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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 353257" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>And well said by you Sat. I don't know how old you are, but it was my grandfathers and great-uncles who fought in WWII. This was a truly GREAT generation. The men who fought and the women who supported them have my undying respect. It was the women that may have paid a higher price (or do pay the higher price), because its their husbands and sons who don't come home from war and I can't comprehend the grief associated with that.</p><p> </p><p>I don't mean to lessen the contribution our soldiers made in Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War I, and now the wars in Afganistan and Iraq, but I believe the death toll in WWII dwarfs the other wars combined. Maybe not from an American standpoint, but tens of millions of lives were lost in the 40's.</p><p> </p><p>I know Russia lost 1 million soldiers. Hitler murdered 6 million jews. I know we lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers (many thousand on D-day alone-more than we lost in the entire Iraq war). Close to 200,000 Japanese civilian lives were lost in less than 5 days in August of '45.</p><p> </p><p>I could go on, but I don't know the facts beyond those. To me, what I just wrote is very disturbing. How lucky are we to live in a society in which the above horrible things don't or haven't happend yet?</p><p> </p><p>Everbody, please keep this in mind at any holiday cookout you attend. We live in complete freedom becuase of these very brave souls. </p><p> </p><p>Thank you, again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 353257, member: 4653"] And well said by you Sat. I don't know how old you are, but it was my grandfathers and great-uncles who fought in WWII. This was a truly GREAT generation. The men who fought and the women who supported them have my undying respect. It was the women that may have paid a higher price (or do pay the higher price), because its their husbands and sons who don't come home from war and I can't comprehend the grief associated with that. I don't mean to lessen the contribution our soldiers made in Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War I, and now the wars in Afganistan and Iraq, but I believe the death toll in WWII dwarfs the other wars combined. Maybe not from an American standpoint, but tens of millions of lives were lost in the 40's. I know Russia lost 1 million soldiers. Hitler murdered 6 million jews. I know we lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers (many thousand on D-day alone-more than we lost in the entire Iraq war). Close to 200,000 Japanese civilian lives were lost in less than 5 days in August of '45. I could go on, but I don't know the facts beyond those. To me, what I just wrote is very disturbing. How lucky are we to live in a society in which the above horrible things don't or haven't happend yet? Everbody, please keep this in mind at any holiday cookout you attend. We live in complete freedom becuase of these very brave souls. Thank you, again! [/QUOTE]
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