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To: mandaladon
“If I were a World War II veteran who was drafted by the United States military to go and fight for our country..."

There isn't a single thing that comes out of this clown's mouth that isn't an insult. He 'conveniently' forgets just how many people signed up immediately upon hearing the news of the Pearl Harbor attack.

16 posted on 12/06/2016 6:17:01 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

“There isn’t a single thing that comes out of this clown’s mouth that isn’t an insult.”

He learned from his god in the white mosque, who set just that tone for 8 years.


52 posted on 12/06/2016 6:34:21 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

“He ‘conveniently’ forgets just how many people signed up immediately upon hearing the news of the Pearl Harbor attack.”

I don’t think he “conveniently forgot”. I think the concept of patriotism and voluntarily fighting for one’s country is completely foriegn to him.


59 posted on 12/06/2016 6:39:28 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Doubt there were many draftees in the Philippines, Wake Island, Corregidor, or even Pearl Harbor at the time, most were career Army or Navy, with some called up National Guard units and USNR. Not Draftees, but volunteer enlistees.


63 posted on 12/06/2016 6:43:19 AM PST by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

I wonder what percentage of WWII veterans were drafted and what percentage waited in lines to voluntarily enlist.

I had an uncle that was color blind. In order to enlist in the Navy after Pearl Harbor he took the enlistment exam with a friend who helped him memorize the color chart so that he could pass. He served on the USS Missouri when it was attacked by Japanese kamikaze pilots in battle of Okinawa and was still serving on the Missouri when the Japanese signed their surrender.


71 posted on 12/06/2016 6:48:20 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

And the people that committed suicide because they were rejected when they tried to sign up!


93 posted on 12/06/2016 7:08:55 AM PST by catman67 (14 gauge?)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

My father-in-law went to enlist as soon as he heard about Pearl Harbor. He went to the nearest city to enlist and the line was so long down the street he decided to go back the next day; the next day he said it was the same. He finally got to enlist on day three. I heard many stories like this over the years.


140 posted on 12/06/2016 8:45:33 AM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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