tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post2242510892593033423..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: "A Date that will live in Infamy"Alan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-11945254344386417922010-12-09T13:44:51.705-08:002010-12-09T13:44:51.705-08:00Yes, those of us of a certain age share those memo...Yes, those of us of a certain age share those memories. Mine are of trains filled with soldiers coming and going to Fort Dix, NJ whenever I visited my Mom's folks.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-33632701747984095782010-12-09T12:20:06.071-08:002010-12-09T12:20:06.071-08:00I was not quite 6 years old, and I heard that spee...I was not quite 6 years old, and I heard that speech on radio. Since I was a farm lad, what it meant to me (and other farm boys and girls) was that my older brother and I would have to take the place of hired men and get the farm work done. So we did exactly that.<br /><br />I was driving a tractor when I was 5 years old, and also was taught how to properly fire a rifle and hunt when I turned 6 years old. We needed the meat to eat.<br /><br />Once a week, Saturday, we went to the movies, and a news reel, actual combat, was shown. We knew what was happening, and knew that winning was the most important thing in the world.<br /><br />We children back then did lots of work in support of the war effort.<br /><br />When I could, I spent time with my grandfather and grandmother in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, next to the Sioux City Army Air Corps base. There was a community center which had been quickly converted to a "canteen" for the soldiers, and our soldiers were friendly to us children, being as most of them were what would be called "children" today. A good many were but 16 years old.<br /><br />"The greatest generation"LarryOldtimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811006386363706079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-80024362902987723792010-12-07T16:44:38.487-08:002010-12-07T16:44:38.487-08:00I'm with you 100% Desertrat. Those who start w...I'm with you 100% Desertrat. Those who start wars deserve little pity until vanquished.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-91605368252192918992010-12-07T09:24:01.133-08:002010-12-07T09:24:01.133-08:00I was just seven years old, but some things are ne...I was just seven years old, but some things are never forgotten. I had relatives interned by the Japs in Santo Tomas prison in Manila. My step-father flew B-24s out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. My father went ashore on D-Day.<br /><br />I got guided tours of Midway and Wake in 1949 during refueling for our flight to Manila. War is indeed hell for those on the receiving end.<br /><br />So pardon me while I shrug at the fact of "Made in America, tested in Japan." Kept my father and my step-father from being involved in further action...Desertrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860257698839313423noreply@blogger.com