[2BNTV]

Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, :A date that will live in infamy", (FDR).

Let us not forget those who gave the ultimate gift and those who are still with us for fighting in WWII.

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[Yankee Quilter]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, :A date that will live in infamy", (FDR).

Let us not forget those who gave the ultimate gift and those who are still with us for fighting in WWII.

Pearl Harbor Day: December 7, 1941 'A date which will live in infamy - NY Daily News

Well said and for them, we'll deserved!

[Cantwaittoarrive]

If not for them there would be no us

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive

If not for them there would be no us

You are so right. Thank you from my heart. You gave us this wonderful life.

[Mack184]

Thank-You to the "Greatest Generation" and ALL who serve our country!

I had a very dear friend who passed away earlier this year who had been a medic in Vietnam. He was very active with the local veteran's groups and often went into schools taking vets from WW-2 forward to talk with students. He used to tell me how little today's school students know about WW-2 and the sacrifices that were made by so many.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by Mack184

Thank-You to the "Greatest Generation" and ALL who serve our country!

I had a very dear friend who passed away earlier this year who had been a medic in Vietnam. He was very active with the local veteran's groups and often went into schools taking vets from WW-2 forward to talk with students. He used to tell me how little today's school students know about WW-2 and the sacrifices that were made by so many.

My late uncle,(died last month), did the same thing by going to his granchildrens school to give his account of WWII so they would know the sacrifices that were made. I am so thankful for his sacrifice as we would be speaking German today instead of English. A great man who was very humble and never talked about WWII,. I guess what he saw was too gruesome or he didn't want to relive his experiences.

GOD bless The Greatest generation for the sacrifices they made so we can enjoy freedom. The USA is the greatest country one could be in.

[Mack184]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

My late uncle,(died last month), did the same thing by going to his granchildrens school to give his account of WWII so they would know the sacrifices that were made. I am so thankful for his sacrifice as we would be speaking German today instead of English. A great man who was very humble and never talked about WWII,. I guess what he saw was too gruesome or he didn't want to relive his experiences.

GOD bless The Greatest generation for the sacrifices they made so we can enjoy freedom. The USA is the greatest country one could be in.

My father was the captain of a B-24 and he never talked about the war. If I'd ask him a specific question he'd answer, but it wasn't something he openly talked about. What men I knew from WW-2 were pretty much the same way.

One of the most interesting people I ever met was the chief engineer at the very first radio station I worked at. This man was not a combatant in WW-2, but spent part of his life in one of Mr. Hitler's Polish Resort Hotels. He still had his prison number tattooed onto his arm. He was soon to be executed, but was spared because the Russians came crashing through the gates, and he was saved.

[Mack184]

Dutch Van Kirk is (I think) the last surviving member of the crew of the Enola Gay. He has appeared on a number of A&E and Military History channel programs about WW-2 and the dropping of the atomic bomb.

In one of the shows he comments how today's school children are woefully ignorant of the history of WW-2. He said that he was once introduced by the principal of a school where he was speaking as having fought in "World War Eleven". He was NOT happy.

[2BNTV]

My uncle was off the coast of Japan when they dropped the Atomic Bomb and he verified that it was good thing as he mentioned that an invasion would cause countless lives.

One of the reasons I made a donation to wwiimemorialfriends.org is that my uncle and the Greatest Generation would be taught to the present and future generations. We should never forget what it takes to preserve freedom and our way of life.

WW eleven is a woeful excuse for a principle. I would think he was old enough to know history.

I belong to a veterans club where the members had a good time and loved to kid around with each other.. They had such a joy for life that I found very appealing. I guess after they went through, regular everyday problems seems to be miniscule. We had a lot of of good times and laughs.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

My late uncle,(died last month), did the same thing by going to his granchildrens school to give his account of WWII so they would know the sacrifices that were made. I am so thankful for his sacrifice as we would be speaking German today instead of English. A great man who was very humble and never talked about WWII,. I guess what he saw was too gruesome or he didn't want to relive his experiences.

GOD bless The Greatest generation for the sacrifices they made so we can enjoy freedom. The USA is the greatest country one could be in.

You are so right.....they were the greatest generation of all.

On this most recent Pearl Harbor Day anniversary, we remembered all who had sacrificed so much for the rest of us..........

We had several uncles who came back after serving in the Navy, the Army, etc. plus second cousins, etc., etc. Funny, they rarely talked of their war experiences........just went on with life.

One cousin is still alive but tells me that with each memorium he goes to, he notices fewer and fewer of the WWII vets left among the living.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

My uncle was off the coast of Japan when they dropped the Atomic Bomb and he verified that it was good thing as he mentioned that an invasion would cause countless lives.

One of the reasons I made a donation to wwiimemorialfriends.org is that my uncle and the Greatest Generation would be taught to the present and future generations. We should never forget what it takes to preserve freedom and our way of life.

WW eleven is a woeful excuse for a principle. I would think he was old enough to know history.

I belong to a veterans club where the members had a good time and loved to kid around with each other.. They had such a joy for life that I found very appealing. I guess after they went through, regular everyday problems seems to be miniscule. We had a lot of of good times and laughs.

Were you in the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York?

They are also the guys who built the "huts" up in the Colorado Rockies, where they trained........which the younger crowd enjoys today for their "out of bounds skiing".......meaning NOT downhill. You really need avalanche training to go out of bounds, I would think..........

My retired WWII cousin was from Queens, New York but lives in Colorado now.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Were you in the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York?

They are also the guys who built the "huts" up in the Colorado Rockies, where they trained........which the younger crowd enjoys today for their "out of bounds skiing".......meaning NOT downhill. You really need avalanche training to go out of bounds, I would think..........

My retired WWII cousin was from Queens, New York but lives in Colorado now.

No. I trained with the 173rd airborn in Ft Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolna.