These guys never ceased to amaze me. As a kid, I had a father and two uncles that were WWII. My father was in the Pacific and my uncles were in the army. One of them had 7 battle stars from serving in Europe. My next door neighbor still had shrapnel in his back from a German grenade. My neighbor across the street had been a Red Ball Express truck driverand another neighbor down the street was one of them who stormed the beaches on D-Day. Kids today don’t have a clue as to what has been done for them.
“Kids today don’t have a clue as to what has been done for them.”
No, they don’t. Hasn’t been taught to them. There’s only some history TV they don’t do on their smart phones.
Even those of us who did have a clue sometimes didn't know as much as we thought we knew. About the time I got my driver's license, I complained to my dad about a man in my hometown who I considered a real jackass not deserving of my respect. Dad heard me out and then proceeded to tell me what that "jackass" had done in WWII... after which I felt about THIS big (thumb and forefinger touching).
Mr. niteowl77
#11. That was not Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. It was a neighborhood of heroes.
And they were just kids plucked from life and thrown into a meat grinder.