Obituary of Hero

[terrym]

I once worked with a man who was in our corps of engineers who were the first wave on the beach. Fred was one of the mildest and humblest men I have ever met. It was another older employee who told me the story about how his regiment was cut down. Fred was department manager in a lumber yard. You would have never ever pictured him as a warrior. I only mentioned it once to him and he swelled up and walked away. His name was Fred Wilks, he was a true hero.

[Snowwalker]

Some of you missed or ignore the line about being in the first wave on D-Day.

I am thinking his being remustered to special Services was not his preference.

[JoePa]

Agreed. I also think assuming those who serve now are all a bunch of wimps shows he doesn't know anybody in our forces. Based on some I know personally I sure as hell would not want to be taking them on. We may have a small and poorly equipped army but that has nothing to do with those who would actually fight to defend our arses.

H

Hey Terr' where did I say that those in service today are wimps - if you take the time to read what I wrote you will find that I was talking about wimps not going into service - as so often the case people don't even read what is written and they go off half cocked making comments - it would be nice if people actually read what was written become they shoot themselves in the foot - MAGA

[Blue Lk]

Don't some of you find it a little ironic that Joe ends his posts with MAGA,the man in charge is known as Private bone spur,because that was his excuse to avoid being in the service.Meanwhile born spur shows no repect whatsoever for true heroes like Mueller & McCain.

[Dythbringer]

Don't some of you find it a little ironic that Joe ends his posts with MAGA,the man in charge is known as Private bone spur,because that was his excuse to avoid being in the service.Meanwhile born spur shows no repect whatsoever for true heroes like Mueller & McCain.

We do. He doesn't.

[JoePa]

I ddn't vote for Trump because what he did during his life - nothing to brag about that's for sure but let me tell you something - he is cleaning up the swamp and the sewer that is in Washington and is doing things the average American wants done - Mueller and McCain may have done better things in their life times but they sure aren't representing the people now - they are part of the problem - McCain especially - he is no Republican - he is just another progressive liberal - he is a bum -

I honestly think that Trump is changing for the better in his personal life - I believe Pence has a lot to do with that - in the meantime we are working hard to Make America Great Again - and remember this when the chips are down you can always count on the U.S. to be there when you need help -

[Bushmoose]

JoePa, Still waiting for your response to my quiz to you regarding "Juno Beach"? And dont google it! Be honest and tell us where you think it is?

[Dythbringer]

I ddn't vote for Trump because what he did during his life - nothing to brag about that's for sure but let me tell you something - he is cleaning up the swamp and the sewer that is in Washington and is doing things the average American wants done - Mueller and McCain may have done better things in their life times but they sure aren't representing the people now - they are part of the problem - McCain especially - he is no Republican - he is just another progressive liberal - he is a bum -

I honestly think that Trump is changing for the better in his personal life - I believe Pence has a lot to do with that - in the meantime we are working hard to Make America Great Again - and remember this when the chips are down you can always count on the U.S. to be there when you need help -

Calling a person undergoing treatment for brain cancer a bum; how wonderfully "Christian" of you.

[Nina Martin]

I watch a lot of WW2 series, and the one thing that is apparent in most, is that the US is always painted has having “won” the war.
I’m a numbers person, overanalytical to a point, but Americans lose sight of what other countries contributed...or should I say sacrificed.
Canada, with a population of only 11 million in 1939, had 1 million enlist over the course of the war. We suffered some 42-45000 deaths or about 4.5%.
The US had a population of around 130 million and 16 million enlisted. Military deaths were around 400,000....or 2.4%.
Soviet Union...so often forgotten, had between 8-10,000,000 military deaths.

My point being, Canada entered the war two full years before the US. Our involvement in nearly all military conflicts should be recognized by Americans..but instead they use the fleeing during the Vietnam war to say we’re a safe haven.
I get tired of “America first.”

[Fox]

I watch a lot of WW2 series, and the one thing that is apparent in most, is that the US is always painted has having “won” the war.
I’m a numbers person, overanalytical to a point, but Americans lose sight of what other countries contributed...or should I say sacrificed.
Canada, with a population of only 11 million in 1939, had 1 million enlist over the course of the war. We suffered some 42-45000 deaths or about 4.5%.
The US had a population of around 130 million and 16 million enlisted. Military deaths were around 400,000....or 2.4%.
Soviet Union...so often forgotten, had between 8-10,000,000 military deaths.

There are a pile of ware documentaries that are not that bias but most of them were made well after the war and many outside of the US.

I forget the names of the programs but in November when the History Channel actually has history documentaries on it you can find some really good ones that look at all sides of the war, including the ones that show that every German was not a Nazi.

There are some really good Russian documentaries as well but they are very bias, they just show things from their side.

If you have a chance to talk to some vets from that era, the majority by far will speak of a war between kids fighting for their country and home land, no matter what side they were on, they were all the same and scared to death of what was going on around them every day.