[stumpy]

I used to work with a woman whose then 19 yr. old husband was a civilian construction worker on Wake when it was captured by the Japanese. She was complaining that all the time he was in a Jap prison camp he did not recieve pay like the Marines that were captured with him (back pay that is).

I commented to her that prior to being captured, he was making about $100 per week, while the Marines were making $18 per MONTH. So he had nothing to complain about. She never brought it up to me again.

[garyhope]

Thanks, good for you.

Can you imagine the unquestioning sacrifices and bravery of so many "ordinary" Americans that were made in WWII? Hundreds of thousands or millions of Americans that just went to their jobs or into the service and didn't complain or think they were doing anything special.

What about those 80 or 90 Wake Island POW's that the Japanese just machine gunned? Who remembers them? Who knows their names? Who's ever even heard of them?

And today all the "liberals" bitch about everything not being just perfect.

I despise the soft, whining, complaining wussy traitors and fifth columnists and useful idiots of today.