My dad went to the ETO in 1944 and his abiding memory was of Kate Smith singing God Bless America from a tugboat as their troop transport left the harbor. He passed away in 2015 at age 90, and I’m sorry he did not see the rise of President Trump because he was afraid that we’d never overturn the damage done by Obama. I’m not glad he did not have to witness this ridiculous assault on Kate Smith.
You put is exactly right: we are living in the kind of country men like our fathers would have gladly given their lives to prevent the US from becoming.
People like to say “never forget” but it is very sad to realize that we HAVE forgotten.
Education, true education, is non existent. Rabid leftist control it.
Side note: Fighter ace Lt.Col Gregory “Pappy” Boyington had a unique introduction to the song. The song became a traditional opener during WWII for sporting events. Having been either in the pacific theater as a fighter pilot or a POW he had never heard it.
Skip to 1946. Boyington, having been released after the war returns to America and attends his first baseball game since before the war. Not knowing the song or its significance he doesn’t sing along. Members of the crowd notice this and threaten to beat him up for being “unpatriotic”.
Poor Pappy just could not catch a break.
CC
They have embraced the historical sin of “Presentism” that is judging the past by the standards of today. This is a slippery slope that leads to many bad things. As we judge Kate Smith for a silly song—remember the future will judge us by our Rap songs today. Remember: The Nazis broke no national laws when they murdered all those folks, nor did Mao or Stalin. The past is dead—as dead as Kate Smith. When the next big war comes (and it will) we may need Kate Smiths song “God Bless America.” If WW II was fought now—I don’t think we would win.