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[quote:56e7d]America's World War II vets are dying at a rate of 1,056 a day. Only about 4 million remain of the 16 million who served[/quote:56e7d]

Damn.

[snipes]

Originally Posted by Quze

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[quote:320b7]America's World War II vets are dying at a rate of 1,056 a day. Only about 4 million remain of the 16 million who served

Damn.[/quote:320b7]

Goddammit. One of my life wishes is that I could have the honor of meeting one WWII vet willing to talk of his combat experiences. Looks like I'll probably never fulfill that dream annoy: cry: .

[Sgt. Paine]

Originally Posted by Quze

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20040528/ap_on_re_us/world_war_ii_memorial_2

[quote:8a045]America's World War II vets are dying at a rate of 1,056 a day. Only about 4 million remain of the 16 million who served

Damn.[/quote:8a045]
WoW is all that i can say.

Originally Posted by snipes

Damn.

Goddammit. One of my life wishes is that I could have the honor of meeting one WWII vet willing to talk of his combat experiences. Looks like I'll probably never fulfill that dream annoy: cry: .[/quote:4def2]


there are 4 million left.

[SW-14]

Originally Posted by snipes

Damn.

Goddammit. One of my life wishes is that I could have the honor of meeting one WWII vet willing to talk of his combat experiences. Looks like I'll probably never fulfill that dream annoy: cry: .[/quote:169b8]

Look for the division hats many of them wear. I saw a guy at Barnes & Noble once, and thanked him for his service. He then told me of some things he saw at Iwo Jima, and about a guy who dove on a grenade to save his friends. Somehow he survived, and was awarded the Medal of Honor. beer:

[Zap. USMC]

I interviewed a local World War Two veteran for history and he served on the USS AUGUSTA... met President Truman and the current King of England. I also interviewed another veteran that served in the 11th Airborne Corps that was over in the Pacific... there are tons still around just look out for them.

[Poseidon]

I know a WW2 Vet - always willing to talk about the war - but he went into hospital on monday morning and isnt expected to come out (expected between 7-14 days)
he was one of the best men i have ever met in my life - never a bad word against anyone.

[Old Reliable]

i know this is extremely sad...

the guys wearing the hats are usually more than happy to talk about it. I wish i coulda gone to DC or even France for june 6th...well there's always next year. and you know that every day there are going to be some vets at the memorial. just remember that not only americans served in this war, but german veterans, finnish vets, italian vets, russian vets, british vets, french vets, japanese vets, chinese vets, australian/nz vets, south african vets, norwegian vets, canadian vets, vets from all south american countries, vets from all of africa, vets from poland, spain and the baltic states. never forget...

[HeadUp]

yeah theyre stories are so fuckin interesting

i met a guy at a funeral who served in the pto as a paratrooper and had a bar, he told me everyone used to stick near him, told me about how he was shot in the knee and took some shrapnel in the back and how it still uhurts every day

[BlackJackal]

if the world war two memorial was finished several years ago, and if my grandpa went with us to go to washington DC, (which he wouldnt, but still) he could stand there at the wwII memorial, korea memorial, and vietnam memorial, and say he did it all. my great-grandpa would never tell my dad or anyone what happened to him in wwI. he was wounded. he told my dad that he got the huge scar on his cheast and arm from "picking blackberrys" or somthing like that. my dad knew it was from the war. it's so sad that they're dying that fast. cry:

[Drew]

I actually worked with an 83 year old man named Harold who fought just outside of Bastogne. I used to let him sit there and tell me any story he could think of, and I never reminded him if he was telling the story for the third or fourth time.

They were the last great generation. I will always believe that.

They lived in a time when an attack on our nation unified our resolve for action, rather than divided. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, no one was screaming that Roosevelt paid the Chinese to set it up. They lived in a time when valor and honor and courage and bravery were the highest of principles and exemplified through their actions. Most of the men fighting volunteered, willing to sacrafice their lives in the name of the pursuit of freedom for all peoples.

And for what? Now we have a country full of Liberals - and even Conservatives - who spit on their memory by degrading everything for which they fought. We live in a world where you can't deny a minority admission to a University for fear of a law suit and loss of funding. A world where fat people can sue a fast food restaurant for serving fattening food. A world where people who a stupid enough to smoke can sue tobacco companies for letting them do it. A world where the average American has been stripped of their 1st Amendment Right, not because of the Patriot Act, because we all know we hear the Liberals spewing rancid shit from their mouths 24/7. We have sat by and willingly allowed our freedom to be ripped from us by insanely fanatical groups like the ACLU and the NAACP. Willing to sue anyone for anything just for some air time. The average American has to be afraid to say black instead of African-American, lest they be black-balled by all their friends and become an outcast. We can't speak freely anymore, our freedoms destroyed not by the government or some occupying force, but by the abuse of the very laws those veterans fought to protect by media whoring minority groups. KKK not excluded, Eames, so don't say anything.

All in all, I think the saddest thing is that this generation is far beyond influence, too old to be involved in politics. So few care to pay them mind or thank them for their service. They are slowly fading away without any big scene or political rally funeral services. They are simply going as their times come, in their house, a nursing home, with their children. Never saying much about the current state of things, only telling the occasional story, always accompanied by a tear for those who didn't make it back.

[guarnere]

Beautifully put Noctis. cry: happy:

[geRV]

Last great generation of the last great war, warfare these days just seems so simplified by comparrison to what they had to go through 60 years ago.

[Madmartagen]

Shit, someone break out the violin and tissue for Noctis rolleyes: .

Its about time they created a WW2 memorial, you would think that a country that would build a civil war and vietnam war memorial would have done this a long time ago. I think when I was younger I used to think the marine flag statue was the memorial. Better late then never I guess, it looks good though.

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Madmartagen

Shit, someone break out the violin and tissue for Noctis rolleyes: .

Go to your Fat People Against McDonald's rally in support of the fat fucks who lost their Class Action lawsuit you stupid, ignorant, ingrateful, Liberalistic fuck.

People like you shouldn't even be allowed near the Memorial.