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I Think We Need To Remember The Past

90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day.
Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18. Never voted. Never went to college, never married, or owned a home.

They gave their lives fighting Hitler and the Nazis, so today's kids can call everyone they don't like Hitler and Nazis.

Think about that.

They paid the ultimate price for your freedom. You live your life the way you do because of them.

When you say a Vet has done nothing for you ,,you spit on their sacrifice ,they were kids willing to die so others didn't have to
Not because they were mindless robots ,
But because they were citizens of the USA ,willing to do whatever it took to keep our country free .

They were all scared ,who faces death and isn't ?
But thats what makes them hero's
They swallowed their fears ,and went to their deaths if need be
so that others might not have to .

Vets do not join the service for a job ,the pay is not that great when you add up the hours ,no over time ,and the physical pain often associated with just the training to do the job ,
and few actually know where they will end up deployed to or for how long ,countless kids and wives left without Dads ,killed before they even seen action .
Unlike a civilian job ,you don't get to pick and chose where they send you ,,and they don't care who you have to leave behind .

"But my Mom is on her death bed she has cancer " no one cares

"my Dad died ,can I at least attend the funeral "?

You don't get to pick when you go ,you go where your told .

So why do so many volunteer ?

They do it to defend the liberties so many today take for granted

No Vet puts themselves in harms way thinking
"Yep I'm getting paid "
only a spoiled idiot ,that has had everything handed to them would even think that way .

Are you willing to risk dying for a pay check you'll never spend ?

I don't know who has been brain washing the youth today that our service men and woman are just mindless robots ,
serving the establishment ,,engaging in unjust wars

Maybe the same ones who said fleeing to Canada was actually an option ,(had Jimmy Carter not pardoned the draft dodgers ,they would have lost their rights to be called US citizens ,and they would have never been allowed back on US soil again ,that was not a valid option and to add my 2 cents ,that spit of those kids memory too)

Most join to protect you ,,and our way of life ,our freedom
before the enemy they they engage elsewhere
brings their hate for Americans ,,here

We have been engaged on US soil only once in my lifetime
Sept 11 , 2001
That is a drop in the bucket to the terror we could face .
Like the cop you take for granted until you need one

Our brave men and women of the US armed forces are on the job for you
only this little example ,in this pic ,,
they went ,the saw ,and never came home
They gave their all for you ,,even if your not grateful

have a great day

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bijouxbroussard · F

And some people served who didn’t benefit at home, too. My uncle served in a segregated troop, good enough to be required to risk his life, but not good enough to serve alongside the men in your photo. One of my neighbors, along with a brother who was KIA, received his draft notice at the detention camp where his family was sent after the US government confiscated their home and flower shop. I’m grateful for their sacrifices, because they have to have wondered what exactly they were fighting for. Particularly now that a certain segment of the population who support the current president self-identify as Neo-Nazis, and proudly proclaim Trump their savior.

(I apologize for sounding bitter, but we’ve come so far to have backtracked so much.😞)

rckt148 · 61-69, M

@bijouxbroussard 🤗🤗❤️ ,,I understand ,,more then you know
And my service to my country has cost me dearly
But I joined to save lives ,and thats what I did
Both of my Grandpa's served with distinction
and one of the campaigns my Grandpa took a battle ship into
the USA has denied we were even there until like the last 20 or so years ,,now they add it in like its well known history ,,it was not ,,this is a statement from the History Channel about it

Two years after the Battle of the Aleutian Islands, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on September 2, 1945, effectively ending World War II.

Now they are saying winning there was the end off ww2
I was always taught dropping the bomb on Japan was the end

except by my Grandpa and his brother ,who also served there with him

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rckt148 · 61-69, M

@Stereoguy I thank him for his service .and you for being such an awesome son .
I am 3rd generation Coast Guard ,but my Dads Dad actually served in ww1 ,,my Aunt the historian told me that last memorial day ,,I thought it was ww2
My Moms Dad served on 2 battle class ship in the Coast Guard
most of the time the Coast Guard falls under the Navy in war time ,,the 2 ships he commanded actually retained the Strip and all classification ,,USCG ,,

I am hearing more and more from kids that they owe our vets no respect ,,the military is a job ,and it serves an unjust establishment that just loves war ,,
I don't know who is teaching them those lies
but they should be stopped
What American's did to the Vietnam vets should never be repeated
That is a history that should be totally brought to light
and all of them who are still alive compensated somehow
and the real war criminals exposed ,,not the fall guys

Those boys paid a hell of a price for a "peace keeping mission " ..and many of them still are ..
And then to have some draft dodging ,career college student now turned "Professor " teaching their lies to our kids
They are the propaganda ,,most of the true facts are still classified ,,and now a new generation is being taught to spit on them ,and the memory of all of our fallen hero's .

Pardon the rant brother ,,I watched to many friends cough their lungs out over agent orange ,sprayed on our troops
and I have seen the flag draped coffins coming home
and not even a parade to celebrate their bodies coming home ,,or to remember the ones left in POW camps and the bodies that were just stomped into the mud and walked over like they weren't valuable to someone

A friend posted the post on Face Book ,,
I thought it was worth adding to and sharing ,,

Always a blessing seeing you around Brother
sorry for your loss ,,I know you had to have been proud of your Dad .

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