Posted on 09/24/2007 1:13:50 PM PDT by hawkeye101
Same here. I watched that 1944 movie a jillion times. At the end, when they were walking in the clouds, and then waiting for the youngest one to catch up, like in he did in real life, was a real tearjerker.
Can you imagine what would have happened if the Italian American community complained about not receiving specific coverage.
This is a cut & paste of my response to a poster who thought somebody was insulting active duty personnel in another thread which was about this very topic. I’m also attaching a link to that thread as well. Forgive my laziness in not re-typing it.
"I think the slam was intended for "hispanic veterans" who are indignant about Burns failure to insert policical correctness into a documentary.
I haven't seen the documentary yet of course, but in my opinion the only valid focus on ethnicity in a history of Americans in WWII would be on the institutional segregation of black Americans, and the story of the American Indian code talkers, and the Japanese Neisi. It has some relevance in those cases.
I have Mexican blood, and a Mexican great uncle who fought at Tarawa. I know he would have been disgusted at the transparent manner those activists try to inject modern politics into history.
He (that great uncle) did by the way tell me often when I was a young boy that he had nothing but contempt for Mexico and wouldn't consider living in that country as a king. He also had a brother (who I never knew) who was severely wounded at the Remagen Bridge.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901013/posts
I guess some these groups just have to have their special recognition! as for the rest, well I guess that they have to settle for being AMERICANS.
What do you expect from Minnesota, anyway?
Wrong on two counts. I just don't buy the 500,000 number. Approximately 16 million Americans served in uniform during WWII. Hispanics made up around 1.5% of the 130 million Americans, which equates to 1,950,000. When you take into account that half of the number were women and then allow for age, i.e., the number of men between the ages of 18-30, there is no way 500,000 served even if some women are added who could have served in the WACs, WAVEs, etc.
Irish-Ameicans claim that they had more MOH winners. Irish Dominate Medal of Honor List
To the credit of the men in the field, none of that mattered.
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