Wish I could have fought in WWII...

I cannot even begin to imagine the physical and psycological torture any field of conflict could be. I feel blessed that so many did so much for us all in ww2 but would certainly never want to put myself back there and then. Dont get me wrong, should there ever be a need for me to step up to the patriotic plate Id be there. I visit the D Day beaches every year to tour the beaches and museums and in my own little way pay my respects to all who gave everything.

 

You may be interested ,if you haven't already,in checking out this thread on the subject,

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/24222-soldier-strips-romance-out-life-war.html

 

Thanks for the link JCFalkenberg III, extremely poinient for this thread.

 

You are welcome .

 

Fighting in WW2 could possibly be rather unpleasant.

 

Awww, don't say that, it had it's fun moments...


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Surely there aint enough bread in that toaster to go round that lot...

 

I wish I was a Soviet Soldier during Operation Barbarossa!

I wish I was a Japanese soldier in Iwo Jima!

I wish I was a Chinese soldier in Nanking!

I wish I was a German soldier in Berlin!

 

And there was me thinking the Genie only gave you three wishes

 

And amazingly enough the odds of winding up DEAD or captured are almost pretty good .

Originally Posted by Wolfy
I wish I was a Soviet Soldier during Operation Barbarossa! = dead or captured

I wish I was a Japanese soldier in Iwo Jima! = dead or captured

I wish I was a Chinese soldier in Nanking! = dead or catured

I wish I was a German soldier in Berlin! = dead or captured

 

What an understatement. Once again I refer to this thread.

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/24222-soldier-strips-romance-out-life-war.html

 

I don't understand what this, ah, 'poem' is about.

 

"War Is Delightful To Those Who Have Not Experienced It"-Erasmus

 

Until you've been to like your 10th "rodeo" the "BONG! BONG! BONG! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE IN COMPARTMENT ONE TACK ONE OH SIX TACK TWO LIMA! AWAY THE FLYING SQUAD AWAY!" at two in the morining is nothing to sneeze at.
War or not, shipboard damage control is a scary, dangerous business when it is for real. Been there done that. Fires, flooding, you name it.
A boring watch turns into a cluster @#$%@#% in an instant when half the plant goes down and you have 22 birds in the air and there's now nowhere to land at two in the morning.
For naval forces war is the same as peace. You fight like you train. And, the only way to train is to steam at sea alot. The best navies in WW 2 and today or, for that matter 200 years ago spent their time at sea.

 

there is no way I would ever want to fight in that great war

 

you said it brother!

 

They didn't have AK-47s in WWII . Sounds like another videogame player. I suggest you read you read up on what the war was really like and you might want to try using spell check too BTW.

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/24222-soldier-strips-romance-out-life-war.html

 

AHH! WW11 raises it's ugly head once more

 

No kidding. So far as my memory goes there were only two so far LOL. WW I and WW II. LOL. Looks like this newbie is the most bloodthirsty so far.