Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Gavutu: American Perseverance in the Summer of '42

Townhall.com ^ | August 15, 2012 | Austin Bay

[montanajoe]

The sacrifices those who fought in WW2 were amazing. My dad was headed across the Pacific for the invasion and ended up with the occupation forces in Japan from August 1945 through January 1947. I remember pictures of Hiroshima he took while securing the city ... he died 10 years later.

I don't blame any one individual for wasting the legacy those brave soldiers left us, if I blame anybody, its the baby boomers for their refusal to support our troops in Vietnam which in my opinion started the decline in America we have seen since then. It is kinda ironic how so many of the sons and daughters of the greatest generation turned out to be such weenies and out right cowards. Thank you for your fathers service you have the right to be very proud.

[Twinkie]

The Baby Boomers, the damn blubbering Baby Boomers; and the ironic thing about it is that Bill Clinton, the biggest blubberer of them all was able to pull the wool over the eyes of many in that Greatest Generation who were Roosevelt Democrats. They actually excused his draft dodging; and my dad had always detested draft dodgers - but, the Clintons were his babies - and FDR was his Commander-in-Chief, as was Truman.

[TXnMA]

My write-in would be Sarah Palin/ Paul Ryan -- but West is definitely an acceptable substitute...

But -- as indicated -- I will do whatever damages Ø'bozo's chances of reelection the most. Anything else would be treason...

Purism = treason.

[itssme]

God bless your Daddy, Twinkie, and the men and women like him who fought and suffered.

This vote in November is the most important vote since the Civil War. We had better win this war in November, and oboma must be removed. People must pull together like they did in WWII...that is what I pray for.

Nice talking to you and hearing about your Daddy.

[Twinkie]

Yes! November! I’m praying to live until that election; then I’ll crawl over broken glass, push a peanut with my nose, crawling over broken glass all the way to town, get in some Panther’s faces if they try to intimidate me, and whatever it takes, to vote against the Mugabe/Stalin wannabe. May the good Lord help us! - I also assure you that I saw through him the first time around; and didn’t fall for any of his jive. - Am nervous about what his minions might pull in order to keep him in POWER!

[tet68]

The nightly bombardments from Japanese ships were
bad enough, but the loss of supplies gave real
meaning to the name the Marines gave Guadal...
Starvation Island.

Oooorah, Chesty, Machine Gun John Basilone, and
many others got their chops there.

[itssme]

You're some fighter, and more of what we need here in the Chicago area. I remember learning about obozo the first time when I read a feature article in the Chicago Tribune magazine section about this lover of all that is Abraham Lincoln. It featured a photo of the faux president (senator at the time) sitting on the edge of his desk, with assorted pictures of Abraham Lincoln propped up against the wall all around the room..I first thought who is this guy trying to impress! There were maybe 20 frames pictures of Abraham Lincoln. And so began the rise of the socialist/marxist/communist/revolutionary/sharia law loving thug known as barack oboma. It's interesting how some people have a fine intuition, an ability to pick up on BS and con men. You and I are kindred spirits.

[montanajoe]

I wont vote for a liberal who will replace Scalia and Kennedy with liberal justices. I wont vote for a liberal who IMO will likely come up with some scheme “only a Republican president could achieve” of drastically cutting military spending.

If you consider that treason we don't live in the same universe...