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janice6 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Eric said: Argue all you want, my Whopper in 1958 was far better than todays. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 NEVER FORGET "This is a mass burial at sea, on the USS Intrepid in 1944 following a kamikaze attack. I've never seen this photo, and I figure most of you probably haven't either. I posted it so people can see, and remember the incredible sacrifices made on our behalf." 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 What is used now for ballast in sea burials? Supposedly in the days of wooden ships and iron men, cast iron cannonballs from weapons inventory were used, but such wouldn’t normally be available today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, railfancwb said: What is used now for ballast in sea burials? Supposedly in the days of wooden ships and iron men, cast iron cannonballs from weapons inventory were used, but such wouldn’t normally be available today. In a life-time of reading about that war I have never seen this photograph. Rather humbling. In regards to the previous posting of the African American aviators...one thing that comes to mind is...as officers...as pilots. They still had to deal with Jim Crow laws that made them use the back door to enter a department store. You can liberate a concentration camp. But have to sit at the back of the bus. We had a lot of growing to do as a nation. Edited May 28, 2020 by Historian 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Historian said: In a life-time of reading about that war I have never seen this photograph. Rather humbling. In regards to the previous posting of the African American aviators...one thing that comes to mind is...as officers...as pilots. They still had to deal with Jim Crow laws that made them use the back door to enter a department store. You can liberate a concentration camp. But have to sit at the back of the bus. We had a lot of growing to do as a nation. I saw this for the first time for me when I reported to my ship in Charleston, SC. I had many experiences that I had trouble understanding at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Historian said: In a life-time of reading about that war I have never seen this photograph. Rather humbling. In regards to the previous posting of the African American aviators...one thing that comes to mind is...as officers...as pilots. They still had to deal with Jim Crow laws that made them use the back door to enter a department store. You can liberate a concentration camp. But have to sit at the back of the bus. We had a lot of growing to do as a nation. My father was in some of the major operations in the Pacific and I remember him briefly speaking of sea burials. He never spoke much about the war but did witness a kamikaze attack on a hospital ship which turned him against the Japanese for the rest of his life. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 5 hours ago, railfancwb said: What is used now for ballast in sea burials? Supposedly in the days of wooden ships and iron men, cast iron cannonballs from weapons inventory were used, but such wouldn’t normally be available today. I was told they used plaster in the area around the feet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, pipedreams said: My father was in some of the major operations in the Pacific and I remember him briefly speaking of sea burials. He never spoke much about the war but did witness a kamikaze attack on a hospital ship which turned him against the Japanese for the rest of his life. I think it was pretty normal for a lot of people to feel that way considering the horror the Japanese brought with WWII. I have read a lot into why they started the war and I think most of them knew...it was all or nothing...and they didn't have much of a chance of winning. They were, however, a hell of a force to recon with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted May 28, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted May 28, 2020 55 minutes ago, Historian said: I think it was pretty normal for a lot of people to feel that way considering the horror the Japanese brought with WWII. I have read a lot into why they started the war and I think most of them knew...it was all or nothing...and they didn't have much of a chance of winning. They were, however, a hell of a force to recon with. I think it goes deeper than that. I think they saw themselves as superior to other races/nationalities and treated them with a cruelty and callousness they would not have inflicted on perceived equals. To some extent, I think that arrogance is still a part of their culture today. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Eric said: I think it goes deeper than that. I think they saw themselves as superior to other races/nationalities and treated them with a cruelty and callousness they would not have inflicted on perceived equals. To some extent, I think that arrogance is still a part of their culture today. That was certainly part of the issue, Eric. Without any doubt. They had for hundreds of years felt they were superior. And yes, i think they still have the arrogance streak within their culture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPTim Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 5/26/2020 at 5:15 PM, janice6 said: Argue all you want, my Whopper in 1958 was far better than todays. My whopper of 1978 was much better than is currently offered. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX OMFS Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Are we talking about hamburgers? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Historian said: That was certainly part of the issue, Eric. Without any doubt. They had for hundreds of years felt they were superior. And yes, i think they still have the arrogance streak within their culture. While all that is certainly true, I give today's Japanese credit for being smart about diversity and that sort of crap we are being fed. They control their immigration carefully and you don't see any Mosque's being built in Japan. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, pipedreams said: While all that is certainly true, I give today's Japanese credit for being smart about diversity and that sort of crap we are being fed. They control their immigration carefully and you don't see any Mosque's being built in Japan. They have tried very hard to preserve their culture. That's for sure. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Historian Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 40 minutes ago, pipedreams said: Festus....(Ken Curtis)....could sing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Somewhere in Great Britain. Note driving on left. Believe the tank with steel skeleton around it is part of a coal gasification plant. Had one in the town where I grew up. Note also the numbers of flue pipes in the chimneys. Shades of Mary Poppins! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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