I watched the Surrender ceremony…wow. MacArthur’s leadership style is inspiring. I noted that he started by declaring “peace” and never said “we won”, rather using “surrender” language. His message was one of peace as being a new chapter. I like that. Contrast with G.W.B. who started his Iraq post-war speech by saying “we won….”.

These were the days where wars had a start but also an end. The issue now is the recent wars don’t have an ending with the intended consequences they were started with. Can today’s wars have the same effect as previous wars given the way they are being conducted?

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When I read about the fighting in the Pacific on those little islands where there was no room to fire and maneuver and all a Marine or a grunt could do was to drive straight ahead my heart almost stops.

Looking at those photographs makes me cry.

How did America ever produce men that tough and rough and capable and humble and sacrificing? How?

We live in their shadows, mortgaged to a future they paid for — F O R E V E R!
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