The average age of the American soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago today was 22 years of age. That was truly our greatest generation.
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Players that are 22 years old are probably juniors or seniors.
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My son's best friend and room mate is at Arlington today covering the funeral of a local 96 year old man that passed away. Here is the article he wrote about Carl Mann.
https://www.courierpress.com/in-dep...uried-arlington-d-day-anniversary/1189250001/
The man took part in the Normandy landing and is being buried on the 75th anniversary, Great story about an incredible person.
I sometimes wonder had I been born in 1922 instead of 1949, how I would have performed during WWII. That generation set the bar incredibly high.
It's amazing how far we've fallen.
Yep. The United States of Pussies. Oh and if that “offends” you then you should prolly read it again and think about it.
BS. I’d like to see those Normandy vets try and take a rip off my juul. They’d probably cough like a b*tch.
Plus, they probably don’t even know how to work air pods.
Fallen? Kids today are doing a helluva job fighting the unwinnable wars we keep pushing them into.......
From the article, and thank you very much iubud for sharing it, it brought tears to me....
This is it here:
"On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, it’s important to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who secured freedom for all of us."
This is it here:
"On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, it’s important to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who secured freedom for all of us."
I agree about our current warriors. However, they are a small minority of the current generations who have all VOLUNTARILY entered military service.
How will these generations react if there is a major crisis and the government has to re-institute the draft? Will they rush to enlist like the greatest generation did or will they rush out of the country to avoid the draft?
He is a sports journalist like my son. They don't work for the same place. It is a tight group of TV, radio and print journalists here that all hang out together. After covering high school sports and turning in their stories or broadcasts, they meet at a watering hole to talk about the games.
I learn a lot about what is going on from these guys. It is often things they can't report. I hear a lot of things about local athletes and things coaches say off the record.
try telling black americans that was our greatest generation
well that should depend. are they being asked to get involved in a civil war that is none of our business or invade and destroy a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, and in the process slaughter thousands of innocent people? or are they being asked to save the world from a megalomaniac despot? our children should not be expected to give their lives to support the military industrial complex
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Wow what a shitty response
If there is a clear threat like WW2, they line up. If it’s BS like pretty much every war since, they resist. As it should be.
Do you know the Greatest Generation we’re also considered lazy punks by their depression-era parents?
Saying the next generation is going to fail is pretty ridiculous...
I understand where you’re coming from and I agree with you. There are still a lot of inequities out there. But they are slowly, and I mean slowly being stripped away.
Here’s some trivia. On March 6 of this year 29 Americans were killed in this country by gun violence. That marked more Americans being killed by guns then were killed on June 6, 1944 at the Normandie invasion. There is still a lot of work to be done.
Edit:Thanks for catching catching my typo. Of course it was 1944.
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largest kkk rally ever was held, of course, in indiana. last public lynching north of the mason-dixon line...marion in
Geez man you sound like a fn black supremicist. You know it is possible to be racist to people other than blacks right? You turned a comment celebrating the WW2 vets into poor black people talk. Smh what a fn bitch move. Go whine about the poor black people somewhere else boy
I do find it a absolutely hilarious that past generations always tend to dog the next generations.....the ones THEY created and molded.
That is your twisted take. You are over looking the validity about the comment "the greatest generation". They were the bravest generation but a lot was wrong with how we treated people back then.
