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D-Day Anniversary Tomorrow

Discussion in 'General' started by Kev59, Jun 5, 2019.

  1. In Your Corner

    In Your Corner Dungeonesque Crab AI Version

    When I was a kid most of our dads served in WWII
    and our grandfathers in WWI and few ever talked
    about war when the men got together.
     
  2. ryoung57

    ryoung57 Off his meds


    Different era. Most of those guys served when the military was still segregated. And even though it wasn't by Vietnam, it still was unofficially.
     
  3. ryoung57

    ryoung57 Off his meds

    The thing that blows my mind about WWII was just how expansive it was. While even one death is too many, we whine and cry about Iraq and Afghanistan, and Vietnam was certainly a significant war, we lost nearly half a million people in WWII. That would be like if every single man, woman, and child in Kansas City were killed. EVERYONE in the country was affected. It completely changed our society. I just cannot imagine going through that.

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  4. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    My dad remembers our relatives who served. Even though they were treated like second class citizens back home in the US. They went and fought. James and Yancey. Yancey was a tanker. The original Black Panthers.
     
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  5. YamahaRick

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  6. Sabre699

    Sabre699 Wait...hold my beer.

    To those of the Greatest Generation who served in that global shitshow...
    God bless all of you and thank you from the entire planet. Salute! :flag:
     
  7. bored&stroked

    bored&stroked Disclaimer: Can't spell

    The CAF was never racist. It was just a name. They changed it to be PC.
     
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  8. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    I have been to air shows where the group had planes flying and on display. I appreciate what the group does but there was reason that it's members felt they needed to change from the old name. The old name interfered with donations.
     
  9. YamahaRick

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  11. Boman Forklift

    Boman Forklift Well-Known Member

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