Herb Myles Loc: Florida

and back to you--thank you for your part--Herb Myles

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Thanks for your reply. There are good people on both sides who are sincere about their position. Neither side has a monopoly on yahoos who seem only addicted to fighting with the other side and not in coming to some sort of way forward that is beneficial for our country. I agree that this is the sort of topic that would be easy to end up in the attic. I might peek in at it some time just to see what it is like, but for the most part, I do not enjoy sqaubbling and bickering. I find that there are a lot times where people will make snide remarks on this blog, that they wouldn't dream of saying face to face to the person. I would like to a return to more civility. Enjoy the rest of your day and beyond and I will be looking for future postings from you.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Fascinating story - thanks for sharing!

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Herb as is typical with your generation and I suspect military members of any generation you are understating what your generation did in WW2. The military might of America plus the Allied countries who also played a big part literally kept the world free. But your generation also did something that I don't think my generation did. Everyone from small children to senior citizens worked hard collecting metal and other resources in the Allied countries to help the military win the war. Women worked in plants building munitions for our guns, women also took on the role of flying some of our planes to the war theaters. Of course women didn't do it all but women definitely took on a number of traditional male roles so our men could go off to fight the war. This helped the world at large defeat the Axis powers. Everyone played a part to win.

That is not happening in my generation. Sure our military men and women are off fighting and dying but the rest of America is pretty much at the Mall or on their iPhones. A shame.

Thank you and your generation again,

Dennis

Herb Myles Loc: Florida

Dennis--you are right on point-- and you might add--what have we actually gained from any of the wars since ww2 but wasted loss of life?????????????????????????? carry on--and thanx for your good thoughts -- Herb

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I agree somewhat but would add that in each case it was our military who had the upper hand and could have handily beaten our enemy. But it was our politicians who had neither the desire or the heart to continue the war to a win. In Vietnam the Military had the enemy beaten. But our Leftist population and Left Wing politicians had had enough. They were not willing to go the distance to go for a win. I suspect that is how most wars will be fought from now on; there will be fighting until both sides just get tired and then it will be called a draw.

Dennis