“..You put down the book and feel proud to be an American...”
Always proud, my friend...
RE Grant/Lee:
It was a strange beast. That high silhouette really stood out in North Africa...
RE War Production:
We were a unified machine, to be sure. It is a wonder to me when I read about that time period, and what our people achieved. From Pearl Harbor to the deck of the USS Missouri and the “Instrument of Surrender”, we cranked more of everything and faster than everyone.
But we also had a different society too. Common culture, common heritage, common langauge... common love of Country too.
RE Swedes:
Yeah... they crank out a hell of a Bikini Team too!!! Rowf!!
Indeed - but a shot in the arm when you read stuff like this. Another one is Cmdr. Ellsberg's "Under the Red Sea Sun" - American Can Do spirit at it's best.
When the Nazis lost the air—they lost the war. Should have invested in more Me 262s. But, after D-Day the war was lost for them. Should have given up—Generals should have assassinated Hitler and given in. The real war was with Russia—and it was a bloodbath—Lord, let us never face a WW III.