Name Change of Holiday

[M-61]

I was always pleased they dropped Armistice Day and changed to Veterans Day. The War to end all wars didn't work out (in fact was directly responsible through idiocy for all of wars to follow, even had to start numbering them)
Veterans Day honors all veterans living and dead, not a particular moment in time which turned out to be a fairy tale.
Surely I was not a fan of the show M*A*S*H (if you ever were sent to Zama Japan during VietNam War and are reading this you are blessed for sure) but there was an exchange between Hawkeye and Father Mulcahy that I thought deserves repeating:

Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

 

[TAJ45]

Even though Alda is one of the Princes of the Order of Bleeding, Socialist Hearts, WHOEVER wrote those lines was spot on.

 

[M-61]

Princes of the Order of Bleeding,

Perfect.....never heard it put that way before. I guess one might say as a result of the Korean War (which he had no part of or any other war) things worked out just fine for him.

 

[TAJ45]

Seems like I have read that "It raIns on the just awa the unjust".

 

[Willie]

I was always pleased they dropped Armistice Day and changed to Veterans Day. The War to end all wars didn't work out (in fact was directly responsible through idiocy for all of wars to follow, even had to start numbering them)
Veterans Day honors all veterans living and dead, not a particular moment in time which turned out to be a fairy tale.
Surely I was not a fan of the show M*A*S*H (if you ever were sent to Zama Japan during VietNam War and are reading this you are blessed for sure) but there was an exchange between Hawkeye and Father Mulcahy that I thought deserves repeating:

Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

I spent 45 days in 249th General Hospital in Japan before sent stateside. I don't believe it was Zama though.

 

[M-61]

249th General Hospital

That was Camp Drake.
Far more importantly I am happy you are reading this!!

 

[Willie]

That was Camp Drake.
Far more importantly I am happy you are reading this!!

I'm pretty happy to be here myself, thank you.

 

[Old Tanker]

Thanks for the post. Three great reads that will reinforce these quotes are the books on WW2, in the “Liberation Trilogy” by Rick Atkinson. Best written history of WW2 I have every read. Atkinson writes in a narrative style that is easy to read.

 

[pirate ammo]

Then turn around and read Treblinka. Shows part of why we were there.

 

[Cecil S.]

JMHO....There is a huge separation between actors and actual war fighters. Actors play a role based on a script and should keep there mouth shut.