On September 12, 1944, the United States invaded Germany. If I remember my history, those boys only got ONE tour.
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For so many of those boys that “one tour” turned into a tour that lasted for eternity. Our family had many men who were there, some of whom came back standing tall and proud; some who came back bearing the shrapnel and scars of a lifetime; and one, a holder of two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for gallantry in action, who only returned because his mother back on the farm was determined to have her son unearthed from a European grave and brought home to the land he loved. God bless all those men and women who fought for our liberty, and God bless all those who are still doing so today.
As one who lived in Europe during WWII, I am forever grateful to the American military. It was a war in which the American people, all of them, took part. The young men couldn’t wait to sign up for duty. Women worked the jobs the men would have been doing. Both were in the war effort “for the duration”.
The Americans didn’t fight just for their own liberty, they fought for the liberty of all. And in victory, America was magnanimous.
For so many of those boys that “one tour” turned into a tour that lasted for eternity. Our family had many men who were there, some of whom came back standing tall and proud; some who came back bearing the shrapnel and scars of a lifetime; and one, a holder of two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for gallantry in action, who only returned because his mother back on the farm was determined to have her son unearthed from a European grave and brought home to the land he loved. God bless all those men and women who fought for our liberty, and God bless all those who are still doing so today.
As one who lived in Europe during WWII, I am forever grateful to the American military. It was a war in which the American people, all of them, took part. The young men couldn’t wait to sign up for duty. Women worked the jobs the men would have been doing. Both were in the war effort “for the duration”.
The Americans didn’t fight just for their own liberty, they fought for the liberty of all. And in victory, America was magnanimous.
Who are you, and what have you done with Lovisa?
Same old, compassionate, imbecile liberal I always was and, most likely, will remain. I’m not a 100% witch!
Lovisa, Your post was well stated.
Thanks, Cathymac – YOu’ll get a break from me. I’m off on a 3 week vacation to the Old World.
Fantastic! Have a great time, and hoist a pint to us here at Novatownhall if you get a chance!
Swing over to some of the old Eastern Bloc countries, and see what they think of socialism there.