tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post116325233103490763..comments2024-03-25T04:46:46.000-04:00Comments on Casting Pearls Before Swine: Meet Doc JohnsonMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163396611287498452006-11-13T00:43:00.000-05:002006-11-13T00:43:00.000-05:00Sounds like your chick comes from good stock, Mark...Sounds like your chick comes from good stock, Mark...<BR/><BR/>Both of my Grandfathers fought in WWII.<BR/><BR/>My Grandfather on my Mother's side was a ship's Pilot on an LST, and was a Bataan, Iwo Jima, and was in Tokyo Bay the day Japan signed the Surrender Agreement.<BR/><BR/>My Grandfather on my Father's side fought on Okinawa on the clean-up crews at the end of the War.<BR/><BR/>He wouldn't even talk about the things he saw and did. AT ALL.<BR/><BR/>When he returned from the War,he had a two year old Son that he had never seen, and he burned several shoe-boxes full of photographs he had taken over there.<BR/><BR/>They were, and are both great men.<BR/><BR/>They are my heros and roll models.tugboatcapnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751281215697965077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163360596765198812006-11-12T14:43:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:43:00.000-05:00Jason, I believe you confuse the fathers of our WW...Jason, I believe you confuse the fathers of our WWII veterans with the veterans themselves. I think most will agree that "the greatest generation" refers to the soldiers, sailors, marines and army and navy airmmen who fought the war. Most were in their late teens and early twenties and <B>were not</B> decision makers for US foreign policy.<BR/><BR/>Foreign policy was decided by the "liberal" bogeyman FDR who as much as anyone was responsible for getting the US to take up the fight against the Japanese, Germans, and Italians.<BR/><BR/>My father, a 20+ year career man, was a Pearl Harbor survivor and served under Patton in Europe. He didn't talk much about the war except a couple of funny or ironic experiences. Like most others, he did what needed to be done and didn't talk much about it.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163350071326340682006-11-12T11:47:00.000-05:002006-11-12T11:47:00.000-05:00Very nice, Mark......Ditto the feelings.Great gran...Very nice, Mark......Ditto the feelings.<BR/><BR/>Great grandfather served in WWI, and died in France (Army).......My other great grandfather served in WWI and died in Belgium, but he did so under the army of the Kaiser.......Doh!!<BR/><BR/>I had one grandfather at Pearl on Dec. 7, 1941, and he fought all over the Pacific (Army Air Force)......Still alive.<BR/><BR/>My other grandfather played a minor roll in the Manhattan Project, and had an intelligence clearance so he couldn't be drafted........I consider him a vet for his role in the war, and also because it broke his heart that he couldn't have enlisted if he wanted. He's always kept his non-draft status notification as a way to prove he didn't dodge the war. It's kind of sad, but I think it's cool that he worked with Oppenheimer and Grove.<BR/><BR/>Father (dirt-bag that he is) served in Vietnam (Navy).<BR/><BR/>And my sorry ass served 14 years in the Air Force........Saw minor action throughout the globe in the pseudo-battles we fought in the late 80's-90's.Poison Perohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719658237554227638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163344747173939312006-11-12T10:19:00.000-05:002006-11-12T10:19:00.000-05:00All talk of the vets aside, is the greatest genera...All talk of the vets aside, is the greatest generation really that great?<BR/><BR/>Looking back, it seemed to make the same mistake fuzzy headed people are making today. Hirohito was walking all over China, people thought we could give peace a chance with people like Mussolini and Hitler, and in their desire to avoid another Vietnam, ahem, Verdun, they ended up creating the mother of all wars. Hell, not only did the Greatest Generation let dictators in ruined countries arm themselves to the teeth for ten years, the Greatest Generation even let our #1 ally in the UK face the Nazis alone after the war began for over two years. <A HREF="http://libraryautomation.com/nymas/americafirst.html" REL="nofollow">America First!</A><BR/><BR/>I give the current crop of Americans a lot of credit for sorting out scumbags like Hussein before they consildate too much power, though the number of fuzzy-headed peaceniks in this country is starting to reach critical mass.jhbowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377271992125388319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163316008193529172006-11-12T02:20:00.000-05:002006-11-12T02:20:00.000-05:00Wonderful post!! How neat that he decided to shar...Wonderful post!! How neat that he decided to share with you his memories. I am extremely thankful for Doc and the many others like him. And I so agree with your last line that we can never really convey our gratitude.<BR/><BR/>I looove that Churchill quote. You are the best quote man, I always love your quotes.Dionnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013166054883351020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163314684740249052006-11-12T01:58:00.000-05:002006-11-12T01:58:00.000-05:00Moving story, Mark, my uncles did not want to talk...Moving story, Mark, my uncles did not want to talk about the war, Normandy and Anzio survivors and their medals were known to few until they passed. The stories they did tell around the fireplace held us kids in rapt attention as we poked at the coals. The mood was very somber, very sober, and the stories chilling to the bone. I knew the Marine Corps manual inside and out and so hated war that I stupidly rejected service and regret it to this day.<BR/> We contribute by getting up each day and proudly going to work no matter what it is we are doing and doing it right. We contribute by voting and having blog dialogues, we contribute to making a country great in many, many ways and thanks to our vets we have that chance and opportunity.I hate to think what the world would be like without them. Semper FiGoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263194970690639096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163310461973930812006-11-12T00:47:00.000-05:002006-11-12T00:47:00.000-05:00The males in my family (who weren't too young or t...The males in my family (who weren't too young or too old) all fought in WWII in every branch of the service, in every theatre. An uncle named Goehring caught a lot of flak in Europe -- and I'm not talking about the metal kind.<BR/><BR/>I could never get any of them to talk about their experiences. What a barbaric world this would be without America.Lone Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278448546799358207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163291736565081772006-11-11T19:35:00.000-05:002006-11-11T19:35:00.000-05:00*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*Rememberi...*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*<BR/>Remembering All Our Vets<BR/>God Bless our Vets <BR/>One and All<BR/>*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*lilfeathers2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/08545320797237805138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-1163257651077507822006-11-11T10:07:00.000-05:002006-11-11T10:07:00.000-05:00It has been observed that WWII was fought by the '...It has been observed that WWII was fought by the 'greatest generation'. At my age, I knew a<BR/>number of them..and their personal stories; Ken-Battle of the Bulge, Bob-Guadalcanal, Dave-Philipines,<BR/>Kenny-New Guinea, all Army. Neighbor Ray-tincan at Ironbottom<BR/>Sound, Pete-airborne, Manilla...<BR/>They were proud and battered, but<BR/>not one thought themself special, nor wanted anything but a chance to get back to a normal life. These old friends are all gone, I hope in the chow line with their<BR/>buddies they left behind 65 years ago. Thanks, guys...BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.com