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Aggie1944 Did you know Walter Lasley?
Aggie1944 Did you know Walter Lasley?
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It looks like that last bonfire is on Simpson drill field.Is that where early bonfires were held?
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Also, I am always in awe of the modesty that your generation exhibits. "We just did our job." "Everyone else would have done the same thing." "I'm not a hero, but I served with a bunch of them." Never have I met a veteran of WWII who wanted any of the tremendous amount of credit that they deserved. And that just goes further to cement with me the sentiment that you sir are indeed a member of the greatest generation that our country has ever and likely will ever know. As an active duty officer in the US Army currently, I am proud of our soldiers today. I am proud of the young men and women that I serve with. But I am fully convinced that many of today's soldiers would not be able to stand up to the rigors of the European or Pacific Theatres, myself likely included in that statement. Furthermore, I am fully convinced that America will never again respond to ANYTHING the way She did to the attack at Pearl. I don't mean this to be an indictment of any person on this board, but more so of today's society in general. At least my little piece of the world right now is inhabited with people who don't have enough respect for their fellow man to stop texting while driving 80mph on the highway, to hold open a door for someone behind them, or to even acknowledge that another human being other than themselves has a need in this world, much less to go to war for their country. The sense of self entitlement and of being "owed" something simply because you are alive in America sickens me.
Thankfully, you kids in 1941 were raised differently and thought differently. You went half a world away from your friends and family, many of you before you were legally able to vote or buy a beer. You lived through a hell that no one else will ever know or could ever imagine. You fought. You fought for your country. You fought for people all across your country. People you did not and would not ever know. You kids over there doing your job did something that will likely never be done again, not because of lack of conflict, but because of lack of people who care enough to do what you did. You fought. You won. You did nothing less than save the world. And for that, I will eternally be grateful to you and your fellow WWII veterans.
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Your generation is our countries greatest
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THE CENTURY TREE was TINY!