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To: yarddog

I do too. I’m in the midst of my second consecutive viewing of the series “The Last Days of WWII” Just incredible, everything. The heroism, the dedication, the suffering. And yet today people complain about such little things.

Should be mandatory viewing by every liberal. Let them see the horrors brought on by concentrated central power.


8 posted on 06/03/2012 4:05:24 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Fat, drunk and stupid = Dumb, dependent, and Democrat)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

A couple of years ago, a guy sent me the complete U.S. Signal Corps history of my Father’s battalion in WWII. They were Combat Engineers.

The thing which totally got my attention and really surprised me is just how capable they were. They would accomplish jobs in a few days which one would think would take months or even longer.

I also am impressed with our enemies courage and capability. I recently saw a show on the History Channel or maybe another similar show about a German Tank Battalion. Goodness they went through hell and kept fighting. I also remember an interview and real film of one of the German veterans. Even those tankers were impressed with their own combat engineers, although he called them sappers.

They showed film of the tanks crossing pontoon bridges while the Russians were shelling them. He said they were basically safe from the artillery but the sappers had nothing but their helmets to protect them.


15 posted on 06/03/2012 4:18:02 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: A_Former_Democrat
"Should be mandatory viewing by every liberal. Let them see the horrors brought on by concentrated central power."

It doesn't really matter. Liberals would point out the "divinity" of the Japanese emperor and blame the war on religion...

31 posted on 06/03/2012 5:00:25 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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