re: 60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger

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Larry J — 4/26/2004 5:41:45 PM (archived)

I watched a good documentary yesterday on the Discovery HD channel titled, "The Boys From Company H." It was about a group of young men in WWII whose first exposure to combat was the invasion of Iwo Jima. According to the narration, we suffered some 2,000 Marine and Navy casualties (killed, wounded, and missing) on the opening day of the invasion. By the time it was over some 36 days later, we'd suffered some 7,000 Marines killed and 18,000 wounded. Over 21,000 Japanese died there.

Thank goodness my parents' generation was made of sterner stuff than today's "Bush Body Count" crybabies. Had that mindset been the norm back then, they would've been whinning about a quagmire before the Battle of Midway. Over 300,000 American servicemen died in action in WWII (a period of less than 4 years), and that doesn't count 100,000+ more killed in non-combat incidents.

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60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 5:02:30 PM
- re: 60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger - Larry J - 4/26/2004 5:41:45 PM
  - Guess I'm a crybaby - alcaray - 4/26/2004 6:26:26 PM
    - re: Guess I'm a crybaby - Larry J - 4/26/2004 6:55:56 PM
      - Cute, Larry, but that crap ewon't fly much longer in this country. - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 2:58:49 PM
        
        You project too much - Larry J - 4/27/2004 4:14:20 PM
        
        You were doing okay there for a while... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2004 3:58:42 PM
      - Everyone not a warmonger is a coward. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 12:39:34 AM
        
        Not everyone who supports the actions in Iraq is a warmonger... - Larry J - 4/27/2004 2:34:35 PM
        
        Neither of those statements is true. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 4:57:06 PM
        
        Okay: so you are a coward - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 3:00:23 PM
        
        I've been gone for about 2 weeks - Larry J - 4/27/2004 3:35:44 PM
        
        re: I've been gone for about 2 weeks - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 4:22:22 PM
        
        So now you're calling me a liar - Larry J - 4/27/2004 5:08:12 PM
        
        In the interests of accuracy, you are. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 5:18:35 PM
        
        (BTW, as per obvious, I decided not to take it to flame) (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 4:37:02 PM
      - Americans did not become gutless, the wars did - alcaray - 4/26/2004 8:58:37 PM
        
        In 1940, most Americans opposed going to war against Germany, Japan, and Italy - Larry J - 4/26/2004 9:44:46 PM
      - I don't think "gutless" is the word you're looking for. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 8:08:25 PM
        
        I think it is - Larry J - 4/26/2004 8:42:26 PM
        
        Was Somalia pull-out more or less emboldening then Beirut? (n/t) - Tony - 4/26/2004 8:45:07 PM
        
        Pulling out of Beruit was also wrong, IMO - Larry J - 4/26/2004 9:08:25 PM
        
        Just checking - Tony - 4/27/2004 3:59:48 PM
        
        About the same. I would put them both on the list of policy errors, myself. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 8:58:52 PM
    - re: Guess I'm a crybaby - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 6:37:39 PM
      - It is a tough call, Tom - alcaray - 4/26/2004 7:00:29 PM

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