I’ve been watching “The World at War” series (made ca. 1974). One takeaway is that all the GOP bitchers and moaners and demonstrators of today should be damn glad that they weren’t caught in London, or Coventry, or Rotterdam, or Stalingrad, or Moscow, or Leningrad, or Nanchang, or Dresden, or Berlin, or Tokyo, or Nagasaki, or Hiroshima, or Warsaw, or Anzio, or scores of other places — hellholes — during WW2.
This cartoon must be from the 70s if that WWII vet is that little kid’s grandpa. Otherwise, that family waits a LONG time before having kids.
Having said that, most of the vets of that war that I know (or knew, since so many have left this world) chose to say very little about their war experiences.
Lightpainter almost 4 years ago
Not if he has graphic photos to show you.
Doug K almost 4 years ago
“Economics” would be probably be even quicker or more effective.
P51Strega almost 4 years ago
Well, the picture isn’t a very good likeness, but that’s definitely me they’re talking about.
A# 466 almost 4 years ago
I’ve been watching “The World at War” series (made ca. 1974). One takeaway is that all the GOP bitchers and moaners and demonstrators of today should be damn glad that they weren’t caught in London, or Coventry, or Rotterdam, or Stalingrad, or Moscow, or Leningrad, or Nanchang, or Dresden, or Berlin, or Tokyo, or Nagasaki, or Hiroshima, or Warsaw, or Anzio, or scores of other places — hellholes — during WW2.
santa72404 almost 4 years ago
Uh huh uh huh that’s interes …zzzzzz snore.
cdward almost 4 years ago
This cartoon must be from the 70s if that WWII vet is that little kid’s grandpa. Otherwise, that family waits a LONG time before having kids.
Having said that, most of the vets of that war that I know (or knew, since so many have left this world) chose to say very little about their war experiences.
Gameguy49 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Learn from the past or repeat it.
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
IDK…I asked my dad about WWII and he told me hair raising stories…wrote them all down….
prrdh almost 4 years ago
And you’ll make an old man very happy.
Plods with ...™ almost 4 years ago
George Santayana is credited with the aphorism, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,”
Winston Churchill wrote, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Except that part about the Battle of the Bulge – pretty hard to sleep through that.
TSRaman almost 4 years ago
Future grandpas (if any exist) will tell stories about Covid.