My Brother was in Vietnam, made it home OK, thankfully. My Dads Brother is MIA, shot down over English channel in WW2. My Neighbors Dad stormed the beaches in Normandy and made it home. His 2 Sons took him to Normandy 20 years ago and the folks in Normandy couldn't thank him enough. Little kids in Grade school knew what he did and thanked him. I doubt most high school kids over here would have a clueThat fucking cowardly piece of shit is no veteran. He got five deferments. My cousin went to Vietnam in his place. He now resides in Abbott's Mills, under six feet of dirt marked with a slab of stone and an American flag.
No one with a functioning Cortex gives a shit. May a flock of Canadian Geese fly over the wedding festivities and shit all over everyone.
We conquered. That's all our kids need to learn. 'Murica!Little kids in Grade school knew what he did and thanked him. I doubt most high school kids over here would have a clue
That generation was so blasé about it. I asked my grandfather what he did in the war and he said he delivered mail. What he really did was sail back and forth between Pearl and US outposts throughout the Pacific delivering men, supplies (and yes, mail) and spending most of the time under imminent threat of enemy submarine attacks. When I asked my uncle what he did, he said he mostly went fishing in Alaska. He told me the one time there was enemy activity, they were alerted but the time they responded the enemy had left. It wasn't until I read his obituary that I learned what he had really done (think Pointe du Hoc but with a wind chill factor).My Brother was in Vietnam, made it home OK, thankfully. My Dads Brother is MIA, shot down over English channel in WW2. My Neighbors Dad stormed the beaches in Normandy and made it home. His 2 Sons took him to Normandy 20 years ago and the folks in Normandy couldn't thank him enough. Little kids in Grade school knew what he did and thanked him. I doubt most high school kids over here would have a clue