Mon Nov 12, 2018, 02:50 AM
The Greatest Generation
I know there can at times be negative connotations about the phrase Greatest Generation in regards to racism and other issues of the time.
I just would like to make a post to The Greatest Generation. Any blockbusters major action movie have tales that pale in the comparison to the men and women who fought the last centuries greatest villian, Adolf Hitler. There are the tales of African Americans breaking boundaries in the true stories of the Red Tails, to the Japanese that fought in Italy to prove their loyalty to the United States. There are countless stories of French Resistance being put to death by firing squads of the Nazi Regime, to other heroics like escorting dozens of downed Allied Aircrew back to friendly lines.The movie storyline, "I showed a picture of my girl Betty Jean" and is then shot immediately following that are all based in tales of honor, courage, and at times during an all out war on humanity, to tales of compassion that would only seem to have been made up in the movies. I salute you. 
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Author | Time | Post |
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Separation | Nov 2018 | OP |
| RHMerriman | Nov 2018 | #1 | |
| Separation | Nov 2018 | #2 | |
| xxqqqzme | Nov 2018 | #3 | |
| RHMerriman | Nov 2018 | #7 | |
| rampartc | Nov 2018 | #4 | |
| JudyM | Nov 2018 | #5 | |
| Separation | Nov 2018 | #6 |
Response to Separation (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 02:58 AM
1. Fair winds and following seas...
Response to RHMerriman (Reply #1)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 05:58 AM
xxqqqzme (14,870 posts)
3. Always loved that song.
Response to xxqqqzme (Reply #3)
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 02:58 AM
7. Indeed ... it speaks to a reality of the GI Generation:
Response to Separation (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 08:03 AM
4. Every American who landed at Normandy or the Pacific knew
Response to Separation (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 01:14 PM
JudyM (23,961 posts)
5. Great post, thank you.
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My dad fought in WWII, lost him this past Spring. Bronze star that he was so humble about. It was all about bringing down Hitler, and preserving whatever lives he could. He ran right up against an unknown German encampment, much closer than his command had realized, one night when he was scouting on horseback... backed out of there and got us the advantage without being spotted.
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Response to JudyM (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 06:45 PM
6. Get these stories down to paper or video or something
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We truly are losing out on epic tales as the men and women are dying off in their old age.
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