100-year-old World War II veteran nails what is wrong with current-day Americans in tearful guidance: 'People don’t realize what they have'

[pipedreams]

"Carl Spurlin Dekel survived World War II, but he is extremely concerned about the current state of the United States.

Dekel – who recently celebrated his 100th birthday – was outspoken about how the direction of the country is seemingly going in the wrong direction.

Dekel told WTVT, “People don’t realize what they have. The things we did and the things we fought for and the boys that died for it, it’s all gone down the drain.”

The tearful decorated WWII marine stated, "We haven’t got the country we had when I was raised, not at all. Nobody will have the fun I had. Nobody will have the opportunity I had. It’s just not the same and that’s not what our boys, that’s not what they died for."

Dekel delivered a pearl of wisdom, "You just remember everything’s beautiful and live every day to the fullest. Just enjoy everything you possibly can. And here I sit at 100. They tell me I'm 100. I don't believe it sometimes. Because I don't need to worry about age. I'm not going to, I just keep on keeping on.""

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"Dekel – who went to war in September 1940 – said, "They shipped me straight out to Guantánamo, which was a Navy base, and put me in a machine gun company."

"We were scared all the time. I don't care what anybody says. We were vulnerable all the time, since Pearl Harbor, particularly," he recalled.

The Silver Star-awarded soldier said, "It was an honor for me to serve my country and if I had to do it again and I was the same age. I would do it. I guarantee you.""

 

Watch it on YouTube

https://youtu.be/wcnQJd_XRQQ

 

[Borg warner]

"People don’t realize what they have. The things we did and the things we fought for and the boys that died for it, it’s all gone down the drain.”

My dad was a WWII veteran and lived to be 90 and would be 102 this December and if he were alive today he'd be saying the same thing. He was an aeronautical engineer and back in the 50's and early sixties he worked with men who had escaped from Eastern bloc Communist countries and often invited them to have diner with us so they could tell us kids about what it was like to live under Communism.

It's too bad more people my age were never taught those lessons.

 

[railfancwb]

A classic homily about business:

Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations.

Seems to apply to nations also. 

[janice6]

9 hours ago, pipedreams said:

"Carl Spurlin Dekel survived World War II, but he is extremely concerned about the current state of the United States.

Dekel – who recently celebrated his 100th birthday – was outspoken about how the direction of the country is seemingly going in the wrong direction.

Dekel told WTVT, “People don’t realize what they have. The things we did and the things we fought for and the boys that died for it, it’s all gone down the drain.”

The tearful decorated WWII marine stated, "We haven’t got the country we had when I was raised, not at all. Nobody will have the fun I had. Nobody will have the opportunity I had. It’s just not the same and that’s not what our boys, that’s not what they died for."

Dekel delivered a pearl of wisdom, "You just remember everything’s beautiful and live every day to the fullest. Just enjoy everything you possibly can. And here I sit at 100. They tell me I'm 100. I don't believe it sometimes. Because I don't need to worry about age. I'm not going to, I just keep on keeping on.""

https://www.theblaze.com/news/wwii-veteran-advice-americans?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220705SponsoredTrending-RevelationMedia&utm_term=ACTIVE LIST - TheBlaze Breaking News

"Dekel – who went to war in September 1940 – said, "They shipped me straight out to Guantánamo, which was a Navy base, and put me in a machine gun company."

"We were scared all the time. I don't care what anybody says. We were vulnerable all the time, since Pearl Harbor, particularly," he recalled.

The Silver Star-awarded soldier said, "It was an honor for me to serve my country and if I had to do it again and I was the same age. I would do it. I guarantee you.""

 

Watch it on YouTube

https://youtu.be/wcnQJd_XRQQ

 

I didn't do much during my service, but I would recommend it to anyone.  Not now though.