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Not long until WW2 will be some remote time period for Americans...
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:50 am
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:50 am
Kids now do not have grandparents telling them about the war. The next generation will obviously be even farther removed. They will grow up viewing WW2 how a lot of us view the Civil War — an interesting study for the sake of history but no relation to current life. Sad to me. I’m proud of my grandparents’ service, but my grandfathers are deceased so neither my kids (nor future grandkids) ever got to hear the firsthand stories. It is a shame to me.
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Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:51 am to AndyJ
I interviewed my grandfather about his war experience for a project in elementary school.
Still have the notecards I used for my class presentation.
Still have the notecards I used for my class presentation.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:51 am to AndyJ
doesn't help the schools across this country are brainwashing children with an altered reality of history.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:52 am to AndyJ
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an interesting study for the sake of history but no relation to current life. Sad to me. I’m proud of my grandparents’ service, but my grandfathers are deceased so neither my kids nor grandkids ever got to hear the firsthand stories. It is a shame to me.
I get the sentiment, but I wouldn't call it "a shame" or "sad".
It's a good thing that we don't have wars like that anymore.
I'm hoping The Long Peace will last for many more decades.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:53 am to AndyJ
Good, they need to start praising OIF/OEF vets and forget about those old geezers.
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Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:53 am to AndyJ
WWII was the greatest conflict ever fought. It's a shame they don't make em like that any more.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:53 am to Salmon
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The Long Peace
when does that start?
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:54 am to 777Tiger
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when does that start?
don't be dumb
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:55 am to AndyJ
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Kids now do not have grandparents telling them about the war
Of course not. College freshmen weren't even alive when 9-11 happened.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:55 am to Klark Kent
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doesn't help the schools across this country are brainwashing children with an altered reality of history.
Like the south does by calling the Civil War the war of "Northern Aggression"?
This post was edited on 9/19/19 at 10:56 am
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:55 am to The Boat
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It's a shame they don't make em like that any more.
As a healthy 20-something male, I for one am cool with current day geo-politics.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:56 am to AndyJ
I was fortunate enough to have grown up surrounded by World War II vets. My grandfather, five great-uncles, friends, and neighbors. All in different branches in different theaters of the war. All were willing to tell me their stories, in their own way and in their own time. Every one one of those men were treasures, and sadly they are all gone now. I'll always remember (and written down a lot) of what they told me. It's still not the same hearing it straight from the horse's mouth, though.
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Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:56 am to Salmon
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don't be dumb
been some sort of "conflict" going on in various parts of the world continuously since then, think it's even scriptural, not being flippant
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:56 am to AndyJ
They will sadly learn through Call of Duty.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:57 am to LB84
nothing like that actually.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:57 am to 777Tiger
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been some sort of "conflict" going on in various parts of the world continuously since then, think it's even scriptural, not being flippant
it refers to no conflicts between world powers
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:59 am to AndyJ
It is 2019...so it has been 74 years since the end of WWII.
At the end of WWII...it had been 79 years since the end of the Civil War.
We are about as far removed from WWII as that generation was from the War between the States.
At the end of WWII...it had been 79 years since the end of the Civil War.
We are about as far removed from WWII as that generation was from the War between the States.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 10:59 am to Salmon
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it refers to no conflicts between world powers
not being poli here, but there were a lot of Cold War casualties too, just now being de-classified, but I get you
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:00 am to AndyJ
We've been there a while with ww2. We're to the point that 9-11 is forgotten.
Posted on 9/19/19 at 11:00 am to AndyJ
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They will grow up viewing WW2 how a lot of us view the Civil War — an interesting study for the sake of history but no relation to current life.
Maybe. However, thanks to technology, the WW2 experience has been so thoroughly documented through both video/photos of the actual war and extensive interviews with vets. Future generations will be able to study WW2 much differently than the Civil War.
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