If yiu didn't fight in WW II.....

From: 362436 (Ron)
snip

A big uproar happened a couple years ago, when some leftist hippy peace group
wanted to put a memorial up in Santa Fe for the Japanese, and the Bataan
survivors were none too happy about that.
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Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)

Why would anyone want to build a Japanese memorial there? I can see a monument
to the Japanese internees, but a memorial?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

(ArtKramr) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Sorry to burst your bubble, but military retirees such as mechanics,
supply clerks, bombardiers, navigators, engineers, fighter pilots,
WSO's, helicopter and cargo pilots and co-pilots etc. etc. are a dime
a dozen, too.

It's not who you are, it is where you have been and what you've done. Where
have you been and what have you done?

Hiya Art. Just curious, where has your illustrious and imaginary
RAM playmate ("Autocollimator") been hiding these days?

"Your stuff is the most interesting on this NG. You can't beat
being there no matter what. I look for your posts every time
I log on. Keep 'em flying."

-- Art Kramer bragging on himself while posing as "Autocollimator"

Where were you and what did you do? Anything? Anything at all?

You talking to me, or your imaginary playmate "Autocollimator" again?

stop the endless bull****. Where were you and what did you do?. Nothing
that's clear.

The REAL question is: "Where in the world is Autocollimator in San
Diego?"

(B2431) wrote:

From: (Grantland)


Homo sapiens has a mean iq of 70. That's the fact.

Grantland


Better read up on that, grantland. Homo sapien refers to all mankind and the
average is 100.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Nope. You're thinking of sapiens sapiens.

Grantland

(B2431) wrote:

I didn't say a word to you yet you felt the need to say this?

Just thought you should know that this ain't your hometown VFW hall
where old farts like you and Kramer/Autocollimator sit around getting
older and older and better and better.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BFD.

Why would anyone want to build a Japanese memorial there? I can see a
monument
to the Japanese internees, but a memorial?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

I think it was to internees, but the NM Bataan Death March survivors were still
not entirely thrilled


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)

From: Mike Marron


(B2431) wrote:

I didn't say a word to you yet you felt the need to say this?

Just thought you should know that this ain't your hometown VFW hall
where old farts like you and Kramer/Autocollimator sit around getting
older and older and better and better.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BFD.

Just like you I am not a member of VFW. Unlike you I choose not to be, but at
least I have the choice. Jealous? On second thought I don't care.

Have a nice day.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

On 28 Feb 2004 22:45:11 GMT, 362436 (Ron) wrote:

Why would anyone want to build a Japanese memorial there? I can see a
monument
to the Japanese internees, but a memorial?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

I think it was to internees, but the NM Bataan Death March survivors were still
not entirely thrilled

The internees were victims of Japanese aggression, not perpetrators of
it.

--
More blood for oil... in my name!

In article ,
on 28 Feb 2004 20:01:29 GMT,
ArtKramr attempted to say .....


PLONK!



A coward to boot...

--
When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in
variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant.

Mike Marron wrote:

(B2431) wrote:

I didn't say a word to you yet you felt the need to say this?

Just thought you should know that this ain't your hometown VFW hall
where old farts like you and Kramer/Autocollimator sit around getting
older and older and better and better.

Jealous because you don't qualify?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BFD.

As Art said, Where were you and what did you do?

George Ruch
MSgt, USAF, Ret.

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362436 (Ron) wrote:

My last day on active duty at Ft. Knox in 1984, I was walking out of
the US Army Armor and Engineer Board, on the way to drive to the
Officer's Club for a last drink with a friend. An old guy and his
wife (he thought I was an EM because he didn't recognize subdued
insignia) asked me to take a picture of him in front of a static
monument armored vehicle. It turned out that he'd been in the
Philippines in December 1941 in a National Guard tank batallion.
Really nice old guy, and pretty cheerful for somebody who survived the
Bataan Death March....


There were many from here in New Mexico that were at Bataan. NM had a large
number of people there, because of the guard units that were sent there.

The 200th and 515th Anti-Aircraft Artillery. I haven't been to the museum
in Santa Fe yet, but if any of the regulars here are ever in Albuquerque,
there's a quiet memorial in Bataan Memorial Park on Lomas just west of
Carslile.

If you do visit, take the time to count the number of men who didn't make
it home - something like half.

A big uproar happened a couple years ago, when some leftist hippy peace group
wanted to put a memorial up in Santa Fe for the Japanese, and the Bataan
survivors were none too happy about that.

Completely understandable, given the survivors' treatment on the march.

George

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