Memorial Day Open Thread

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:08 PM

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1 Happy memorial day!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 12:08 PM (JMAcK)

2 And I know some don't like people saying that.

In which case, have a somber memorial day as you prefer.

I think you can do both- after all, a peaceful life here is what they sacrificed for.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (JMAcK)

3 1

Posted by: Black Draught at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (V5BDR)

4 God bless those who have given their lives for this country, and may He comfort those left behind. Help us to be His hands and feet in these tasks.

Thanks Ace, the picture is lovely and heartbreaking at the same time.

Posted by: Moki at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (wLjpr)

5 Turns out there were a lot of interesting creative designs submitted to the Eisenhower administration for the very short lived 49 star US flag.

https://tinyurl.com/ytf3fwzj

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 27, 2024 12:12 PM (dg+HA)

6
I wonder who maintains the grounds at that cemetery? A lot of weed-whacking needed every week.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (RKVpM)

7 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (19o7O)

8 Watched "Saving Private Ryan" on Paramount yesterday. Seems they cut the scene where Mellish is showing his Star of David to German captives and saying "Juden, Juden". Triggering, I guess. Pissed me off.

Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (AwYPR)

9 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

So many sent...so many never came home. God bless their memory and may we always be thankful for their sacrifice.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 12:14 PM (bvWAj)

10
Our promised rains are finally arriving, and providing what for this year would be a fitting atmosphere for this somber day.

Thank you, those who gave their all. We have much to do to demonstrate that we were worthy of your sacrifices.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2024 12:14 PM (xG4kz)

11 Morning.
Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (19o7O)

Fake news!

Posted by: Eastern Daylight Time at May 27, 2024 12:14 PM (OguvZ)

12 I hope those who gave their lives are never forgotten

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 12:15 PM (fwDg9)

13 Afternoon Ace. Band of Brothers is on AMC. IMHO the best TV ever made

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 27, 2024 12:16 PM (wu1+q)

14 I wonder who maintains the grounds at that cemetery? A lot of weed-whacking needed every week.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (RKVpM)

National Cemetery is part of the VA.

I assume they also maintain the overseas cemeteries.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:16 PM (fWQhY)

15 Congressional Medal Of Honor recipients:

https://www.cmohs.org/recipients

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 12:16 PM (XkYcA)

16 That cemetary is too Christian and that's not very inclusive.

And the headstones are white because it's a market of WHITE SUPREMACY! We need headstones of color.

And where are the women? We need more women in those graves!

Memorial Day racial and gender equity now!!!!

Posted by: Some Shithead Leftist at May 27, 2024 12:16 PM (19o7O)

17 G-D bless those that gave everything.

Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at May 27, 2024 12:16 PM (hXnM1)

18 D-Day? You're welcome.

Posted by: The Patriarchy at May 27, 2024 12:18 PM (dg+HA)

19 I wonder who maintains the grounds at that cemetery? A lot of weed-whacking needed every week.
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In the British Commonwealth, it's the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

https://tinyurl.com/4dtxa3kp

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 12:18 PM (ZdexC)

20 I’ve been there. Very powerful.
My suggestion is go in the off season, Nov-March. Few if any Asian tour buses rolling up with selfie takers.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:18 PM (tpjlM)

21 Didn't know a local guy was killed in Vietnam until the ceremony today. He is on the Washington memorial wall

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 12:19 PM (fwDg9)

22 Dragging from the last thread...
Liberace was ghey?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (ZV+pB)

queer as a $3 bill
Posted by: BignJames

Queer as Liberace's hairdresser.
Queer as a football bat.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 12:19 PM (4XwPj)

23 I assume they also maintain the overseas cemeteries.
Posted by: BurtTC

I seem to remember CBD visiting one in France and saying the local town kept it up, and well kept up at that.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 27, 2024 12:19 PM (xKHsf)

24 Bet there's a whole lotta' trans-activists that are rage stroking today at the flag waving.

But they'll get their month...
ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE - PRIDE MONTH
June 23 - Stonewall Day
June 28 - International LGBTQ+ Day

Unless we grow a spine and show them the door. Personally, I think it's past time we did.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

25 There are a lot of other cemeteries in the area. I’m not sure how it was determined who was buried where. But the locals maintain these smaller cemeteries and they’re are pristinely taken care of. The American Hating French stereotype doesn’t apply in this part of the country. They still remember.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:21 PM (tpjlM)

26 Watched "Saving Private Ryan" on Paramount yesterday. Seems they cut the scene where Mellish is showing his Star of David to German captives and saying "Juden, Juden". Triggering, I guess. Pissed me off.
Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (AwYPR)

Another reason not to give money to the streaming services.

A.I. thinks the "Founding Fathers" are not all male, and not all white. Decades from now, people will forget because everything will be digital, and therefore subject to revision, to accommodate for the new things.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (bPX/f)

27 To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods.

I doubt any of the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for us wanted to, but in doing so, they gave us a future. May their memory be blessed.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (bvWAj)

28 The Medal of Honor is awarded solely by the president alone. Congress as such, has nothing to do with it. Thankfully.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (zhVuU)

29 So I see a study of women transing with male hormones has found a few of them have urinary and gastrointestinal issues.

How many you ask?

95%

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (ENQN6)

30 Unless we grow a spine and show them the door. Personally, I think it's past time we did.

Florida bridges can only be lit in red, white, and blue for June.

This is deliberate.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (uxCna)

31 In Honored Memory:

1LT LANE, SHARON USA
PVT CAVALIER, JOSEPH USA
PVT JOHNSON, GARY USA

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (WXNFJ)

32 Not especially patriotic anymore. Don't care about the Patriots since they threw the guy with all the SB rings down the stairs.

I still watch videos of service men returning home and being greeted by their dogs, if I want to feel good about America.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 27, 2024 12:23 PM (wBaIH)

33 Mentioned the other day there are lots of short YouTube biographies on Band of Brothers soldiers. The series didn't get some facts right. But still pretty good overall about their experience

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 12:23 PM (fwDg9)

34 That's the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy.

I was there a couple of years ago, and if anything it was in better shape, and the crowds were more respectful, than during my previous visit a dozen years before.

The people outside of the cities in France remember, and they still honor the American and British sacrifice.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:23 PM (d9fT1)

35 Steve Guest
@SteveGuest
Memorial Day news dump from the Biden admin:
“The Biden administration is pressing European allies to back off plans to rebuke Iran for advances in its nuclear program as it seeks to keep tensions with Tehran from escalating before the autumn’s U.S. presidential election, according to diplomats involved in discussions.”

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Hopefully, they'll tell Joe to pound sand.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 27, 2024 12:24 PM (Hnsb5)

36 The country all those men died for no longer exists.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:24 PM (tpjlM)

37 I believe the poem "In Flander's Fields" would be appropriate here;

https://tinyurl.com/bdhexmd5

Posted by: Old Blue at May 27, 2024 12:25 PM (Pxa/w)

38 I assume they also maintain the overseas cemeteries.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:16 PM (fWQhY)

They do not. They are managed by American Battle Monuments Commission.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:26 PM (d9fT1)

39 I assume they also maintain the overseas cemeteries.
Posted by: BurtTC

I seem to remember CBD visiting one in France and saying the local town kept it up, and well kept up at that.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 27, 2024 12:19 PM (xKHsf)

Hmmm, I'm going to hunt it down, but preliminarily, it appears I'm wrong about that. The National Cemetery does NOT control the overseas sites. Their website only lists the cemeteries in the states (and Puerto Rico).

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:26 PM (bPX/f)

40 Britain, Canada, Australia have Rememberance Day. Which is our Veterans Day. That’s when they read Flanders Field, have a moment of silence, etc.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:27 PM (tpjlM)

41 Watched "Saving Private Ryan" on Paramount yesterday. Seems they cut the scene where Mellish is showing his Star of David to German captives and saying "Juden, Juden". Triggering, I guess. Pissed me off.
Posted by: BignJames

My local classical music station has played John Williams' "Hymn to the Fallen" from "Saving Private Ryan" a number of times this weekend. It's a lovely moving piece of music and I get all sniffy every time I hear it.

Posted by: Tuna at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (oaGWv)

42 The Medal of Honor is awarded solely by the president alone. Congress as such, has nothing to do with it. Thankfully.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (zhVuU)

Great. George Floyd will be getting one soon.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (d9fT1)

43 They do not. They are managed by American Battle Monuments Commission.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:26 PM (d9fT1)

Ok, thanks. Saves me some time looking it up. I thought those cemeteries were considered "American soil."

Guess not?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (bPX/f)

44 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (T4tVD)

45 Watching Tora Tora Tora. The actual attack filming was outstanding. You realize that CGI I has its purpose but actual real life sets and recreated action can’t really be replaced.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (SHMXB)

46 Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:24 PM (tpjlM

So? It doesn’t diminish the meaningfulness of their sacrifices.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (zx+RU)

47 Great. George Floyd will be getting one soon.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:28 PM (d9fT1)

Or a cathedral, he died for our sins and all

Posted by: GOP sux at May 27, 2024 12:29 PM (Zzbjj)

48 Hopefully, they'll tell Joe to pound sand.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Have you gone mad?!?! That could help usher in a new age of Trump!!! Europe can't be responsible for that horror!!!! They must NOT do this terrible thing!!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 12:29 PM (4XwPj)

49 wonder who maintains the grounds at that cemetery? A lot of weed-whacking needed every week.

The national cemeteries have full time ground keeping staff. The last time I was at the Ft. Sam Houston cemetery I happened to pass one of them and I stopped to say thank you. He replied "It's an honor."

Posted by: Oddbob at May 27, 2024 12:30 PM (Dl3eE)

50 American Battle Monuments Commission

https://www.abmc.gov/

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:30 PM (d9fT1)

51
The people outside of the cities in France remember, and they still honor the American and British sacrifice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Makes sense as the cities are no-go zones, full of middle east invaders.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 27, 2024 12:30 PM (xKHsf)

52 From the ABMC website:

Are the cemetery grounds American territory?

No, the cemetery grounds are not American territory. However, use of the land is granted to the United States in perpetuity, free of any taxes, fees or any other charges. This is done through a treaty between the United States and the relevant host nation.

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Learned something new today.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:30 PM (bPX/f)

53 35 Steve Guest
@SteveGuest
Memorial Day news dump from the Biden admin:
“The Biden administration is pressing European allies to back off plans to rebuke Iran for advances in its nuclear program as it seeks to keep tensions with Tehran from escalating before the autumn’s U.S. presidential election, according to diplomats involved in discussions.”

-
Hopefully, they'll tell Joe to pound sand.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 27, 2024 12:24 PM (Hnsb5)

At this point I'm expecting a Tik Tok vid of Jimmy Carter popping up and throwing off the hospice blankets while shouting, "The Aristocrats!"

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 27, 2024 12:31 PM (pIfcn)

54 Where Target has backed off, Walmart says they will go full bore on LBTGQNMOP crap for Pride month. Boycott Wallymart.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 27, 2024 12:32 PM (aFNOf)

55 My grandfather was in France near the end of WW1. My mom's brother was a Marine in the Pacific and my dad's brother was in the Battle of the Bulge. Another of my mom's brothers was discharged from the Navy during the demobilization after WW2 and then drafted into the Army and fought in Korea where he received a Bronze Star for fixing a Jeep while under fire. My cousin was drafted and spent a year in Vietnam, probably 1969 or 1970. I had cousins in the Army and Air Force during the 1st Gulf War and in Afghanistan and Iraq in this century. Fine, brave men who all survived and I thank God for that and for all of the men who did not.

Posted by: huerfano at May 27, 2024 12:32 PM (VGOMa)

56 WWI My grandfather enlisted in the navy, shoved off from Bremerton Wa., passed through the shiny new Panama Canal, transited the Caribbean, entered Norfolk and then the war ended.

Posted by: 13times at May 27, 2024 12:33 PM (wv8qy)

57 A lot of weed-whacking needed every week.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (RKVpM)

They have an amazing machine that trims the grass around each marker so they don't have to use loud equipment.

They also rub some of the Omaha Beach sand into the letters on the stones so the names stand out.

This is truly hallowed ground, and everyone involved understands that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:34 PM (d9fT1)

58 Gettin' windy out thar, completely overcast.

Looks like we're gonna get some weather.

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 12:34 PM (T4tVD)

59 Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Posted by: ChrisW at May 27, 2024 12:36 PM (f+i1x)

60 Where do we get such men?

Posted by: RAdm. George Tarrant at May 27, 2024 12:36 PM (6gW4D)

61 Also from the FAQ at the ABMC website:

Is smoking allowed while visiting?

No smoking is prohibited within the cemetery as well as within our visitor buildings (i.e. reception, visitor centers, chapels and memorials).

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I think they need to spend the money and buy a comma.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:36 PM (bPX/f)

62 We had a tornado warning at 10:15 last night. Near 80 mph winds but no rotation, thank God.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 12:37 PM (4XwPj)

63 Wow - Hunter Biden's ex-wife is apparently going to be called as a prosecution witness in Hunter's upcoming gun trial.

So, you'll never guess who paid her a visit last night.

Ol' Senile Joe himself.

"Hope nothing happens to you."

Witness tampering - it's an art!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 12:38 PM (uxCna)

64 A.I. thinks the "Founding Fathers" are not all male, and not all white. Decades from now, people will forget because everything will be digital, and therefore subject to revision, to accommodate for the new things.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (bPX/f)

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[From Wikipedia circa 2040:]

"Barack Obama was an anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of New North Korea (formerly the United States of America) from 2009 to 2017. He had been arrested and imprisoned as an infant in 1962 -- and became the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

His successors, Hillary Rodham and the corpse of F. Joe Biden, crushed the neo-Fascist white supremacist reactionary Donald J. Hitler in 57-state landslides in the elections of 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, and 2036."

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 27, 2024 12:39 PM (bu09+)

65 When did our enemies become so bold that they could think they would win in any conflict?

Go home, take care of your families and enjoy your friends.

Live.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 27, 2024 12:39 PM (3hI7Q)

66 At this point I'm expecting a Tik Tok vid of Jimmy Carter popping up and throwing off the hospice blankets while shouting, "The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 27, 2024 12:31 PM (pIfcn)

I wonder if anyone has Jimmah on their bingo cards, for Alzheimer Joe's replacement.

Or Vegas. I may have to see if I can drop a dime there, so I can retire.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:40 PM (bPX/f)

67 I thought ghey month was Jan or Feb? I'm not going to google to avoid being inundated with ghey shit in mail box and ads.

Posted by: sj at May 27, 2024 12:43 PM (j7c10)

68 Good morning/afternoon.

Last night I got to see the Reverend Horton Heat in concert finally

And the Suffrajettes opened for them

Ace posted them some time back. A surfer music cover band with four chicks in it with thick eyeliner and go-go boots.

Both put on awesome shows.

Posted by: Blanco at May 27, 2024 12:43 PM (MHpW9)

69 This is truly hallowed ground, and everyone involved understands that.

Even at age 6 visiting I got it.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 12:43 PM (7ZtaK)

70 At this point I'm expecting a Tik Tok vid of Jimmy Carter popping up and throwing off the hospice blankets while shouting, "The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 27, 2024 12:31 PM (pIfcn)

A note for all the elderly Hordians. If it looks like you're nearing the end, go check in to Jimmy Carter's hospice. Those motherfuckers will keep you going for years longer.

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 12:44 PM (D6DY/)

71 His successors, Hillary Rodham and the corpse of F. Joe Biden, crushed the neo-Fascist white supremacist reactionary Donald J. Hitler in 57-state landslides in the elections of 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, and 2036."
Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 27, 2024 12:39 PM (bu09+)

Hmmm, needs revision:

"As part of the Agenda 2030 response to the new pandemic, Barak Obama's brother, Michael Obama, was appointed President for Life, and while the 2032 and 2036 elections were held, it was understood that for safety reasons, and to protect citizens from misinformation, no other candidates were allowed to run."

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:44 PM (bPX/f)

72 Mass graves are very inclusive.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 27, 2024 12:44 PM (cRqVW)

73 An English Remembrance Day song

https://youtu.be/-aBVnU2B45I?si=OvwYb9RIb0frYGp7

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 27, 2024 12:44 PM (JLq/1)

74 thought ghey month was Jan or Feb?

It's all year on KTLA channel 5.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 12:45 PM (7ZtaK)

75 Ace posted them some time back. A surfer music cover band with four chicks in it with thick eyeliner and go-go boots.

Both put on awesome shows.
Posted by: Blanco at May 27, 2024 12:43 PM (MHpW9)

Did they wear anything other than the go-go boots? Because that might be interesting indeed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 12:45 PM (TXY95)

76 This statue is part of the memorial at Ft Hood and was made from two giant bronze statues of Saddam Hussein, captured in Iraq by the the 4th Infantry Division, were melted down by an Iraqi artist to make a memorial to their fallen comrades.
The cost of the memorial was paid for by donations from Ivy Soldiers, 4ID Association members and businesses and citizens from Central Texas and beyond.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhacbmt

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 27, 2024 12:46 PM (RU4sa)

77 I should have crossed the ditch when I was in England and went to Normandy, some did it as a couple day trip

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 12:47 PM (zYVbi)

78 My birthday is June 19th. That sometimes clashes with Father's day and I'm okay with that. Now my birthday is also federal holiday for stupid shit. Not altogether okay with that. But it's also right smack dab in the middle of alphabet freak month. I loathe that.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 12:47 PM (4XwPj)

79 Hiya SMH !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 12:48 PM (T4tVD)

80 Internet is slow to non existence

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 12:48 PM (zYVbi)

81 Hello JT.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 27, 2024 12:48 PM (RU4sa)

82 The Warzone: First Aerial View Of B-21 Raider Offers New Insights
With flight testing now deeply underway, the U.S. Air Force is giving us our first look from high up in the sky at the B-21 Raider.

https://tinyurl.com/3vs7kne3

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 12:49 PM (D6DY/)

83 They have an amazing machine that trims the grass around each marker so they don't have to use loud equipment.

They also rub some of the Omaha Beach sand into the letters on the stones so the names stand out.

This is truly hallowed ground, and everyone involved understands that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 12:34 PM (d9fT1)

Sounds like an interesting trimming machine. A regular string trimmer would leave streaks on the uprights of the crosses, I'd expect.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 12:50 PM (TXY95)

84 Tora Tora Tora is on. It's the one where the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2024 12:50 PM (vFG9F)

85 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 12:45 PM (TXY95)

Just the matching dresses that's part of their shtick..

Still enjoyable

Posted by: Blanco at May 27, 2024 12:51 PM (MHpW9)

86 "Watching Tora Tora Tora. The actual attack filming was outstanding. You realize that CGI I has its purpose but actual real life sets and recreated action can’t really be replaced."

They even re-created the Japanese aircraft used in the filming - no Zeroes or Zekes survived the war in flyable condition.

Posted by: Nemo at May 27, 2024 12:51 PM (S6ArX)

87 Raining pretty good here.

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 12:51 PM (T4tVD)

88 I saw this movie in a theater when it came out. I seem to recall that the critics didn't like it at the time. I think it's held up pretty well though.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2024 12:53 PM (vFG9F)

89
Sounds like an interesting trimming machine. A regular string trimmer would leave streaks on the uprights of the crosses, I'd expect.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 12:50 PM

Interesting. If they had some sort of metal bowl that the cross fit through they could avoid having to strike the cross. It would keep the grass from growing a couple inches away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2024 12:53 PM (RKVpM)

90 Howdy Ace, Horde. The honored dead didn't make the ultimate sacrifice to build the Clown World version of America.

RIP.

Posted by: callsign claymore at May 27, 2024 12:53 PM (y1+VJ)

91 The Warzone: First Aerial View Of B-21 Raider Offers New Insights
With flight testing now deeply underway, the U.S. Air Force is giving us our first look from high up in the sky at the B-21 Raider.

https://tinyurl.com/3vs7kne3
Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 12:49 PM (D6DY/)

Amazing design, Robert!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 12:54 PM (TXY95)

92 Rashida Tlaib speaks at People's Conference for Palestine

https://tinyurl.com/589zfwcm

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 12:54 PM (fkuu7)

93 "Watching Tora Tora Tora. The actual attack filming was outstanding. You realize that CGI I has its purpose but actual real life sets and recreated action can’t really be replaced."

They even re-created the Japanese aircraft used in the filming - no Zeroes or Zekes survived the war in flyable condition.
Posted by: Nemo at May 27, 2024 12:51 PM (S6ArX)

They shot the same scenes from multiple angles...noticed it when I first saw the film in '70.

Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 12:54 PM (AwYPR)

94 https://tinyurl.com/3vs7kne3
Posted by: Robert

Dayum! That's got some serious retro-futuristic vibes going. me likey!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 12:56 PM (4XwPj)

95 Chase Elliott's paint scheme for the 2024 Coca-Cola 600 honoring TEC5 Clifford Strickland, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 27, 2024 12:57 PM (ENQN6)

96 They even re-created the Japanese aircraft used in the filming - no Zeroes or Zekes survived the war in flyable condition.
Posted by: Nemo at May 27, 2024 12:51 PM (S6ArX)

I watched "Battle Of the Bulge" not that long ago, and realized the government just sells a bunch of their obsolete tanks to Hollywood, and expects the movie industrial complex to use them responsibly.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:58 PM (dk2mF)

97 The B-21 will interoperate with our allies and partners to deliver on our enduring commitment to provide flexible strike options for coalition operations that defend us against common threats. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Case, Northrop Grumman)
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Thank goodness Boeing didn't have a hand in it.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 12:58 PM (fkuu7)

98 Deadline: ‘General Hospital’ Actor Johnny Wactor Was Shielding Female Co-Worker When Fatally Shot – Report

https://tinyurl.com/ydyte4rz

An actor but I guess also worked part-time as a bartender. Walking a female coworker to her car when they came across scumbags stealing her catalytic converter. Put himself between them and her.

Probably the last guy in Hollyweird with any honor and decency. Such a shame.

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 12:58 PM (WtuUQ)

99 Tahib is a Muslim Marxist

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 12:59 PM (fwDg9)

100 In the "Battle of the Bulge" movie, the German tanks looked like old American M48 tanks.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 01:00 PM (XMwZJ)

101 The talk of the aviation geeks about the B-21 is weird front windscreen design. It's reportedly like that to maximize visual awareness when doing aerial refueling.

Plus it's color. It's not black like the B-2.

According to the article...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 01:00 PM (Q4IgG)

102 https://tinyurl.com/3vs7kne3
Posted by: Robert

Dayum! That's got some serious retro-futuristic vibes going. me likey!!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 12:56 PM (4XwPj)

Does it have a trans bathroom?

It better have a trans bathroom.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 01:00 PM (dk2mF)

103 76. This statue is part of the memorial at Ft Hood and was made from two giant bronze statues of Saddam Hussein, captured in Iraq by the the 4th Infantry Division, were melted down by an Iraqi artist to make a memorial to their fallen comrades.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming

Thanks for the link. Thank you for your service, too.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 27, 2024 01:01 PM (NFX2v)

104 That's the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy.

I was there a couple of years ago, and if anything it was in better shape, and the crowds were more respectful, than during my previous visit a dozen years before.

The people outside of the cities in France remember, and they still honor the American and British sacrifice.
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CBD is spot on. My wife and I visited Normandy last month, got to C sur Mer just in time for the 1700 flag-lowering ceremony. “Moving” would be a gross understatement. Hearing Taps as Old Glory was lowered over those seemingly endless rows of crosses (and Stars of David) hits you viscerally.

Not a few Yanks there that day, most old enough to remember how to show respect to the colors. And yes, the French keep those grounds immaculate. And still honor the war dead.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 27, 2024 01:01 PM (audPC)

105 Our Fallen came from across the ocean, visible from their graves, to free the peoples of Europe. They were partially successful because our ally enslaved half of Europe.

Posted by: torabora at May 27, 2024 01:01 PM (0Gnoc)

106 In the "Battle of the Bulge" movie, the German tanks looked like old American M48 tanks.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 01:00 PM (XMwZJ)

They probably were, but I'm not a tank nerd, so I don't know if I would have been able to tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 01:02 PM (dk2mF)

107 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/56116
A-10 crash July 7, 1979
RIP Col Thompson

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 01:04 PM (fwDg9)

108 Yes The Battle of the Bulge movie is bad, but shouldn't be missed.
German tanks are Pattons, use American halftracks
Americans use Chaffee tanks
It's ends on a Kansas plain in winter

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 01:06 PM (fwDg9)

109 Eternal rest grant unto these gallant heroes who laid down their lives for love of their friends, O Lord,
and let Your perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed
rest in peace.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 27, 2024 01:08 PM (3OazS)

110 In WWII, some of my close relatives served in the US Armed Forces. One of them served in Europe in the Resistance, helping Allies in a historic way. I'm not interested in providing details.

That generation of men and women is why we exist today. May they all rest in peace.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2024 01:09 PM (tbAq/)

111 Beautiful picture of the cemetery above Omaha Beach. Thank you ace.

I was there just before I entered the service. I had not know it was there. It was moving to see all the dates on tombstone. All younger than me.
In my Service days I strove not to be a name on a wall, or a tombstone in a beautiful cemetery.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:09 PM (u82oZ)

112 106 In the "Battle of the Bulge" movie, the German tanks looked like old American M48 tanks.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 01:00 PM (XMwZJ)

They probably were, but I'm not a tank nerd, so I don't know if I would have been able to tell.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 01:02 PM (dk2mF)

it also looked, oddly enough, that there was no snow on the ground during the battle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 01:09 PM (q3gwH)

113 Were the tanks used in "Kelly's Heroes" actual Shermans? I thought they were. Same for the Tiger. Maybe?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 01:10 PM (Q4IgG)

114 My first ship was named after a USN LT CMDR that was killed in Vietnam. I read his service record, which was in the ship's office.

He has 65 days of leave on the books.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:11 PM (u82oZ)

115 Production [Battle of the Bulge]
During the film production, the Spanish Army supplied approximately 500 fully equipped soldiers and 75 tanks and armored vehicles, some of World War II vintage, for little cost and with no restrictions.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 01:11 PM (ZdexC)

116 Kell's Heros uses Sherman's but faked the Tiger I, fairly well actually

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 01:12 PM (fwDg9)

117 To all those that made the ultimate sacrifice so America could be a better place:

**Crisp**

Hand Salute.
Ready.
Two.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:12 PM (u82oZ)

118 An Egyptian army spokesman was on Egyptian channels today saying they can no longer handle the pressure from 120M Egyptians and that Israel opened fire first. All indications are that the Egyptian Army is about to invade Gaza, possibly Israel.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 01:12 PM (q3gwH)

119 107 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/56116
A-10 crash July 7, 1979
RIP Col Thompson
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 01:04 PM (fwDg9
Don’t usually think of FOD originating in the assembly process.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2024 01:13 PM (o2ZRX)

120 This is a heavy drinking day in our house, and unfortunately I can't participate this year. Pooky doesn't like being reminded of the people he lost to suicide or how close he came himself, or how the military effed him up so bad he can barely function.

HOWEVER, yesterday after the church service that briefly recognized vets, his computer teacher from high school found him and told him how great it was to see him on the American Legion float a week ago. Pooky played it off as everyone loving to see JT, but I could tell that small gesture meant a lot to him.

Posted by: pookysgirl, drinking water instead at May 27, 2024 01:14 PM (dtlDP)

121 Breitbart: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Makes Unfortunate Slip-Up

https://tinyurl.com/4c4uczzy

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 01:14 PM (Toogt)

122 Breitbart: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Makes Unfortunate Slip-Up

https://tinyurl.com/4c4uczzy
Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 01:14 PM (Toogt)

Naggers!

Posted by: Randy Marsh at May 27, 2024 01:17 PM (k3d8O)

123 The small tank models on the German HQ's map board are HO-scale (1/87) Roco Minitanks, made in Austria. The German Bundeswehr actually used these little models in maneuver war games, but the firm was only founded in 1960 and they were therefore obviously not used in WW2. The small German tank models are real King Tigers, not the US M47 used in the battle scenes or depicted by the large model in the HQ.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 01:17 PM (ZdexC)

124 120 Pookysgirl, where did Pooky serve?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 01:17 PM (v6JzV)

125 3 of us launched that A-10 at end of runway, he never returned

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 01:18 PM (fwDg9)

126 My first ship was named after a USN LT CMDR that was killed in Vietnam. I read his service record, which was in the ship's office.

He has 65 days of leave on the books.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:11 PM (u82oZ
The year I was down with cancer, I read each Citation of those personnel on The Wall.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2024 01:18 PM (o2ZRX)

127 Fashion NSA: You may get out your white shoes and wear them until Labor Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2024 01:19 PM (NpAcC)

128
https://tinyurl.com/3vs7kne3
Posted by: Robert

Dayum! That's got some serious retro-futuristic vibes going. me likey!!
Posted by: Madamemayhem

Radar Men from the Moon

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2024 01:21 PM (63Dwl)

129 I have no white shoes.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 27, 2024 01:21 PM (w6EFb)

130 I wear white sneakers year round. Why wouldn't one wear white shoes because of the seasons?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 01:21 PM (4XwPj)

131 Kipling wrote ‘Recessional’ on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

1st Stanza:

For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:23 PM (u82oZ)

132 I would so still wear the black high top Reebok sneakers I wore in the eighties. I would wear those so hard.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 01:23 PM (4XwPj)

133 2nd Stanza:

The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:23 PM (u82oZ)

134 I wear white sneakers year round. Why wouldn't one wear white shoes because of the seasons?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 01:21 PM (4XwPj)
******
Sneakers are an exception to the rule.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2024 01:23 PM (NpAcC)

135 3rd Stanza:

Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:24 PM (u82oZ)

136 Pookysgirl, where did Pooky serve?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 01:17 PM (v6JzV)

He was stationed in Texas and Nebraska, but when he was in Nebraska, he deployed with his plane a lot, mostly to SE Asia. That was when KJU was firing off nuke tests and missiles (thank God PDT halted that for awhile), plus Fukishima happened, so he got exposed to a large amount of radiation. That's what started the spiral, and the VA has been carefully documenting it all and trying to treat it. He likes to tell people he's 110% disabled (technically true).

Posted by: pookysgirl, drinking water instead at May 27, 2024 01:25 PM (dtlDP)

137 As from this morning, one thing that is a hold up for me finding much on my Files D-Day experience is his Battalion, a combat engineer were broken up in small parties on many landing crafted. I have the charts of each landing craft but he could have been on at least 10 different ones.

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 01:25 PM (fwDg9)

138 4th and 5th stanzas:

If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!

For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:26 PM (u82oZ)

139 It seems like now days every shoe must be hands free slip on. Even sneakers. Give me the black high top Reebok or Chucks.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 27, 2024 01:26 PM (4XwPj)

140 “Recessional” is a great poem. Thanks, Salty!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 01:27 PM (v6JzV)

141 Kipling wrote ‘Recessional’ in 1897. Prescient.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:29 PM (u82oZ)

142 nood
Falaise Gap

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 01:30 PM (ZdexC)

143 I'm going to contemplate Memorial Day in solitude. I have a profound sadness that the US of A is where we are today.

But I have a cunning plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 01:31 PM (u82oZ)

144 The small tank models on the German HQ's map board are HO-scale (1/87) Roco Minitanks, made in Austria. The German Bundeswehr actually used these little models in maneuver war games, but the firm was only founded in 1960 and they were therefore obviously not used in WW2. The small German tank models are real King Tigers, not the US M47 used in the battle scenes or depicted by the large model in the HQ.
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 01:17 PM (ZdexC)
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I had some of those tanks back in the day. They were pretty cool.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 27, 2024 01:31 PM (mUnoX)

145 I lost two good friends, KIA, in Vietnam, one a college roommate for two semesters. Charles F. Thomas IV and John C. Stringer II. I can kneel and touch both of their names on the wall at the same time.

There is an 80% replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Elizabethtown KY. Worth seeing if you are in that area.

Posted by: Javems at May 27, 2024 01:34 PM (8I4hW)

146 Doughboy Foundation

World War I Monument To Be Unveiled Across From White House This Fall: ‘Sacred Art’ Published: 24 May 2024

In part, 'Bronx-based sculptor reveals creative process behind bronze memorial depicting ‘A Soldier’s Journey’
A valiant nod to America’s military heroes is soon to be seen in Washington, D.C.

A WWI monument called “A Soldier’s Journey” will be unveiled in Pershing Park on Sept. 13, 2024, and will serve as the centerpiece of the National World War I Memorial in the nation’s capital.

The sprawling bronze sculpture, which measures about 60 feet long, depicts the heroic journey of a soldier — from the time he leaves home for war until he finally returns."

It sounds amazing! Read the entire article on the FOX News web site.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 27, 2024 01:34 PM (NFX2v)

147 An Egyptian army spokesman was on Egyptian channels today saying they can no longer handle the pressure from 120M Egyptians and that Israel opened fire first. All indications are that the Egyptian Army is about to invade Gaza, possibly Israel.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 01:12 PM (q3gwH)

Be a damn shame if they got their asses kicked again. A test to see how the pyramids hold up under bunker busters. In the name of science/physics, of course.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 27, 2024 01:37 PM (iODuv)

148 the EAF is now twice the size of the IDF, I wouldn't take them lightly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 01:40 PM (q3gwH)

149 The cost of the memorial was paid for by donations from Ivy Soldiers, 4ID Association members and businesses and citizens from Central Texas and beyond.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhacbmt

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 27, 2024 12:46 PM (RU4sa)

Your old division as I recall.

Posted by: Javems at May 27, 2024 01:53 PM (8I4hW)

150 Thank you Ace. My thoughts today here: https://daveolsson.com/daily-broadside-memorial-day-2024/

Posted by: DLO at May 27, 2024 02:07 PM (ml/cS)

151
RIP to the fallen.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at May 27, 2024 02:46 PM (ny95y)

152 Wishing all the best to our honored veterans today, and always

Posted by: aawlberninf350 at May 27, 2024 06:32 PM (SXVlR)

153 Why is it that the Left always seeks to trample on our flag and dishonor our veterans?

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