December 7th - Pearl Harbor Day

[Uncle Phil]

84 years ago - 1941 - over 2,400 brave Soldiers, Marines, Navy Men, Air Corps and civilians paid the ultimate price for their service to this great country.
Let us never forget that our freedom was paid for by the blood of the brave!

 

[John OoSTerhuis]

Not forgotten, not as long as I live, Phil. And not as long as my sons live. The singular world-changing event that caused my father, John Richard Sjodin, to enlist. He survived the fighting in the South Pacific only to be Killed In Action during the Korean War. Requiescat In Pace

John

 

[Oldbikefixr]

Several of our uncles and father in law to be joined up as soon as the news hit. All came home but two left quite a bit of themselves in the Pacific....never got over the experience. There were more sacrifices than life and health.
All gave something.

 

[Igofar]

All gave some, some gave all.
Rest in peace my fellow veterans.

 

[jspringator]

Thanks for the reminder. My father enlisted the next year and was in the Signal Corps in Patton's 3rd Army. I retraced his footsteps in Europe a couple of years ago from Utah Beach to Munich.

 

[red one]

Amen to that. Sadly the things that people should care about in this country is being replaced by pop culture. Especially our young folks don't care to know what a big deal it was. As for me I can say yes it is very important to me. Thank you to all Veterans those that have passed and those that are still with us.

 

[Ndfrc]

Cruising Civil war battlefields, which I love to do.. makes me humble and feel small.

 

[Belisaerio]

Amen to that. Sadly the things that people should care about in this country is being replaced by pop culture. Especially our young folks don't care to know what a big deal it was. As for me I can say yes it is very important to me. Thank you to all Veterans those that have passed and those that are still with us.

Maybe, maybe not. Most of news and social media is dominated by a small, very vocal minority who want nothing more than attention. I work with and have in my family many very sensible younger people, even recent high school graduates. My impression of their friends is (with some notable exceptions) the same. There are even many on social media pushing back against the people with reality allergies.
That being said, you also need to keep in mind that for twenty-year-olds, it was 60 years before they were born. And let face it, the defining feature of the very young is and always has been that they are (and we were) kind of stupid.

 

[Uncle Phil]

I was talking with a 'twenty something' young man the other day about my motorcycle travels.
When I mentioned 'Custer's Last Stand' as one of the places I had visited, he had no clue as to what that was.
Unfortunately many high schools only teach current events and no history.
Without the knowledge of history folks don't understand what sacrifices were made for this country to exist as it does.

 

[Oldbikefixr]

I was talking with a 'twenty something' young man the other day about my motorcycle travels.
When I mentioned 'Custer's Last Stand' as one of the places I had visited, he had no clue as to what that was.
Unfortunately many high schools only teach current events and no history.
Without the knowledge of history folks don't understand what sacrifices were made for this country to exist as it does.

Similar here....Dallas/Ft Worth area. The state DoE has taken over several districts operating on the 'life's so hard, may as well just give them grades' philosophy.

 

[ST Gui]

Sadly the things that people should care about in this country is being replaced by pop culture.

Tragically the things that people should care about in this country are being replaced by something much worse than pop culture.

 

[ddemair]

The older generations always feel that the younger generations lacks respect for the history that they lived through. This has been so since forever. Young people need to deal with the world they grew up in and live in. The Alamo has no relevance to them (nor should it). Dec. 7, 1941 has little relevance. Sept 11, 2001 (unfortunately) will soon have little relevance.

That's not to say the younger generation shouldn't be interested in history. They absolutely should. It serves to help us avoid repeating mistakes, but it's unrealistic to expect them to have them same reverence as the people who lived through it.

 

[Chris09]

all those that sacrificed their lives for our freedom still some of these guys around hope they outlive me; the convenience of living peacfully between world wars

 

[St-Gerard]

I personally,hated history Class in School, all I learned was the dates of all the bloody wars, yeah the human race has been fighting ever since recorded history. What I learned in Six years of Air Cadets was, Never start a fight, just finish it! I do pray that some day the human race learns to get along with each other. But knowing how the world of Money works I doubt I will ever live long enough to see that happen. I personally would have liked history about our inventions and technology we have made. One thing that has bothered me for a long time is how people will hold a grudge against the people of a country, that there Egomaniac Leaders started a war. I do give thanks for the Soldier that served his country to defend freedom, which ironically is not free. G