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ns de quincy la us air force chief master sgt ret 30 y stanley t wojeski amsterdam ny us navy uss midway electricians mate ever have one of those monday mornings share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print like loading posted in first hand accounts uncategorized wwii 134 comments tags 1940 s art history japan japanese soldiers military military history pacific pacific war poetry travel tributes world war ii writing ww2 wwii you could have heard a pin drop jun 30 posted by gp once upon a time when our politicians didn t tend to apologize for our country s prior actions here s a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comment about america jfk s secretary of state dean rusk was in france in the early 60 s when degaulle decided to pull out of nato degaulle said he wanted all u s military out of france as soon as possible rusk responded does that include those who are buried here degaulle did not respond you could have heard a pin drop when in england at a fairly large conference colin powell was asked by the archbishop of canterbury if our plans for iraq were just an example of empire building by george bush powell replied over the years the united states has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders the only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return you could have heard a pin drop there was a conference in france where a number of international engineers were taking part including french and american during a break one of the french engineers came back into the room saying have you heard the latest dumb stunt bush has done he has sent an aircraft carrier to indonesia to help the tsunami victims what does he intend to do bomb them a boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3 000 people 3 meals a day they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck we have eleven such ships how many does france have you could have heard a pin drop a u s navy admiral was attending a naval conference that included admirals from the u s english canadian australian and french navies at a cocktail reception he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries everyone was chatting away in english as they sipped their drinks but a french admiral suddenly complained that whereas europeans learn many languages americans learn only english he then asked why is it that we always have to speak english in these conferences rather than speaking french without hesitating the american admiral replied maybe it s because the brit s canadians aussies and americans arranged it so you wouldn t have to speak german you could have heard a pin drop and of course the meme that brought all this back into my memory the story of robert whiting when he was 83 patriotism should never go out of style may you all have a respectful and happy 4th of july more quotes farewell salutes bernard e ames mooreshead nc us air force ret 20 y joe don baker groesbeck tx us army actor jerome p bushmaker lena wi us navy vietnam uss midway coral sea flight mechanic michael t durr covington ky us navy vietnam desert storm senior chief ret 21 y uss midway mobile bay henry f festa e boston ma us army vietnam bronze star purple heart peter j gaskin iii ny us navy vietnam captain ret 30 y silver star bronze star uss stickel swenson england meyerkord david r hillman glasgow mt us navy hanger deck crew uss ticonderoga midway anthony konze brooklyn ny us army korea cpl 12325352 co c 1 23 2nd infantry division kia nk peter lax hungary nyc ny civilian wwii applied mathematician us atomic calculations dept edward e leonard greenfield ma us navy captain ret 30 y dds uss everglades naval medical research james m speth marble hill mo us army vietnam msgt ret 23 y don whitton usa usmc vietnam sgt radioman sgt grit grunt com share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print like loading posted in post wwii uncategorized 153 comments tags family history history home front military military history patriotism quotes tributes usa veterans world war ii wwii from munitions to mass consumption america after wwii jun 23 posted by gp in late 1940 for the united states to serve as the arsenal of democracy american industry had stepped up to meet the challenge u s factories built to mass produce automobiles had retooled to churn out airplanes engines guns and other supplies at unprecedented rates at the peak of its war effort in late 1943 and early 1944 the united states was manufacturing almost as many munitions as all of its allies and enemies combined on the home front the massive mobilization effort during world war ii had put americans back to work unemployment which had reached 25 percent during the great depression and hovered at 14 6 percent in 1939 had dropped to 1 2 by 1944 still a record low in the nation s history bendix ad 1947 with the war wrapping up and millions of men and women in uniform scheduled to return home the nation s military focused economy wasn t necessarily prepared to welcome them back as arthur herman wrote in his book freedom s forge how american business produced victory in world war ii u s businesses at the time were still geared around producing tanks and planes not clapboard houses and refrigerators veterans had no trouble finding jobs according to herman u s factories that had proven so essential to the war effort quickly mobilized for peacetime rising to meet the needs of consumers who had been encouraged to save up their money in preparation for just such a post war boom with the war finally over american consumers were eager to spend their money on everything from big ticket items like homes cars and furniture to appliances clothing shoes and everything else in between u s factories answered their call beginning with the automobile industry new car sales quadrupled between 1945 and 1955 and by the end of the 1950s some 75 of american households owned at least one car in 1965 the nation s automobile industry reached its peak producing 11 1 million new cars trucks and buses and accounting for one out of every six american jobs levittown ny 1947 residential construction companies also mobilized to capitalize on a similar surge in housing demand as federal housing administration fha loans and the gi bill gave many but not all returning veterans the ability to buy a home companies like levitt son based in new york found success applying the mass production techniques of the auto industry to home building between 1946 and the early 1960s levitt son built three residential communities including more than 17 000 homes finishing as many as 30 houses per day studebaker 1946 new home buyers needed appliances to fill those homes and companies like frigidaire a division of general motors responded to that need during the war frigidaire s assembly lines had transitioned to building machine guns and b 29 propeller assemblies after the war the brand expanded its home appliance business introducing revolutionary products like clothes washers and dryers dishwashers and garbage disposals frigidaire 1946 driven by growing consumer demand as well as the continuing expansion of the military industrial complex as the cold war ramped up the united states reached new heights of prosperity in the years after world war ii click on images to enlarge military humor home front style i understand you ve been riveting in you name and address housing shortage or no housing shortage that s going too far farewell salutes land of the free because of people like these elery w albertson san bernardino ca us army cpl charles d barbour new haven ct us army gary d belcher bald knob wv us air force vietnam dfc bronze star signal corps air intel security russian linguist cryptanalyst marthe cohn 105 metz fra french resistance wwii eto nurse spy vaughn drake 106 lexington ky us army wwii pto engineer pearl harbor survivor saipan douglas w dyke brooklyn ny us navy vietnam uss midway enterprise machinist mate howard l hasselkaus elmore oh us army wwii pto sgt pow dwc cabanatuan camp luzon grave 807 jerry a morgan independence mo us navy vietnam uss midway jay w north jr los angeles ca us navy uss iwo jima dixie actor william c sharp monroe nj us navy uss midway leyte landing signal officer ken stevens 102 powers or us navy wwii pto uss whitney share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print like loading posted in home front post wwii smitty wwii 145 comments tags 1940 s after wwii family history history home front humor military military history nostalgia usa vietnam war vintage wwii beer and the military wwii jun 16 posted by gp during wwi the u s struggled to supply the comforts of home to the doughboys the red cross and various other groups helped but it wasn t enough during wwii the u s government was determined to do a better job and reserved a certain percentage of comfort items such as beer and cigarettes for the servicemen service members could buy such items along with gum pop candy books etc at a px when feasible small mobile pxs were set up sometimes in the back of jeeps to supply such items to those on or near the front breweries were required to set aside a 15 of their production for military use the prohibitionists were still around and active and tried to convince the military to ban alcoholic beverages totally instead the military supplied only 3 2 beer to servicemen instead of the 4 7 alcohol content theoretically servicemen could not get drunk on 3 2 beer but obviously the person who said that never saw the px after a long desert march not every brewer made the 3 2 being as it had to made separately during the war the military used both bottles and cans to send beer overseas cans were lighter more compact and didn t break as easily as the bottles but while both glass and metal were rationed bottles were somewhat easier to replace than cans so both were used this slideshow requires javascript at first the breweries used cans with the same labels as the pre war cans all they did was change the tax statement on the label to indicate that the relevant taxes were not applicable the new statement read withdrawn free of internal revenue tax for exportation in 1944 the military switched to olive drab cans apparently in an effort to make the cans more uniform in appearance the u s began to ease rationing restrictions in late 1945 although it took several years to eliminate all rationing and price controls beer cans became available for civilian use again in early 1947 cab companies began advertising that the cans are back beer had long been more popular in the u s than ale schaefer had been the first brewery to introduce lager beer to the u s in the mid 19th century by the early 20th century only new england drinkers still preferred ale to beer after wwii new england tastes switched to match the rest of the country it is supposed that the returning servicemen developed a taste for beer during the war the government did not supply much ale as the alcohol content is usually higher in ale than in beer article first appeared in the voice of the angels t he 11th a b division association newspaper click on images to enlarge shout out military humor farewell salutes david r annan henderson nz rnz navy chief petty officer ret nz708745 rodney j baker russellville ar usmc vietnam william t brothers columbia mo us navy vietnam chief petty officer ret 20 y uss midway clarence chastain morton s gap ky us army 11th airborne division william l coleman 100 jaffrey nh us army air corps wwii lt p 47 pilot james e davis bloomfield ia us navy uss midway clarence e gibbs charlotte nc us army air corps wwii eto sgt 34607086 b 17g top turret gunner 368bs 306bg 1st bombardment division 8th air force pow kwc bingen ger lawrence e himburg cincinnati oh us army 11th airborne division mel losoya woodland ca us navy uss midway steven ludi las vegas nv us navy uss ranger midway jouett constellation gerald e thomas shawnee ks us navy uss midway personnelman edward c zuke blossburg pa us navy uss midway just what the heck day is it share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized wwii 127 comments tags 1940 s air force army beer history humor marines military military history navy veterans ww2 wwii send in the old guys jun 9 posted by gp please remember throughout this post it is meant to be humorous don t anyone be offended have fun with it i am over 60 and the armed forces thinks i m too old to track down terrorists you can t be older than 42 to join the military but they ve got the whole thing backwards instead of sending 18 year olds off to fight they ought to take us old guys you shouldn t be able to join the military until you re at least 35 for starters researchers say 18 year olds think about sex every ten seconds old guys only think about sex a couple of times a month leaving us more than 280 000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy young guys haven t lived long enough to be cranky and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier my back hurts i can t sleep i m tired and hungry we re bad tempered and impatient and maybe letting us kill some terrorist a hole that desperately wants to go to paradise anyway will make us feel better and shut us up for a while an 18 year old doesn t even like to get up before 10 a m old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell beside like i said i m tired and can t sleep and since i m up already i may as well be up killing some fanatical sob if captured we couldn t spill the beans because we d forget where we put them in fact name rank and serial number would a real brain teaser boot camp would be easier for old guys we re used to getting screamed and yelled at and we re used to soft food we ve also developed an appreciation for guns we ve been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house and away from all the screaming and yelling they could lighten up the obstacle course however i ve been in combat and never saw a single 20 foot wall with a rope hanging over the side nor did i ever do push ups aft...