I have been watching a few youtube videos of WWII veterans who were interviewed before their stories are lost forever. We can never live up to the sacrifice that they made for us. I pray for them and for this nation.
Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, Back to the beginning!
Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them, In the halls of Valhalla! Where the brave may live forever!
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
It is the Soldier, not the minister Who has given us freedom of religion. It is the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the Soldier, not the poet Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer Who has given us freedom to protest. It is the Soldier, not the lawyer Who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the Soldier, not the politician Who has given us the right to vote. It is the Soldier who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who has given the protester the right he abuses to burn the flag. ― Charles M Province
Invariably, our troops are sent on missions to 'save democracy', yet, we're seldom actually threatened, and we damn sure aren't a democracy. (Constitutional Republic) Our 'politicians' posture and bloviate to drum up a war, then fill their pockets, as does the vast military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned about. In retrospect, I doubt we've ever been on the right side in a war. If we had been, the ptb wouldn't have had to drum up the boatload of lies used to get us into it! Greg in Idaho
Fuck pedojoe biden, kamaltoe harris, and the rest of those lying sons of bitches! Apologies Ken, getting grumpy in my old age.
March 11th I have the honor to ride in a ww2 veteran escort to his final resting place ..last year I gave him a ride to his 100 year old birthday party in my sidecar..one of his final requests was for me to ride that bike in his escort..GOD BLESS THIS MAN
Had one uncle land on Normandy. Wouldn't talk about it. Another uncle served in the Pacific on a Navy Cruiser. Wouldn't talk about it. A third uncle went to Italy. Would talk just a little bit about it, but not much. They're all gone now and I'm very sad I'll never know their whole stories.
I have been watching a few youtube videos of WWII veterans who were interviewed before their stories are lost forever.
ReplyDeleteWe can never live up to the sacrifice that they made for us. I pray for them and for this nation.
"We can never live up to the sacrifice that they made for us"
DeleteYes, we can, should, and will.
Lo, there do I see my father.
ReplyDeleteLo, there do I see my mother,
and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, there do I see the line of my people,
Back to the beginning!
Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them,
In the halls of Valhalla!
Where the brave may live forever!
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
ReplyDeleteAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Phil B
We will remember them.
DeletePrecipitated on a lie. Just like my war. As all wars. Potential never to be known.
ReplyDeleteI read on Wikipedia "on this day" in recorded history, and about 40% of it are wars between people.....literally hundreds of wars....
DeletePowerful stuff.
ReplyDeleteGod bless him and his grandson (?) for being there with him.
My dad would never talk about Iwo Jima. Heard alot about Guadacanal!
ReplyDeleteIf any question why we died, them because our fathers lied. Rudyard Kipling
ReplyDeleteWe can never repay this generation of men who gave it all for us now.
ReplyDeleteIt is the Soldier, not the minister
ReplyDeleteWho has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who has given the protester the right he abuses to burn the flag.
― Charles M Province
The men who serve do not deserve the governments who send them out to war.
ReplyDeleteThe government's do not deserve the folk who go out and die for them.
Ever.
Invariably, our troops are sent on missions to 'save democracy', yet, we're seldom actually threatened, and we damn sure aren't a democracy. (Constitutional Republic) Our 'politicians' posture and bloviate to drum up a war, then fill their pockets, as does the vast military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned about. In retrospect, I doubt we've ever been on the right side in a war. If we had been, the ptb wouldn't have had to drum up the boatload of lies used to get us into it!
ReplyDeleteGreg in Idaho
Fuck pedojoe biden, kamaltoe harris, and the rest of those lying sons of bitches!
Apologies Ken, getting grumpy in my old age.
The greatest generation!
ReplyDeleteMarch 11th I have the honor to ride in a ww2 veteran escort to his final resting place ..last year I gave him a ride to his 100 year old birthday party in my sidecar..one of his final requests was for me to ride that bike in his escort..GOD BLESS THIS MAN
ReplyDeleteBrings a lump to your throat and makes ones eyes water a bit.
ReplyDeleteHad one uncle land on Normandy. Wouldn't talk about it. Another uncle served in the Pacific on a Navy Cruiser. Wouldn't talk about it. A third uncle went to Italy. Would talk just a little bit about it, but not much. They're all gone now and I'm very sad I'll never know their whole stories.
ReplyDeleteWe should never forget what they never told us. Just honor & respect their sacrifices.
ReplyDeleteStarker was here