Propaganda.ATG wrote:
Japan would not surrender.
Just a warning they might be links to rare memoirs and that sort of thing on Amazon...ATG wrote:
RIP THA
Ya, go ahead.
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Give me a name, date of birth and $3000 AU to finance a trip to the Canberra region; his last reported location and I'll find him...ATG wrote:
But, can you bring back THA?
I thought THA was Aussie and Kimmie was American?ATG wrote:
He quit, got busy, retreated to Kimmies, who crashed and burned and generally blew us off. Why. Who's asking?
Don't flame me, a very minor point from a self-confessed pedant - Japan attacks China in 1934 - America joins war AFTER Pearl Harbour in 1941.ATG wrote:
Okay, i suppose canada would have stop Japan from Raping and butchering all of asia?Nicholas Langdon wrote:
dying is dying, wherever it is.ATG wrote:
He's refering to Americans dying in far off places, all those countries you list owe their existance to those men under the grass in the photos.
and no the world does not owe its exestance to the united states
I suppose it was Canadian trucks/tanks and planes that saved Russias ass ( ever here of lend/lease ?) ?
It was Canada that kept the 3rd reich from steamrolling over the world?
I have a special dose of love for Canada and all things Canada, don't get me wrong.
...and if the british have a public day of rememberence for fallen soldiers, tell us and we will honor them as well. The entire point of this post was to bring some awareness to what Memorial Day is really about here in the US. Props to ATG for posting those initial pictures.XanKrieger wrote:
With the exception of Iwo, I believe British forces have also died on all those fronts and all over the world in previous conflicts for our freedoms as well, granted more Americans may have died, yet they are not the only ones.
However I could debate this topic all day long, yet I wont, i'l simply say, Americans arent the only ones
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Ya ya ya.XanKrieger wrote:
With the exception of Iwo, I believe British forces have also died on all those fronts and all over the world in previous conflicts for our freedoms as well, granted more Americans may have died, yet they are not the only ones.
However I could debate this topic all day long, yet I wont, i'l simply say, Americans arent the only ones
But what you cease to realize is that the person who started this thread put it in the DST forums so he was looking for someone to reply with their own 2 centsdeeznutz1245 wrote:
We are arrogant? Look up at your last post. You went ahead and claimed you knew the problem with "typical Americans. Told us we are to Patriotic and then proceeded to call our entire country assholes. The guy who started this thread started it as a remembrance to our fallen and brave. Veterans day is around the corner and Americans (like other nations) remember them with honor. Oh wait, cant do that cuz its patriotic and that makes us assholes. Fuck you, you beady eyed Canadien bitch. Now see, that was arrogant.Inspect@hDeck wrote:
No, it's only because you guys are the most arrogant people.deeznutz1245 wrote:
Most nations believe they are the best. You pegged it with the whole patriotism concept. Why is it other nations always target the U.S. when it comes to telling us how "not good" we are. Got nation envy?
We commemorate all fallen soldier on 11/11imortal wrote:
...and if the british have a public day of rememberence for fallen soldiers, tell us and we will honor them as well. The entire point of this post was to bring some awareness to what Memorial Day is really about here in the US. Props to ATG for posting those initial pictures.XanKrieger wrote:
With the exception of Iwo, I believe British forces have also died on all those fronts and all over the world in previous conflicts for our freedoms as well, granted more Americans may have died, yet they are not the only ones.
However I could debate this topic all day long, yet I wont, i'l simply say, Americans arent the only ones
By honoring our soldiers, we are not ignoring the efforts of others around the world. After all, we honor the fallen of both sides of the American Civil War.
If you are from a nation other than the United States, and you have a national day of mourning for your fallen soldiers, post the day here; I will honor them, even if no one else will.
*** EDIT: From Douglass MacArthur's Farewell speech at West Point, 12 May 1962 (excerpt)
"These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a tenfold beacon in the night: Duty, Honor, Country.
You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the Nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds.
The long gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, Honor, Country.
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."
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11/11 makes sense, Armistace Day and all of that. Or Arbor Day. Or Veterans Day, depending on how far back your memory goes. Good to know, and I will remember.Shem wrote:
We commemorate all fallen soldier on 11/11imortal wrote:
...and if the british have a public day of rememberence for fallen soldiers, tell us and we will honor them as well. The entire point of this post was to bring some awareness to what Memorial Day is really about here in the US. Props to ATG for posting those initial pictures.XanKrieger wrote:
With the exception of Iwo, I believe British forces have also died on all those fronts and all over the world in previous conflicts for our freedoms as well, granted more Americans may have died, yet they are not the only ones.
However I could debate this topic all day long, yet I wont, i'l simply say, Americans arent the only ones
By honoring our soldiers, we are not ignoring the efforts of others around the world. After all, we honor the fallen of both sides of the American Civil War.
If you are from a nation other than the United States, and you have a national day of mourning for your fallen soldiers, post the day here; I will honor them, even if no one else will.
*** EDIT: From Douglass MacArthur's Farewell speech at West Point, 12 May 1962 (excerpt)
"These great national problems are not for your professional participation or military solution. Your guidepost stands out like a tenfold beacon in the night: Duty, Honor, Country.
You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the Nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds.
The long gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, Honor, Country.
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."
Well second sunday or november
Oh and by the way, we commemorate every fallen soldier and civilians death in war time, not just englands.
I dunno. It's kinda fun seeing it pop up every couple of months.ATG wrote:
Should this thread be put out of its misery?