Posted on 05/07/2006 6:24:28 PM PDT by The Mayor
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Happy VE (Victory in Europe) Day. It is also dad's birthday and he always says that his best birthday ever was May 8th, 1945.
G'day, Eleanor!
This actually is something of a very sore point for me.
Please note the following fact from WWII History...
"On May 2 German forces in Italy and southern and western Austria stopped fighting and
on May 7, after 3 1/2 years of war with the U.S.,
Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally. "
Despite that being the actual end of the war with the Germany/Italy Axis, our President Harry Truman
waited until the next day to declare VE Day.
Um...the 8th *happened* to be HIS birthday!
So why did I care about that little delay?
Because May 7, 1945 was my 11th birthday,
and I thus wuz robbed..:((
Magnificent # 7 post!
Love your # 9 post!
Just wanted to say hi
& hope all is well with
you & yours! Hugs...
Your # 21 post definatly bears repeating!
Tis a great one!
Seeing as today is VE day I thought I would take a photo or 2 of the Memorial and Memorial Gardens in Ashford to post today.
The wooden bench is actually dedicated to those that lost their lives during the Korean war
Thank you
My Pleasure!
& your # 32 post is very pretty...
Ah ha! As most here know, I happen to be a veteran of The Korean Conflict, Eleanor..:)
In June 1952, I entered the U.S. Marine Corps, training at Parris Island (South Carolina), and went straight to the podium down the street.
It was my privilege to instruct women recruits in their classroom subjects during their eight weeks of boot camp, with anywhere from 60 to 120 women per class.
See my Profile Page, including a photo of me 50 years later by the Iwo Jima Monument on the Parade Deck there...
I literally led the Dedication Ceremony for that statue, out front beside the Company A Commander, with me proudly carrying the American Flag.
It was THE biggest buildup EVER of the Marine Corps, and we led eight full companies [each with many platoons] in the ceremony.
Wonderful memories of another day and time....
Our very own Finest poster, Dubya, had not so great memories, being in combat in Korea.
Kids in the 40's & 50's
And you have to wonder, how DID we survive?????? We only had ONE TV...AND we didn't even have a remote! Can you imagine??????????? Life was good..... Hope you enjoy.
Were you a kid or did you raise kids in the 30's, 40's or 50's?
Were you a kid in the Thirties, Forties or Fifties or so ? Everybody makes fun of our childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids snicker. twenty-something's shudder and say "Eeeew!" But was our childhood really all that bad? Judge for yourself:
In 1953 the US population was less than 150 million... yet you knew more people then, and knew them better... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
The average annual salary was under $3,000...yet our parents could put some of it away for a rainy day and still live a decent life... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents... but it was safe for a five-year-old to skate to the store and buy one... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
Prime-Time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke and Lassie... so nobody ever heard of ratings or filters... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
We didn't have air-conditioning... so the windows stayed up and half a dozen mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr. Adkins... but not Ms. Becky or Mr. Dan... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
The only hazardous material you knew about...was a patch of grassburrs around the light pole at the corner... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
You loved to climb into a fresh bed...because sheets were dried on the clothesline... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives... so "child care" meant grandparents or aunts and uncles... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
Parents were respected and their rules were law.... Children did not talk back..... AND THAT WAS GOOD !
TV was in black-and-white... but all outdoors was in glorious color....AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY GOOD !
Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor... and the Dad next door knew how to adjust all the TV knobs... AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD !
Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard...and chickens behind the garage... AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY GOOD !
And just when you were about to do something really bad... chances were you'd run into your Dad's high school coach... or the nosy old lady from up the street... or your little sister's piano teacher... or somebody from church... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number...and YOUR first name... AND EVEN THAT WAS GOOD !! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ REMEMBER....
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Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda Starr, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk as well as the sound of a reel mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with bike rides, playing in cowboy land, playing hide and seek and kick-the-can and Simon Says, baseball games, amateur shows at the local theater before the Saturday matinee, bowling and visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar, and wax lips and bubblegum cigars
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Hi Dutchess!
Thumbs up on your # 39 ping :)
Take Care...HUGS!
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