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OT: 75th Anniversary of D-Day

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matty1 said:
I'm a Vietnam Vet, combat infantry, 11 months in the jungle. I had the pleasure of visiting both Omaha and Utah beaches 3 years ago. As tough as I was then, I can't even imagine how much courage it took to take those beaches. Absolutely the greatest generation.
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Thank you for your service...(My brother was a Nam Vet as well)...2 Tours..(Da Nang & Mekong Delta)..U.S Navy Seal
 
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matty1 said:
I'm a Vietnam Vet, combat infantry, 11 months in the jungle. I had the pleasure of visiting both Omaha and Utah beaches 3 years ago. As tough as I was then, I can't even imagine how much courage it took to take those beaches. Absolutely the greatest generation.
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Ahhh - you remember! You go where you're told, and you don't shame yourself by hesitating or showing fear in front of your fellow soldiers. Can't have anyone close knowing you're scared ****less. So you go. And you keep going.

That's how they did it, that's how we did it, and that's how it's always been done.

Courage isn't a lack of fear. It's being very fearful and doing what has to be done regardless.
 
Gatorhater said:
Not sure what fairy tale you are thinking about. We live and dealt with the unfinished business of WWII. Spent our lives under the threat of nuclear destruction, fighting and winning the Cold War against USSR. While part of the cause of the social and political unrest since the 60’s, living though all of it was hardly an joy ride. Those of us who saw Nam, knew betrayal that our fathers never had to.

Our parents defeated the National Socialists, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan with resounding bravery and elan which makes them worthy of the title, The Greatest Generation. They saved the world. We freed it from fear of the monster that effort left behind, USSR. The challenge of the next will be surviving and defeating China and the continued menance of radical Islam. That should suffice to provide the youngsters a chance for glory also.

Today is one that screams to the world, that WE are the greatest nation ever. The unselfish good we have done is far more than the bad we have at time inflicted. We counquered all, set them free and then protected them ever since. D Day is a singular event that shows our worth. Those young Americans, Brits and Canadians face evil and kicked its ***.
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AMEN!
 
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For_The_U said:
Well said, OP.

The Greatest Generation had hero blood and were willing to put in any effort and make any sacrifice while defeating one of the greatest evils the world has ever seen. And now a generation is being raised that can't handle "microaggressions", demands safe spaces, and literally searches for things to be offended about on a daily basis. It's actually quite sad.
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This times x 1000000. This new generation has me scared of retirement.
 
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dwreck27 said:
Ah, we’re playing that game.

Well your FOS as well.

That was fun I guess?
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You're FOS because you haven't a clue as to what you're talking about. I don't know what box you were raised in, but baby boomers were far from living in what you termed a fairy tale.

Maybe you should stick to contributing your extensive knowledge to cooking threads.

It takes a jackass to make the fairy tale assumption - much less state it.
 
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RemainMack said:
Nice post. Particularly the last paragraph. Not sure I agree with a lot of the rest. I don't comment on the stupid posts in the remainder of the thread because they are so laughably short-sighted it's not worth acknowledging (except in this sentence).

You can't complain about many of today's people when a lot of their parents raised them and/or would be acting the same way if they were raised nowadays. Same with a lot of these war heroes (aka grandparents/ great grandparents). Have them raised in a different era and sets of circumstances/variables etc and they would likely not be the same people. It's incredibly stupid to assume the character of one generation is somehow 'better' than another as well.
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Disagree. Many people my age would not volunteer to go fight for this country. Most do not feel pride for it or the ideals it represents. There are large swaths that would, but those who wouldn’t would not be looked down upon as they were then. Actually, there’s many that would look down upon those who would go fight. That started in the vietnam era. You don’t have to agree with the war, but you can’t alienate those who have volunteered to fight.
 
Artist Formerly Known As said:
Disagree. Many people my age would not volunteer to go fight for this country. Most do not feel pride for it or the ideals it represents. There are large swaths that would, but those who wouldn’t would not be looked down upon as they were then. Actually, there’s many that would look down upon those who would go fight. That started in the vietnam era. You don’t have to agree with the war, but you can’t alienate those who have volunteered to fight.
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Totally wrong. I'm not alienating anyone who wanted to fight. I am countering that those who do not nowadays are not 'as good' in character or 'lack the ideals' it represents. That is total trash and frighteningly short-sighted.

Maybe people your age do not volunteer to fight for this country nowadays because a lot of ideals that came out of the 60s such as countering war-based Orwellian government propaganda IS legitimate. No one is discounting the inherent concept of bravery to go fight.

I am discounting the idiocy to think that those who do not are some how lesser people because they may stand up for something beyond war hawking propaganda.

And there were plenty of people who probably did not have pride (in the 'great' generation) but still went to fight because any alternate way of thinking would have been blasphemous. Don't confuse bravery with coerced obligation and total incapability of autonomous thinking, either.
 
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My great-grandfather served during WWII. Before he died, he once told me the following "Whenever someone tells you about the "Greatest Generation" guard your wallet, and know that you are dealing with a jerk(He used a different word,, but we aren't going to use it here). We weren't the greatest generation. Why? Because it took our children coming along to do something about how people that look like us were treated. I was a part of the ****nal of democracy, but couldn't practice it when the war was over. I fought to keep ***** from conquering the world, but *****(and people that sympathized with them) had more rights in America than I or anyone that looked like me did. I served with people whose families were locked in internment camps, not because they did anything, but because of where their parents were born. I fought not because I loved this country with all my heart but because the alternative was demonstrably worse"

My great-grandfather was ****ed when my grandfather went off to West Point, because he came to believe that it was insane for us to continue to fight and die for people that hated us and only conferred upon us our rightfully earned rights only at gunpoint. Then again, my great grandfather also was someone that came to embrace the ideology of Malcolm, because he grew cynical about this country, especially as men he served with were murdered, fighting for their rights AFTER the war.


I appreciate those that stormed those beaches, but the "Greatest Generation" stuff is just mere propaganda. There is no such thing as a greatest generation. There are ****heels and heroes in every generation, and we should be equally grateful to all of those that answered the call.
 
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Liberty City El said:




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God bless them ALL! No one can fathom the courage, bravery and valor that these BRAVE soldiers had when they landed on the French Shores on D-Day! Absolutely incredible and beyond words! I will never cease to be amazed. Simply overwhelming LOVE for these HEROES! Thank you many, many times!! Even then, it is not enough!!!!!
 
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