tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post670036572408905888..comments2024-03-16T19:27:07.142-04:00Comments on Ol'Buzzard's World View: NEW BEGINNINGSOl'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-68458502959090074532016-09-10T15:06:27.881-04:002016-09-10T15:06:27.881-04:00and then there are WWII vets like my daddy who nev...and then there are WWII vets like my daddy who never joined VFW or wore a jacket proclaiming his service ...or a cap...when I asked him he said there was nothing heroic about what we did..doing your duty is not heroic..and no one else cares anyhow.. he passed in 1982 before the gungo ho parade began. I'm pretty sure it would have pissed him off..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-88018713582078550032016-09-10T10:40:20.314-04:002016-09-10T10:40:20.314-04:00I see jadedj went to Oklahoma Cook School. Unlike ...I see jadedj went to Oklahoma Cook School. Unlike him I was never gungho, hunglo or any of that shit. The only reason I served was to avoid the draft. If I knew then what I know now, I'd be speaking Canadian, eh!!<br /><br />On your thing about wearing caps with the military stuff. I have an older cousin that wears a cap that says WWII Vet. People are always coming up to him and saying, "Thank you for your service." Don't know if that's the reason why he wears it or not.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-28236970045834908092016-09-10T06:23:06.984-04:002016-09-10T06:23:06.984-04:00Yes, we are many people over the course of a lifet...Yes, we are many people over the course of a lifetime. Sometimes I liked who I was and sometimes I did not. Love the picturesThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-87626619875714970192016-09-09T18:35:07.723-04:002016-09-09T18:35:07.723-04:00Oh yeah, the whole veteran thing...I too am a vet,...Oh yeah, the whole veteran thing...I too am a vet, and from the same era as you. But, I was very different person then. During those years, I was eaten up with patriotism and false bravado...to the extreme of going off to OCS, gung-ho dumb fuck that I was (the result of way too many John Wayne movies in my young life, I suspect). I'm not ashamed of my "call to duty", but I don't dwell on it either. <br /><br />I once went with a friend to an American Legion post he was a member of. I'm pretty sure he had in mind to get me to join. What I saw was, at that time middle age guys, sitting around rehashing their exploits as soldiers in the good ol' days. The thing that I find strange is, I clearly recall many, many, many guys bitching about how fucked up the army was at the time they were in it...and they couldn't wait to be rid of it. So now they fucking love and miss it? You're right...they're stuck in the past, as you say, this was the highlight of their lives...and it apexed at 19, 20, 21 years old! Sad indeed. Many of these guys are the "Make Amurica Great Again" bunh, I think.<br /><br />As to the other parts of my life...my conclusion, I have lived several different lives and been different people. When people ask me, what did you do before you retired, I answer with, what decade are you talking about?<br /><br />Great post Ol'B!<br /><br />jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-26135961974082443452016-09-09T14:43:44.100-04:002016-09-09T14:43:44.100-04:00Your thoughts do have merit and one can tell that ...Your thoughts do have merit and one can tell that you stated them without malice...my husband is a veteran. Sad that wars will never go away...and old soldiers just fade away~<br /><br />JanJFMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021461504951465311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-20692876634602606852016-09-09T12:20:35.177-04:002016-09-09T12:20:35.177-04:00I agree with your statements at the 87.95309% leve...I agree with your statements at the 87.95309% level. I see you are a wise paddler because you are WEARING your PFD.Barney, The Old Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242837062100545160noreply@blogger.com