Re: In my opionion worth 2 1/2 min of your life
That was a great clip. I am glad that someone has taken the time to organize this, and what a way to honor those who fought to keep Freedom alive on earth in the 1940's!
That said, isn't it rather sad that we speak of them as the "Greatest Generation?" I mean, seriously, would we not be honoring them even more if we were living up to the ideals that they fought and died for, and standing on their shoulders to hold Freedom even Higher?
Look around at the youths growing up today, and the young fathers and mothers today. There is a terrible lack of character and personal responsibility in today's young people. Why were today's young parents not brought up to take responsibility and stand up to fight for freedom like those of the 1940's? All of us have parents or grandparents who could have told us stories of "when I was young, what Dad said went without question. If I talked back, I got a strapping."
And yet, today, parents try to bribe their kids to get them to do something, or reason with them, instead of simply telling them to do as they are told. And the kids sass their parents without consequence.
These kids then grow up directionless, and become spoiled welfare recipients, rather than becoming the entrepreneurs that their grandparents were.
Maybe that is why we must call the survivors of the Great Depression and World War II the "Greatest Generation."
I, for one, would rather Honor their Sacrifices by attempting to look to them as examples, and to stand on their shoulders, and to try to reach even greater heights in the Preservation and Defense of Freedom, and attempt to set the stage where Our Generation could be Greater Still, because of them, and because of their example which we built upon.
We can and we must move on, and walk in their shadows, and learn from them until it is time for us to carry the torch for them, and make America even Greater than it was. If we do not, then they have fought and died in vain, and they will always remain the Greatest Generation, for we would not strive to become even greater. This would truly be a tragedy.
Thanks for sharing this link, and May God Bless those who remain who fought in WWII. May they not have died in vain!
