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03-02-2011, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Lots of news stories about it out there, but thought I'd just link one.
WCSH6.com | Portland, ME | Last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I dead at 110 We don't really remember The Great War in this country (despite over 100 thousand US military deaths), not like they do in Europe or Canada, but Frank Buckles was quite a remarkable man who saw a great swath of the history of the 20th century in the making. The Great War will, very soon, pass entirely out of living memory; only two verified veterans still alive worldwide, as far as I can tell.
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03-02-2011, 04:13 PM | #2 |
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The shame is that it's not even really taught anymore in schools. WWI had a HUGE affect on what our world is like today. There is so much we should have learned from that generation, and the generation after, and we're running out of time.
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03-02-2011, 04:20 PM | #3 |
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At the high school I work at they teach WW1, they do an entire Unit on it.
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03-02-2011, 04:30 PM | #4 |
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That's great! I know when my girl went through school they just "glossed over it". Then again, I guess there's some new things being "taught" in the elementary schools that are pretty unsettling. I wish I had the cash to pull my kids out of public school altogether.
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03-02-2011, 04:42 PM | #5 |
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None of us can even imagine what it was like back then,we can try....but that's all!!!
RESPECT and R.I.P.
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03-02-2011, 04:44 PM | #6 |
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Agreed. Godspeed, Mr. Buckles.
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03-02-2011, 05:15 PM | #7 |
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I think students are aware it happened...I know for a fact mine are, especially as we've just started reading All Quiet on the Western Front...but they aren't necessarily aware of the immense cultural, social, artistic impact it had on much of the world.
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03-02-2011, 06:53 PM | #8 |
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I mean, WW2 came as a result of the Germans being pissed about the hand they were dealt after WW1. I can say that cause my grandpa was Serbian, and he fought in WW2 under Patton & lost an eye. RIP Grandpa Pete! |
03-02-2011, 07:20 PM | #9 |
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My Great Grandfather fought in both WWI and WWII. He passed in '89 or '90. Sad, I can't remember the date anymore, but I remember the times I got to spend with him.
Soon we will have no more WWII vets or Korean and Nam vets left to counter the rewriting of American History and the Socalist indoctrination going on in our schools now.
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03-02-2011, 07:21 PM | #10 |
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Mr. Buckles, a Real American Hero -
Yo Joe. |
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