don't know what else does. He said he had been 16 when he went off to war. Do we even make men like that anymore? I hope so.
We make ‘em, the services are full of young men and women to be proud of.
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Bigger question: do we deserve them? Do we deserve their sacrifices?
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That really is the question, isn't it?
That’s not a question even worth considering.
Point taken, however, do you feel we deserve these sacrifices?
A lot of ungrateful Americans as far as I see!
Seriously…do we deserve them??? This nation most certainly deserves them. Some individuals not so much. Perhaps you need to get acquainted with a history book!!
Yes. Our USMC son is one. Fully understands the possibility of how his time in service may end and fully committed to protecting our country. Three nephews, one niece and sons of three friends all young people in their 20’s serving in various branches feel the same way. All college graduates who have chosen to serve. And, not surprisingly, all are young people of faith who view their service as a calling with a purpose.
Focus on living your life in a way that makes you worth dying for. Much respect for those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
That's an attitude I can appreciate as a woman who lost my dear brother, Chuck, to the war in Vietnam. It was not Chuck's desire to go to Vietnam, but he drew a low draft number and his young mind couldn't wrap around the idea to enlist 4 whole years of his life. As it turns out he helped his company learn how to survive in the jungle and he ultimately sacrificed his life by taking the "short stick" for a newly arrived infantryman who looked scared as hell. My brother was captured and missing in action for an entire month before my parent's final collapse into oblivion. I'm not surprised that my brother was an honorable patriot. He was a creative young man with a heart of gold who had dreams for the future. Unfortunately, our war addiction crushed his young vibrant life and any hopes my parents had for a happy future. My family was destroyed in March 1969.
Very sad, my sincere condolences. Your brother was an honorable man. We are a grateful nation.
Thank you for your kindness, Debby.
Few and far between as I look at the younger generations, whatever their 'designations' these days.
Our soldiers don’t sacrifice their lives for just the citizens who appreciate what we’ve been blessed with. The ungrateful still reap the rewards though.
My reply was meant for @Sheryl original topic post, asking, "... do we even make men (or women) like that any more". I'd argue, in general, not in the last 10-15 years or so. They are a part of the ungrateful's benefiting from the sacrifices made for them.
Brilliant.
Controversy over using the A-bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki is counter factual and using facts not in evidence at the time. First 100% of the soldiers, sailors, and marines preparing for Operation Olympic favored the use of Fat Man and Little Boy to end the war. Second, the US had just finished the Okinawa campaign. Okinawa devastation was cataclysmic. Civilian casualties would likely have been in the millions in any invasion of Kyushu or Honshu. 250000 in the two atomic bombs or >10,000,000 in a land campaign.
Truman did the job he was elected to do.
Those today that condemn the dropping of the bombs are ignorant of the intransigence of the Japanese, whose military was unwilling to surrender even AFTER the first bomb was dropped.
It took Emperor Hirohito to prevail over his generals, AFTER the second bomb. And many years of our occupying Japan to change the culture.
Now Japan is one of our firmest allies, and even they welcomed honesty about WW2.
The thing is, that Dems are NOT honest. The clip from Slotkin above is a perfect illustration. She claims to be moderate, while trumpeting that she is on team “fight”. Fight what? What policies are they embracing that will improve the lives of Americans? All I see is socialist/leftist, unlimited immigration and Globalist which are on full view in places like LA and NYC. None of these are conducive to human flourishing or wellness.
Praying for safe travels for you Sasha, and joy with your daughter. We are blessed despite the divisiveness that besets us. May. God comfort those that have lost loved ones in American War, and may God bless and revive the USA.
Just went to Hiroshima and their memorials and museum
Like many, they emphasize the devastation, and what not without recognizing the devastation that was going to continue due to their leaders
There was no ill will towards Americans by anyone that we came across
I encourage everyone to go visit the World War II museum in New Orleans
It is become a shining star of historical museums
It is a walk through the war
And it was a WORLD war that you really don’t understand the scope of until you walk through all the various theaters of war that are displayed. It is an amazing museum and that’s not even counting the movie.
It’s a must see at some point in your life
What movie are you referring to and where can we see it?
Victor Davis Hanson teaches a great course on WWII that you can stream from Hillsdale College (for free).
If you mean the Tom Hanks–narrated 4D film Beyond All Boundaries at The National WWII Museum — no, not in its full form. It was created specifically for the museum’s Solomon Victory Theater and is described by the museum as “exclusive” to that venue.
What makes it hard to show elsewhere is that it is not just a regular movie. The experience uses:
* a 120-foot theater screen,
* moving seats,
* fog, sound, lighting, and physical effects,
* synchronized stage elements and projections.
You can find:
* trailers and short clips online,
* behind-the-scenes videos,
* some museum promotional footage on YouTube and the museum website.
But the actual immersive presentation is essentially tied to the museum installation in New Orleans.
The official page for the experience is here:
Beyond All Boundaries – National WWII Museum
Many visitors online still mention it as one of the highlights of the museum experience.
This was from Chat
Agreed, I’ve been twice and still want to go back.
Yes I live in La and have been to that museum several times … it is so well done. My dad was in World War II as was my father in law. These are the people who shaped me and my husband… we are truly lucky to be their children
Ditto
Ds have absolutely nothing to offer but losing and failure and their standard "resist" to anything remotely associated with success. They are the deplorables, half of whom are irredeemable. They are the Wormwoods that opperate on behalf of malevolence and disruption. Their party has devolved into everything no sensible American would want for themselves or their fellow Americans. They are a Superfund site of toxic political garbage that will require years of rehabilitation to even come close to something any self-respecting person would consider safe.
Well said Jen.
I agree that their policies are awful. And many of those promoting them likewise awful and toxic.
All that said, while I am not in favor of mollycoddling, calling people deplorable bothers me. ymmv. all the best
What do you think supporting childern removing their sexual body parts and defunding police (among the vastness of ill-liberal policies) should be termed? If not deplorable, then what?
Its flat evil.
Guess I just remember the casual way Hillary used the term deplorable...
Well...since Hillary brought it up and all...let's revisit that.
I hear you, but it fits with most of the current leftists/globalists. The term I will not use (and I was so pissed off when Clinton said it) is "irredeemable". ANYONE can be redeemed! Interesting that Trump said once that he thought the "irredeemable" comment was worse than "deplorable".
Good point. Of course God can redeem anyone, provided their repentance is sincere. (is that what you mean?) I guess I conflate the “deplorable” adjective with irredeemable….
The Japanese were training women and children with bamboo spears for a last-ditch defense. The US made so many Purple Hearts in anticipation of the invasion that we are still using that stock today. Only the two bombs convinced them that further resistance would be hopeless.
The fact that it took TWO bombs tells you all you need to know about the Japanese mindset at the time….
To be fair the Soviet entry into the war was another big reason.
And not only did it take two bombs but the Japanese military hatched a plot to murder Emperor Hirohito to prevent the surrender.
If there had been no A-bombs, today there would be no living Japanese because we would have had to slaughter them to end the war.
I'm the son of a Guadalcanal Marine. If we had invaded the mainland the odds of my or my four siblings being born would not be high. I tend to be be biased about the decision.
Exactly! Fight WHAT? They don't fight for me and you, that is a big for sure. Can't even stand for us citizens and The SOTU Address! Bunch of grifter garbage
I'm here today because of the Atom bomb. My father was on Okinawa. There's more than 100% who favor it's use. The wives and children of those who participated in the War.
100% correct. All it takes is the research to see what the landing force would have been facing. It was far more than the planning anticipated. Watch the series “The Pacific” then tell me about storming the beaches in the Japanese home islands.
Yes, my grandfather had just been returned to active duty during WWII after being injured in battle somewhere in France. He was scheduled to participate in a ground invation of Japan if the bomb was not developed in time. From my understanding, an invasion of Japan would have made Normandy Beach look like a children's tea party. The first few waves would have basically just served as human cadaver barrier cover for the following waves.
I hate seeing the carnage those bombs caused, but they did end the war and I most likely owe my own existence to them, as my father had not been born when my grandfather served.
Jimmy Carter strongly opposed nuclear war and spent much of his political life advocating arms control and nuclear disarmament. However when asked by Bill OReilly about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Carter - did acknowledge the conventional argument that the atomic bombings ended the war quickly and likely saved many lives that would have been lost in a land invasion of Japan. That position was common among many Americans of his generation, especially veterans and political leaders shaped by World War II.
The overwhelming majority of the soldiers that were in the Pacific supported the Nuclear bombing.
Harry said if he hadn’t dropped them, and we invaded, and suffered the predicted million casualties and the public learned we had the bombs but held off to be humane to the Japanese they’d have hung him from a lamp pole.
It seems to me that someone who uses rhetoric that advocates going to war or fighting against other Americans is guilty of treason. This Slotkin character has done this a few times, not least of which the notorious, “Military, disobey unlawful orders,” video. We don’t have to agree on everything, but how do we even come together a little bit with people who believe like Slotkin?
Otherwise, I always like Memorial Day and thank those past and present for their sacrifice to this country.
She is jew by birth only to many of us. I wonder if she realizes her fighting philosophy can go both ways.
A Meaningful Memorial Day to All.
For Believers, a celebration of Pentecost today (receipt of the Holy Spirit). Which gives us the gifts of Communication (both speech but especially hearing), Commitment, and Compassion. Compassion in Latin is ‘to suffer with’. Or turn it around and it’s our sitting alongside our fellow man ‘with suffering’ …
Two old men share a nursing home room. One man in bed near the door, is immobile and paralyzed. The other man is near the window. The paralyzed man asks the other to describe to him every day, what is going on outside the window because he can’t see this view. The man near window gladly gives descriptive account of flowers blooming, kids on bicycle, squirrels scampering about and birds feeding in grass. This goes on every day for many moons and brings pleasure to both speaker and hearer. One day the man near window passes away. A new man is brought into bed near window. Paralyzed man asks new arrival for description of what is happening in world outside the window. New man says, you mean this window, the one where outside is a brick wall?
I've read that tale before, worth a repeat. Thanks for sharing it.
Monsignor made it part of his homily this AM. He also told tale of deaf and mute, Helen Keller, being asked which of those 2 senses would she want, if one could be granted. And without hesitation she responded ‘hearing’. The Holy Spirit 1st descended upon the Apostles as described in Acts 2:1-11. Each speaking in different languages, but all hearing could understand in his or her own native tongue.
The communication that is mentioned in scripture, is by way of God's spirit through speaking of languages that the Believer doesn't know by their knowledge, but speaks it through the spirit "giving utterance" as the Apostle Paul writes it. The Spirit "prays for what we don't know that we aught to be praying for". Also other gifts of the spirit are listed in Paul's letters to the Corinthians, including the workings of miracles, healings, words of knowledge, words of wisdom - all from God's spirit - and there's others....
We will be going to a Memorial Day service celebrating those that sacrificed it all. Embarrassed to say this will be my first. In church today they had the standing rifle ( m-16?) with the GI helmet hung on the top, folded Flag at the bottom, front & center on the stage. I hope to see families with children at the service & not just boomers.
I hope you enjoy it Dena. The one I go to annually has a band that plays each of the service hymns and has veterans of those services stand to be recognized as each is played. You might also look out for a small table set out for the soldier who never returned from war (Missing Man Table). On it are very specific items with very specific symbolic meanings you can read about in link. I think Missing Man Table gained its place in ceremonies following the Vietnam War.
https://warmemorialcenter.org/missing-man-table/
The one I attend here in PNW has all ages, including the young. The ceremony is opened with bagpipes to bring in flag, then all attendees reciting pledge of allegiance.
Thanks for the information Matt. We live In western WA but happened to be in Coeur d’Alene ID on Memorial Day & went to a service there. So glad we went, it was very touching & beautiful. My husband, who is a vet was especially touched. Met some lovely people as well. Thanks for sharing the link to the Missing Man Table, though I didn’t see one there it’s worth knowing. 🙏
Memorial Day is a remembrance of our honored dead who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our nation and of our allies. I'm not sure that wishing each other a "Happy" Memorial Day comports with the meaning of the day. Perhaps we should be wishing each other a "Grateful" Memorial Day?
I'd like to render honor to Sgt. Derek Stenroos who was killed in action in Iraq on 5 November 2007 with an IED. Your mom has been so brave. She misses you very, very much.
"If the Democrats retake control of government, they will treat Trump and his supporters like the second Confederacy and the Nazis all rolled in one" They may try. The confederates got reconciliation. the nazis got nuremberg. somehow i dont think the dems have reconciliation in mind. The rinos protect the far left wingnuts because they use them as distractions from their own looting and pillaging of the country. But once the rinos are out if the way, their protection will be gone and the ways of acting like spoiled brat bitches will be over. They will try, but like most things, they are delusional about how it plays out for them. They have no idea how kindly they've been treated so far. I dont know how much more kindness will be aforded them. Hopefully, not much.
And you have to wonder why why do they support the left wing so vociferously?
It is for power and money
They have the power and are working remain in power to control the dollars
And we’re seeing the exposing of these schemes, and the Democrats are silent
And you have to say why?
former Attorney General Becerra is running for governor of California and he’s totally protected all of these graft and corruption schemes that continue to this day
They put their people in charge and they protect criminals. There’s always gotta be a kickback.
Representative Burchett (spelling?) said that "the honey pot trap" is real in D.C. and that's why so many are complacent. That's why Republicans at hearings are all: "5 minutes to the honorable representative from NY" and "Oh, you made it back from the vote.....we're so glad you're back.....the honorable man from NJ has his 5 mins." ....GOOD GOD, such kiss asses. I get the Idea, as Mike Johnsons says, to not "overcome evil with evil but overcome evil will good", but TELLING THE TRUTH AND BEING HONEST is GOOD, not evil. STOP being kiss asses, OUR WHOLE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC is on the line, for God's sake! THEY NEED TO WAKE UP and BRING IT!
Democrats are falling into another Trump Sun Tzu trap. He weaponizes their TDS to drive them to extremes like publicly vowing revenge against not just Trump, but all of MAGA. That may energize the left-most 25% of voters, but it alienates and motivates the rest. It also acts as persuasion, helping justify the coming indictments of Democrats. As long as the DOJ goes after real and clear crimes (no Biden-era lawfare b.s.), the majority will be fine with it.
Happy Memorial Day to all Vets everywhere. Your sacrifices are what built our great country. Young people do not really appreciate all those sacrifices and take their general well being, income and freedoms for granted. They complain about small social issues because they don't have to worry about food, healthcare, transportation or shelter, for the most part. My father made his contribution as a junior officer in the Korean War. I did one year in Air Force ROTC, which doesn't really count, but already in the mid-70s the world had become more peaceful so I did not complete my service. Others did and I am thankful for them and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Amen Sascha. The 58,000 ignored men and women on the Wall thank you. The media also lied about them and about the Vietnamese who fought bravely for their freedom until the democrats in Congress took their weapons away and allowed most of them to be executed by the NVA
The American Civil War remains the bloodiest at 620k.
If half were Yankees, fighting against slavery I wonder if ever before in History have so many paid the ultimate sacrifice to liberate slaves?
For every ten slaves freed a Yankee died ...
But if we add the mutilated and traumatized for life maybe that ratio of 10 to 1 becomes something more like 3 to 1.
Why is this never brought up?
A narrative that is not preferred?
Most of the men on the side of the South, like the ones in my family, did not hold slaves and didn't fight to preserve slavery. They just fought because there was a war.
I know. Reparations, my ass!!! How many who survived were bankrupted by the 4 years that they gave even if not a hair on their head was touched? How many developed PTSD? How many crippled through loss of limb? In addition to what you pointed out.
This from Democrats, who are the political descendants of the slavers who were the cause of the war. All to keep the blacks on their modern plantation.
Great grandpa came back addicted to morphine. Grandmother as a young girl would take carriage to train every sunday to retrieve his weekly medicine.
Memorial Day is May 30. Making it into a 3 day weekend focused on BBQ is an atrocity. The holiday arose in the aftermath of CW1. For a while it was only for the Union dead with the former Confederates having their own holidays. After a while the two holidays merged though some of the southern states still maintain their separate holiday. Some Confederate women's groups and some Union veteran's groups began honoring the other side's graves informally as early as the late 1860s but it was not formal until after WW1. People should ponder that chart of war dead. CW1 was the worst war in out history and according to the chart exceeded all other wars combined until Vietnam. More recent scholarship indicates that CW1 deaths are understated and the crossover didn't happen until Iraq. While Memorial Day is for the military, the number of civilian deaths far exceeded all other wars too. Estimates are in the range of 100,000-mostly Southern, black and white.
It’s not a travesty to me. The 3 day weekend and time spent with family and friends is a treasure and a gift. Remembering those who gave their ‘last full measure of devotion’ allows us all these moments.
Yeah, the revised number I have seen for Civil War dead is 750,000. Probably far greater if one tallies all the grievously wounded who later died prematurely.
I guess soon enough we'll move Christmas to a Monday as well.
Lucy: “ it’s run by a big eastern syndicate you know”
I just picked up a New York Tribune from 1870. On the front page was a report about a group of Confederate women in Baltimore who asked to place flowers on the graves of their honored dead on Memorial Day. They were granted that privilege by the president.
However, when they entered the cemetery, the group marched straight to the unmarked grave of John Wilkes Booth, recently reinterred in the Booth family plot.
There, they deposited all of their tributes.
Democrats have not changed.
WOW. Yes, they haven't changed. I came across that postings of stump speeches (for the Republican running for president, after the Civil War) made my a Union colonel (if I recall correctly) where he talked of the Democrats as if it was today, warning Americans that they (Dems) hated America and only sought to inflict pain and damage to her!
WHAT???
You probably already know this, but there are "search angels" out there who can find people very quickly in situations like this. A friend was looking for her biological parents as she was adopted in a "closed" adoption..... The search angel found them in less than a day. This might be harder, but another option is to use the DNA companies. They can pretty easily identify biological relatives and tell you who they are to narrow the search.
You’ve no doubt heard this almost countless times before…I simply love your mind!
The American public is whining about high gas prices while we fight an enemy that has dogged us for 47 years!
I doubt they would endure the years of rationing, victory gardens, women doing hard and gritty work in the munitions factories and the sacrifices of loved ones lives in a war that required such selflessess.
We are coddled, soft and spineless.
I'm 70 and I came to that same conclusion about 30 years ago. When I've tried to point it out it just gets me labeled a cranky old man by those same spineless, dishonest pussies. I've pretty much given up talking about it. I'll be gone soon enough, good luck
Awesome! Thanks to your Dad for his service. And to your service to America, a jewel in the muck we have to live through!🇺🇸
Sasha, if you know your biological maternal grandfather's name, it is possible the National WWII Museum could help determine his fate in the war.
"Patton, generale di acciaio"