I'm not surprised,,, My daughter is about 35 now,, when she was in 8th or 9th grade ,, she and a couple other girls were supposed to make up an African dance ,, for Social Studies , or history class , whatever it was. I asked her if she knew what Pearl Harbor was ,, she said ,, shyly ,, it's that Movie , ain't it ? They're not teaching history anymore Johnnbb ,,, I think it's part of them " Rules to create a Socilist State" ,, I don't think these kids today were taught our history.
Absolutely correct that would lead to patriotism and love of country and that is not what these liberal teachers in government schools want
Teach your children well! This summer my Great-Nephew showed an interest in history, and I jumped at the chance to teach him some, cause I'm the history guy. We have started out with the history of American Indians and will soon be moving on to the history of the White explorers, traders, trappers, pioneers, settlers and westward expansion. Hopefully, we will have time to get to my area of expertise, the War of Northern Aggression. or the War Between the Americans and the Yankees (aka the Civil War). I have gone whole hog, I have purchased books and movies, doing research, and planning lessons and field trips. History is one of those subjects that they either try to make boring or don't teach.
Congrats to you on helping to teach our history to someone that really wants to know it ,, that is a special kid ,, worth every second of time you can give him .
When I went to Normandy, specifically Omaha beach, I was stunned and thinking back about it, I am still stunned. I don't know if I could have done it, better men than me, that's for sure.
I too have stood at the beaches and wondered if I had what it took to do what all those men did back then! It's humbling to stand there looking from waters edge and then standing at the old gun emplacements and imagining the days chaos. Imagining all the ships shelling the beaches and then the cliffs and bunkers while bombers were dropping bombs all over just outside the reach of the Naval guns, truly beyond the mind's grasp! True heros everyone who stepped off those boats and into the meat hrinder and tried to make it off the beaches! I taught my boys, with lots of help from my grand dad and my own dad, gramps lived it, and dad is subject expert on it, my boys loved learning it all, like big sponges, they soaked it all up and begged for more! My niece and nephew are now at that age and they have both been asking, so it's time to pass on that knowledge so they know and can appreciate what they have and how they get to keep it!
Too many teachers, especially history teachers, oversimplify and dumb down what I think is an exciting and important subject. It's the story of us, where we came from, how we got here, and maybe where we are going. Today, history is too often taught to make students ashamed of their country, culture, society, religion, family, and ultimately of themselves. Political correctness and history do not go together!
I have a heart wrenching story about WW-II history forgotten, my Dad's half brother, the uncle I never got to meet, who served aboard the mighty battleship U.S.S New Mexico, through the The entire war, then died in 47! I have a massive collection of his personal things, all historically important, and yet nobody, not even the U.S. Navy wants any of it, photos, ships official news papers, official documents and more then 4 years worth of personal logs and a sort of diary that tells all about ships life through out the war, it's incredible the amount of history he collected and put together, and now, outside myself and close family, nobody knows anything about it, and worst, nobody cares! The stories and lived experiences of that ship and it's crew deserve to be remembered, it's stories told so that future generations can know what it was like, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and what it was like to live and serve aboard one of histories finest battleships during war! This is history I want my son's to know, my two grand children, and my niece and nephew, to know they are related to a few heros who put everything they had on the line to make this country safe and keep it that way for us all!
Is there a local library or museum that might want this collection? They could preserve it for future generations, and your family could still have access to it. Remember, someday it will all crumble into dust. Also, too many veterans out there are reluctant to talk about their service for a variety of reasons, all bad. You don't have to talk about details that were and still are painful, but there was more to your service than that. Some people don't know that a parent was even in the military until they have to drive them to the VA for medical treatment. I know a guy whose father served in WW2 in the submarine service and had always planned to write an account of his experiences and the boats he had served on, but dementia robbed the old vet of his memories before he had a chance. Unless you belong in jail or in front of a firing squad TALK! PLEASE! Even if you just stayed in the rear with the gear, TALK ABOUT IT!
That's really sad , in my opinion . Those men from 1940 -45 were the most patriotic ,, couragous men this country has seen since 1775 ,,, This is not to discount the battles you and your brothers fought 60+ yrs later Mr Ura-ki ,, my little short spurt in a shithole country,, showed me what heros are made of ,, and what they are willing to give up for their country . I know of a few guys that should have made it home ,, instead of me ,,, but who wants to listen to those stories ?? Reminds me of an old saying ,,, something like this ,,, " For those that have fought for it ,,life has a flavor the protected shall never know " ,,, while I personally know a few guys that met their fate upon the battle field ,, I think about them every day ,, and know that other than me, and a few other guys , scattered across the country ,, ,, their family members are the only ones that remember these men ,,, To all veterans,, past , present, and future,, thank you for your sacrifices ,, no matter how small they are . That being said ,,, very few civilians understand exactly what the sacrifices are that our men and women are willing to give for them .
Ura-Ki, that information needs to be shared. If no one wants to take it, use it to write a book. You can self-publish it, then it is available for many, who might not even know about it otherwise.
This is something Dad and I have spoken about a few times, the big question is HOW do we write it so that people would want to read it? We don't really fancy the 3rd person view, nor do we want to see a day by day account, for that we could just publish the diary, no, it has to flow and make sense and be worth reading. Other then that, we are prepared to keep all his belonging, we have already started a sort of display case to put it all in so folks can see and ask questions, just need to figure out how big to make it and all that!
Not directly, it's a part of a greater museum to the state rather then just the ship, and they already said they were not interested, that they had enough artifacts! The U.S Naval historical society was interested for a while, but after reviewing what we have, decided they didn't need any of it!
