Subdeacon Joe
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Now, that is just the hard crackers. Add in the meat, the "desecrated" vegetables, flour, salt, sugar (if they were lucky), coffee, soap, candles, clothing, munitions, tools, arms. and lord knows what else, and you have quite a load out.
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A great way to detail what it took to feed an army.
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Let's all pray that next year there be no ornaments on that persons tree.
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No, it saved no lives. Note the record of the Japanese americans who served, for example the 442nd RCT. Most decoated unit in the Army. The Japanese immigrants were so determined to be Americans that many of their children were not even taught Japanese. When the military tried to recruit interpreters from the camps they found many young men who they thought would be fluent spoke only broken Japanese. They had to actually be sent to language school.
And it's very telling that although the Japanese were interned, There were no camps for German or Italians.
The standard answer to that is, "Well, the Germans and Italians didn't launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor!" But that simplistic answer ignores the Nazi spies, and attempted sabotage, in the US.
The Japanese agent in Hawaii, Takeo Yoshikawa (under the cover of being vice-counsel Tadashi Morimura) found the local Japanese in Hawaii to be " unanimously uncooperative."
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The precision of placement, the steady hand, the even pressure on the piping bag, astounding! Amazing!
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Eagles/Redskins is being a heck of a game! Back and forth all day.
Aaaannnnnd....with 21 seconds to Eagles fumble, 'skins recover. Redskins up 27 - 22.
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Nice tribute. But heartbreaking.
"Bittersweet."
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Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!!!
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Un Laimīgu Jauno gadu! -
"Partner and I accidentally went to the wrong address today on a run and stumbled across this beautiful tree. The owner took the time to write down every Officer killed in the line of duty this year and place it on the tree. Not only did she do all the Humans but she included all the K9s on the small ornaments. She calls it the "Tree of Honor" guess our paths were meant to cross since she just finished it last night. What a wonderful tribute."
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No... unlike slavery or any other oppression... it was ALWAYS wrong... and it will not ever stain me or mine. At the time, would never have gone for it.
However... there are those who would callously and maliciously stain us with it. And we must reject it. Always.
This Great Country was founded... not perfect... but over time... and of all regimes and governments over the centuries... it came as close as possible to bein' perfect. Let's not let it go too far past that point of view. Let's strive to make it so.
In the meantime... we have to defend it.
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Well said, sir.
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A comment from a Navy-heavy group I'm in:
" I blame the SecNav, CNO, and the MCPON...After removing Traditional ratings and going with meaningless occupation codes.... Navy thought they were Army and thus lost."
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I thought the sausage belonged in the gravy.
Some does. The rest, nice big patties to go on top of the biscuits and under the gravy.
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Thank you, sir.
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Some have asked about the Army uniforms. The commentstors didn't explain it well. They are an homage the the 82nd Airborne in WWII. Their helmets have the various regimental and batallion markings that were worn during D day and the various regimental crests are on the front of the jerseys.
The flag on the sleeve is the type worn on the jump uniforms. The field is to the left. On todays uniforms it's reversed with the field to the right.
That is, the Flag's own right. Heraldically, to dexter.
On today's uniform, for flags worn on the right shoulder the field is to the right so that the flag is seen to be advancing, not retreating.
That is, to sinister. I know it's been more than a few decades since the change, but I still don't care for it.
OH! The Invocation and Anthem:
OOOPS! That 1st Youtube was last years.
Here is this years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7kjw9DaOL4
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I hear that the Anthem was well done. I tuned in a few minutes too late to catch it.
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And coffee.
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I was born and raised in southern California (born in 1941) and remember many times passing Manzanar on our way to the High Sierras. My Grandfather said many times "That's where we put the Japs during the war". Never learned about it in school either. Had one classmate all thru grammer & high school who was Japanese who was there as a child with his family during the war.
I can understand the mentality at the time after Pearl Harbor, but it was a pretty sad deal.
Yep, that it was. I was born in '57 and I know that the parents of some of my classmates had been there.
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