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re: If you could (regarding WWII)
Posted on 11/22/17 at 3:54 am to knowingabyss
Posted on 11/22/17 at 3:54 am to knowingabyss
Well said. My grandfather served. He received the Purple Heart. The stories he told were heart breaking.
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Posted on 11/22/17 at 4:39 am to jgoodw318
Sure, make me Eisenhower.
I’d never get touched, and could run around in France with my pick of the newly-liberated French girls.
I’d never get touched, and could run around in France with my pick of the newly-liberated French girls.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 4:42 am to jgoodw318
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You may or may not die.
You feel the pain of getting injured and everything.
Thaaaat'll be a negative on THAT, houston
Posted on 11/22/17 at 4:49 am to TbirdSpur2010
I’d be a taller Audie Murphy
Posted on 11/22/17 at 5:41 am to jgoodw318
Chesty frickin Puller
This post was edited on 11/22/17 at 9:53 am
Posted on 11/22/17 at 5:58 am to jgoodw318
quote:Well that’s not even sporting.
Edit: you wouldn’t actually die. Just be able to see the war thru someone who actually fought in the war’s eyes.
Also this is the weirdest hypothetical ever. I’ve done this 1000 times already on the Xbox
Posted on 11/22/17 at 6:36 am to jgoodw318
And I wouldn’t actually die?
Hell yea
Hell yea
Posted on 11/22/17 at 6:45 am to knowingabyss
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men who killed for no other reason then they were told to. Kids no older then 18 who couldn't even grow facial hair shot and killed within moments of arriving. He witnessed people turn their guns on themselves and kill themselves because they didn't want to fight, so yeah, no I'm good on that. I've no interest in re-living any of that or seeing any of it. That's just his fellow soldiers too, not even the POW's, ovens filled with ashes of the Jewish or ditches full of bodies.
Damn, we got us a snowflake!
Posted on 11/22/17 at 6:47 am to jgoodw318
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Edit: you wouldn’t actually die. Just be able to see the war thru someone who actually fought in the war’s eyes. But you could only do it once. So you pick one person and live that reality thru that person for however long they made it.
Yep. Two people: My Grandfather and Audie Murphey.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 7:36 am to jgoodw318
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Personally, dick winters would be who eye (iPhone) would choose. Would you do it?
Nothing personal dude, but if you were in Dick Winter's body for the war, I think things may not have gone as they did for Easy Company.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 7:42 am to jgoodw318
As much as I love to study WWII there is no way in hell I would want to see, smell, hear or experience any of the battles first hand. Many of those men experienced things that we can't even imagine. All you have to do is read With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge to know that no one left there without being injured in some manner.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 7:44 am to jgoodw318
My great grandfather served in WW2. He was drafted from his family and his job in his early 30s, imagine that. Most of the guys he was serving with were in their late teens to early 20s
Anyway, by the time I came along he was too old to really have a filter, and well into his 90s. Told me some stories that he probably shouldn’t have. He was one of the big reasons I joined the Marines out of high school. I wish we had a little bit more of that generation in modern day America. Probably the greatest generation our country has ever known.
Anyway, by the time I came along he was too old to really have a filter, and well into his 90s. Told me some stories that he probably shouldn’t have. He was one of the big reasons I joined the Marines out of high school. I wish we had a little bit more of that generation in modern day America. Probably the greatest generation our country has ever known.
This post was edited on 11/22/17 at 7:45 am
Posted on 11/22/17 at 7:45 am to jgoodw318
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If there was some technology that could put you in the body of someone fighting in WWII would you do it?
No. But it might be good for the average american civilian to witness the horrors of war. Then again, the last thing we need is for a bunch of assholes claim disability when they get PTSD from a video game.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 7:49 am to jgoodw318
James Earl Rudder
Posted on 11/22/17 at 7:54 am to TigerinSC
B-17 pilot in the 8th Air Force
Posted on 11/22/17 at 8:15 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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B-17 pilot in the 8th Air Force
The 8th AF Museum in Savannah is awesome if you get the chance.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 8:29 am to jgoodw318
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Personally, dick winters would be who eye (iPhone) would choose. Would you do it?
What the frick are you trying to do here?
Posted on 11/22/17 at 8:33 am to Skooter
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In a heartbeat. Grandpa fought on Guadalcanal & Iwo Jima and made it back. Never got to talk to him. Would love to see what he went through.
I have a great Uncle who died in France. They actually put up a memorial for him where he died on the anniversary of their liberation. The only way I would want to go back would be if I could somehow meet him.
Clarence Hughes Memorial
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At this place on August 29th 1944 Sgt Clarence P. Hughes of the 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion gave his life for the liberation of France
He came to fight for freedom
To a land he had never seen
For a people he had never met
For his success he gave the ultimate sacrifice
May God bless his soul
Posted on 11/22/17 at 8:34 am to jgoodw318
How much weed did you smoke last night?
Posted on 11/22/17 at 8:56 am to jgoodw318
I'd want to see the war through Hitler's eyes. We have a ton of info on the German side but we never really got to dig into Hitler.
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