Posted on Jul 18, 2015

Have you ever thought about the many ways that World War II changed America?

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Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country. What they didn’t know was just how much or for how long.

In that last wartime summer of 1945, the seeds of a new America had been sown. Not just postwar America — the Baby Boom, the Cold War, the Affluent Society, the sprawling suburbs — but the one in which we live today.

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PO3 David Fries

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A different war, a different world. The country has only come together once as Americans since. It would be nice to see that happen again without a national tragedy.

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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad

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Agreed PO3 David Fries!

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PO3 (Join to see)

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it actually come together once .... 9/12 after 911. but it soon disappear fast.

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SSG Sean Gallagher

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It made America a global super power and thank God it happened when it did. Great leadership, brass balls and character. Some men committed suicide because they couldn't serve. A different time.

I would like to see how Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton would have dealt with today's Army and political climate. I believe that if they had led us in to the GWOT the fight would have been over years ago, and ISIS would not exist. God bless our greatest generation.

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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad

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It was definitely another time, another place SSG Sean Gallagher ...

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SN Greg Wright

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SSG Sean Gallagher Hell, you don't have to go that far back, even: The Gipper would have done for ISIS, too, make no mistake. GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad

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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad

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Perhaps SN Greg Wright but even that was another time, another place. Our leaders today don't have the backbone that they did back in the old days ...

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SN Greg Wright

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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad - No argument here, Gunny.

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MAJ Ken Landgren

Posted 9 y ago

I can imagine the sadness as broken hearts filled the previous, current, and future generations. Hearts that could never be fixed.

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