[Bommer]

Remember those soldiers who were sacrificed in an accident as well as those who have sacrificed their lives defending our freedom in Iraq and Afganistan!

[Kryptonite]

"I consider it no sacrifice to die for my country. In my mind we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died."

General George S. Patton, Jr. Speech at an Allied cemetery in Italy

"Men will die. Some men never live." - Mel Gibson, Braveheart

[Polybius]

It was the costliest training exercise in all of World War II. As the bodies washed ashore in days ahead, the official count rose to 749.

That is as many fatalities in a single day, in a training exercise, as the U.S. has lost in the entire Iraq War.

The American media in 1944 did not use those deaths to try to make the American Home Front believe that America was in a quagmire and was losing the war.

The greatest weapon that America's enemies have today is the American liberal news media.

[TYVets]

Some of the Elite Media like The New York Times will mock the death of those brave men and women.

[oyez]

I that happened today there would be big hearing and investigation so enemies could have a look see and know what fool we are.

[Feiny]

I posted a thread yesterday &b there are some great links on it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1124937/posts

[Feiny]

Freeper Foxhole did a profile last year with tons of info:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/902337/posts

[F14 Pilot]

WW II Pings!