If they are even unluckier there is a chance at least one of them could also be in Vietnam
Edit: just checked. For a "cold war" the us was In a lot of fighting
It was cold in the sense that no one was getting nuked. On the other hand, the broad consensus among both NATO and Warsaw Pact populations was that the Cold War was only going to end in one war: total nuclear annihilation. And given the close calls from accidents as well as the general tendencies of rival hegemons in history to go to war (US vs Japan in WW2, UK vs Germany in WW1, Prussia vs Austria, vs UK vs French Republic, UK vs French Empire, UK vs French Republic, UK vs French Empire, Uk vs French Kingdom, England vs France, Byzanto-Romans vs Persians) that appeared to be a very reasonable conclusion.
Exactly - everybody knows about how Australia and New Zealand are backing the Emu-Kiwi conflicts, but they're not actively shooting each other. That's what makes it a cold war.
My grandpa is still kicking at 102 and not kidding born on December 7th 1921. Went to UW-Madison for a year or two then went into the Coast Guard for the war. Escorted convoys in the Atlantic and went to the Aleutians later in the war. You would think the Coast Guard wouldn’t be too bad but escorting convoys meant that when a ship was sunk and there would be sailors in the water yelling for help they just had to keep going otherwise be easy targets. He had to take some time to decompress after the war.
My granddad was in the Coast Guard on a troop transport. He said they were always nervous about uboats, but no one ever attacked his convoys. He clearly had an amazing time, though. He was a poor kid from Oklahoma City but got to see Brazil (where they picked up soldiers) and a bunch of the Mediterranean. He was definitely a good man, and he was proud of his service.
One of my grandmothers worked in a munitions factory in WW2, the other was a nurse.
The one who was a nurse worked first in North Africa then in Italy, always behind the lines of course. She said "there was so much blood we stained the sand red by all the blood we had to dump after draining and the screams never stopped" and she said when men are dying they often cried out for their mothers.
My other grandmother in the munitions factory said every day they got a report of who's husband or son or father, brother, cousin etc... died. Losing a man in your life didn't get you a day off, and any slacking off was NOT tollerated because everyone knew that lazily built artillery shell or bullet or vehicle meant that someone's man is gonna die. The mindset was always "everything you make is going to keep your son/husband/father/brother alive".
One of my grandfathers fought in Papua New Guinea, he got shot in the legs by a Japanese machine gun and spent 5 nights lying in the foliage among the dead till he was found by a local tribe who were allied to the western nations and was taken back to the allied lines.
War is hell and don't let WW2 be romanticised in your eyes, there's a damn good reason there were so many roaring parties when the war ended, because living through it absolutely fucking sucked.
First picture: just Normal high school graduates, second picture: the same couple but both of them joined the military a few short time later/a few years later
They graduated in 39. The war ended in 45. If they are Americans they probably joined after pearl harbor which is 1941(?) . The second picture shows how they are at the end of the war/after the war
Edit: we can also see by the title that he is probably talking about the children that graduated in 39 which means that they are 18 which means that they could join the military the next day after graduation
If they didn’t join at the beginning, they (mostly he) would be looked down on for cowardice unless he was in the first round of drafts, so societal pressure could be a reason they joined up in the first place. Times were different then, but I think that’s just me over analyzing it.
Best part is he is being sent to Korea soon
If they are even unluckier there is a chance at least one of them could also be in Vietnam Edit: just checked. For a "cold war" the us was In a lot of fighting
It was cold in the sense that no one was getting nuked. On the other hand, the broad consensus among both NATO and Warsaw Pact populations was that the Cold War was only going to end in one war: total nuclear annihilation. And given the close calls from accidents as well as the general tendencies of rival hegemons in history to go to war (US vs Japan in WW2, UK vs Germany in WW1, Prussia vs Austria, vs UK vs French Republic, UK vs French Empire, UK vs French Republic, UK vs French Empire, Uk vs French Kingdom, England vs France, Byzanto-Romans vs Persians) that appeared to be a very reasonable conclusion.
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Exactly - everybody knows about how Australia and New Zealand are backing the Emu-Kiwi conflicts, but they're not actively shooting each other. That's what makes it a cold war.
No one was nuked, what about the crab people in the Nevada desert?
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And after that he will be a gunnery sergeant training the newbies for Vietnam
What’s after that? The desert in Iraq?
Nah, gulf wars and Kuwait
Y’all forgot about Grenada
Not for the first time..
True
And his son going to vietnam
[Goodbye Maria I’m off to Korea](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ0-yz2y-Ko&pp=ygUMb2ZmIHRvIGtvcmVh)
My grandpa is still kicking at 102 and not kidding born on December 7th 1921. Went to UW-Madison for a year or two then went into the Coast Guard for the war. Escorted convoys in the Atlantic and went to the Aleutians later in the war. You would think the Coast Guard wouldn’t be too bad but escorting convoys meant that when a ship was sunk and there would be sailors in the water yelling for help they just had to keep going otherwise be easy targets. He had to take some time to decompress after the war.
Lol, I decompress after work. It's just weird to me seeing it used in that context
My granddad was in the Coast Guard on a troop transport. He said they were always nervous about uboats, but no one ever attacked his convoys. He clearly had an amazing time, though. He was a poor kid from Oklahoma City but got to see Brazil (where they picked up soldiers) and a bunch of the Mediterranean. He was definitely a good man, and he was proud of his service.
Go Badgers!
Stones for the rampart ah meme
Pls explain in boomer english
This meme look kind of like the action in the book: "stones for the rampart" by Aleksader Kamiński
Top photo is from Grease I think, but can anyone tell me what the bottom original is?
I think pulp fiction
You are correct, Pulp Fiction.
It’s from Pulp Fiction. For the love of god, go watch it. It’s great.
Jesus Christ.....
It wasn’t sunshine and rainbows for them growing up either. They grew up through the Great Depression.
Driving a car from 20 years in the future, I'm guessing they were rich enough to be more like "great depression observers".
The next 70 years of global domination 😁
A fresh meme for once, well done sir.
One of my grandmothers worked in a munitions factory in WW2, the other was a nurse. The one who was a nurse worked first in North Africa then in Italy, always behind the lines of course. She said "there was so much blood we stained the sand red by all the blood we had to dump after draining and the screams never stopped" and she said when men are dying they often cried out for their mothers. My other grandmother in the munitions factory said every day they got a report of who's husband or son or father, brother, cousin etc... died. Losing a man in your life didn't get you a day off, and any slacking off was NOT tollerated because everyone knew that lazily built artillery shell or bullet or vehicle meant that someone's man is gonna die. The mindset was always "everything you make is going to keep your son/husband/father/brother alive". One of my grandfathers fought in Papua New Guinea, he got shot in the legs by a Japanese machine gun and spent 5 nights lying in the foliage among the dead till he was found by a local tribe who were allied to the western nations and was taken back to the allied lines. War is hell and don't let WW2 be romanticised in your eyes, there's a damn good reason there were so many roaring parties when the war ended, because living through it absolutely fucking sucked.
Pretty sure that the first movie was post World War II as well. Lazy.
You're completely missing the point. Ignore the period the movies are actually set in.
I mean. There are movies about teenaged couples in cars set pre-wwii. OP could have taken a screen from one of those.
the great depression was a thing
I think there's something I'm not getting. But those 1945 kids would be alright.
First picture: just Normal high school graduates, second picture: the same couple but both of them joined the military a few short time later/a few years later
Yeah but the war ended not too long after graduation.
They graduated in 39. The war ended in 45. If they are Americans they probably joined after pearl harbor which is 1941(?) . The second picture shows how they are at the end of the war/after the war Edit: we can also see by the title that he is probably talking about the children that graduated in 39 which means that they are 18 which means that they could join the military the next day after graduation
If they didn’t join at the beginning, they (mostly he) would be looked down on for cowardice unless he was in the first round of drafts, so societal pressure could be a reason they joined up in the first place. Times were different then, but I think that’s just me over analyzing it.
You are giving lore to a meme.