Doolittle Raiders

[turnkey4099]

Have you read the book? I have, and will state up front that it is misleading. The author used the book as a liberal vehicle to castigate America for the perceived inequities experienced by women and minorities during the war and in our armed services. While they may have been real to an extent, they pale in comparison to the inequities (read "crimes against humanity") others were suffering and against which we were fighting.

The term "Greatest Generation" is not just about how long and how hard they fought...it's about 50 million people who died worldwide as a direct result of the war. It's about evil and inhumanity on a scale that is almost inconceivable, perpetrated by modern governments that perverted science and history for their own evil purposes...but even more important, it's about how a whole generation in this country joined together with a resolve...an effort and determination that was apparent and pervasive in the cities, towns, governments, schools, movie theaters and kitchens of every home and institution in America. It was about sacrifice and hard work on an unimaginable scale...even children contributed through scrap and paper drives; buying war stamps at school, doing without new clothing, shoes, butter, sugar, etc. It was about housewives saving tin cans and cooking oil for the war effort and recycling their aluminum cookware; it was about doing without tires and gasoline and beef that we might win as a unified and determined nation.

It was about young men and women volunteering by the millions to join up for the effort; many to be deployed and never return again. It was about giving that extra effort on a national scale that has not been seen before or since. It was about working together with a unity and determination that was palpable; victory was on their minds constantly and relentlessly and they believed in their cause with an abiding faith in God and the unequivocal knowledge that we would prevail. That's what it was about.

Very good post!

 

[turnkey4099]

While the Doolittle Raid was gutsy, it was not militarily significant. Today such a raid would be deemed wasteful and stupid. Putting good men a risk for no military gain. Funny how things change. HS

It was more a "morale" goal than a military one.

Someone mentioned that the U.S. was never invaded. Wrong: Japanese in the Aleutians and Wake Island. I think there were some other U.S. possessions in the Pacific also. True those were 'possessions' not states.

Harry K

 

[farmgirl19]

usmcsnco; Wonderful post! Thank you!

 

[houstonscott]

You sound like the guy trying to protect your history. That generations biggest failure was when they came home. Raised a generations of drug addicts and anti American idiots. A very few payed a high price, I salute them, most take credit for those few, and did nothing. HS

 

[usmcsnco]

Turnkey I appreciate the support!

 

[usmcsnco]

Excellent post! I wanted to answer him but I don't have your command of language. Something not mentioned is a lotl those who came back transferred to the National Guard, got called up for Korea ?4? years later.

Harry K

Harry:

It was my pleasure. I just had to do it, Houstonscott really launched my bottle rockets. His arguments were insolent and incendiary and without merit and to be quite frank, I had enough.

Thanks again for the support,

Dave

 

[usmcsnco]

usmcsnco; Wonderful post! Thank you!

Thanks Farmgirl, as I responded to Turnkey, HS has no clue as to what in the **** he is speaking of. I really quite honestly don't know where he got his understanding of history and the American experience.
Hopefully if it was from some obscure revisionists history written in some scholarly college textbook and not his parents.
Thanks again,

Dave