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If high school juniors' answers to a World War II questionnaire were strung together, here's how history would look:

In Belushi's immortal words: "Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

At least he knew the war started with Pearl Harbor. I wonder if anybody these days even knows that much.
2 posted on 10/02/2007 9:53:10 AM PDT by JamesP81
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To: JamesP81
“At least he knew the war started with Pearl Harbor. I wonder if anybody these days even knows that much.”

Not trying to be Devils Advocate but the war started for the USA with Pearl Harbor or even earlier if you count the Lend Lease program. The war had been going on for some time when the USA joined. The Japanese had gotten off to an early start with Manchuria in 1931. People just didn’t recognize the war for what it was then much like what is going on today.

15 posted on 10/02/2007 10:27:08 AM PDT by Polynikes (Hey. I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?)
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To: JamesP81
At least he knew the war started with Pearl Harbor.

Try this little open book test:

1)What was the name of the first US Naval ship bombed by the Japanese?
2)When was it sunk?
3) What was the name of the first US Naval vessel sunk by the Germans in World War II.
4)What month and year was it sunk?
5) When did the first National Guard Unit sail for the South Pacific?
6) Where did they fight?
7)Bonus question: In what year did World War II start. Explain your answer.

18 posted on 10/02/2007 10:50:25 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: JamesP81
At least he knew the war started with Pearl Harbor.

That fact alone qualifies me for membership on the Senate Armed Forces committee.

46 posted on 10/02/2007 12:49:46 PM PDT by Senator_Blutarski (No good deed goes unpunished.)
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To: JamesP81
At least he knew the war started with Pearl Harbor. I wonder if anybody these days even knows that much.

possible but doubtful. To understand the extent of stupor induced by leftwing brainwashing--I heard a grown man on a local call-in show last weekend, who asserted as if it were a newly exposed crime, that the Iran-Contra scandal was Ronald Reagan's way of getting the embassy hostages released, thus securing his election in 1980. The dumb fart was dead serious, and the talk show host didn't pick up on the ignorance being spewed.

53 posted on 10/02/2007 4:41:19 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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