Posted on 04/01/2016 5:14:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
I just recently learned of this guy. I discovered a movie was made about him.
Very fascinating story.
Youtube link of movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVSMncKEFF4
And now American youth needs safe spaces for micro aggressions...
24 and 30 year olds are considered youth now, as well.
Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/70206823
Too Young the Hero.
1988 Made for TV movie with Ricky Schroder.
Thanks!
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| "If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy." |
Calvin Graham, Age 12, US Navy
Long ago, before special snowflakes were frightened by chalk markings on sidewalks, the United States of America produced brave boys like Calvin Graham.
Thank you, Jet Jaguar. This is a fascinating story, although our government didn't treat him very well.
Amazing story. Thanks for posting it.
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He looks so much like my father...who was on a Navy ship in the Battle of Leyte at age 17
as good as it gets.
I believe a homo raped him when he was in the brig.
That’s what happened in the movie.
It's the adolescenceing of America.
Oh, my. 17 years old; so brave.
Is your dad still alive?
“It wasn’t uncommon for boys to lie about their age in order to serve. Ray Jackson, who joined the Marines at 16 during World War II, founded the group Veterans of Underage Military Service in 1991, and it listed more than 1,200 active members, including 26 women. “Some of these guys came from large families and there wasn’t enough food to go around, and this was a way out,” Jackson told a reporter. “Others just had family problems and wanted to get away.”
Wow, sound exactly like my dad’s story. Youngest of 10, Lied about his age, Joined the Navy at age 15, was hit by kamikaze’s at age 16 on the US Franklin, almost sunk, they saved her.
In my kitchen, I keep a picture of the ship listing 40 degrees, burning on fire, smoke everywhere, to remind my 17 year old and 15 year old kids (and myself) how easy their life is.
By all accounts the Franklin should have sunk but they somehow saved her which was a miracle.
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