[ARC5] !00% In Agreement

[Joel R Roberts]

Hi Bill, I am just catching up with e-mails and yours caught my eye. I 
served my country for "12 short years" and relive so many moments of 
that time so frequently and have to stop and recompose myself, before 
carrying on. My great Uncle Bob was a Mess Sgt and served in WWI, was 
with Gen Patten all through Europe in WWII (a leader in his Mess 
Platoon), and was wounded on a patrol as they pushed the Germans back 
into the Rhineland. He received 9 wounds from his ankle up his leg and 
as he fell forward through his buttocks. He was unable to finish the run 
to Berlin with General Patten, but came home on one of the many Hospital 
ships pushed in to service at that time. He went on to serve in the 
Korean Conflict before finally Mustering Out as the Ceasefire was 
signed. He passed away while I was a teenager and I had sat and listened 
to him talk about those days on occasion. After he passed away, my uncle 
(my Mother's youngest brother) told me that My Great Uncle Bob was the 
most highly decorated Mess Sgt in the US Army, Then and Now. Though a 
cook, and a damned good one at that, he still volunteered for extra duty 
on patrols and on marches as the Battalion was moving forward. He did 
what he thought was right in WWI, WWII  and in Korea. He earned several 
Purple Hearts, Lower Awards and Achievement Medals, But also earned the 
Silver Star twice, and the Bronze Star with Valor Device three times, so 
wore them with their Oak Leaf Clusters. All of my Uncles Served in the 
Military, my Mother's brother finished his Duties in Desert Storm as a 
1st SGT of a Field Artillery Battery full of young men, several of whom 
lost their lives. My Father's older brother served in The Navy during 
WWII, clearing the Marshall Islands. Dad was a Battery Commander as a 
Captain in the same Unit, but years before my Uncle went to Desert 
Storm. I served in the Army from 1987 to 1999. While looking into the 
History of my Father's family I found that his Great Great Grandfather 
was a Colonel in the Confederate Army out of Arkansas and was honored 
for his service Belatedly in 1994, just after my father died of cancer. 
But his older brother was there as was my Grandmother. There has been a 
lot of service to our Country through my family, and I wouldn't have 
missed it for the world. I have had tears run down my face many time as 
a Honor Guard Member with the American Legion as we gave Honors to one 
of our Hero's that had passed on, while Taps is played in the 
background, have tears run down my face when I hear a lone Bag-Piper 
playing Amazing Grace during Memorial Day Honors, and as I pulled the 
trigger three times with the M1 Garand with the Honor Guard, and as I 
presented the carefully folded American Fag to my Mother in honor of My 
Father and also my Step Father's Service to this wonderful country. I 
continue to watch the many Documentaries of the past wars, and the HELL 
our troops went through on the Normandy Beaches and at Pearl Harbor 
(where a friend of my Uncle died on the USS Arizona), and I remember 
what I had accomplished while serving My Country, though it wasn't much. 
Remember- Always! Forget- NEVER.  As has been said in one of my previous 
posts All Of Us Gave Some, And Some Gave ALL for us to be able to fly 
that beautiful Flag everyday. As Lee Greenwood sang "I am proud to be an 
American, where at least I Know I'm Free" and with the post I finally 
found this morning "Hometown Battlefield" I help to serve those who have 
served and honor them at every chance I get........Take That Mr 
President, as you cannot say the same!!!,,,,, A salute to you on this 
Forum, From SGT Joel R Roberts US Army     KB0FPT


On 12/11/2014 5:27 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I was in Japan and talked to people who actually live there and 
> had us (US Navy) crawling all over the place most of them were happy 
> enough that the war ended suddenly before *millions* more Japanese and 
> Americans died. They were not very happy with the conduct of some of 
> their former "leaders".
>
> I was amazed at just how intelligent the Japanese people really are. 
> Even the very young children there can speak Japanese! <evil grin> 
> Um... they can also speak English. Many of them have even more languages.
>
> I have not conversed with *young* Japanese people in several decades 
> and not with Europeans at all about anything that happened in the 30s 
> and 40s. They are probably like many younger Americans who could care 
> less about history. They are doomed to repeat all the same mistakes - 
> maybe with different outcomes on the new roll of the dice. That 
> attitude has been around for thousands and thousands of years. Why 
> would it stop now?
>
> Assembling the new command receiver power supply this weekend 
> (something on topic). So I'll be able to resume using them :)
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/11/2014 05:52 AM, DSP3 wrote:
>> Dennis,
>>
>> Although I would assume better, it may well be just like the new 
>> Europeans.  They simply have no knowledge of what went on, back then, 
>> as their educational systems ignore certain history.
>>
>> Jeep - K3HVG
>>
>
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