A nice remembrance, Tuskegee Airmen WW2 Options

[Hellfighter]

A brief noteworthy event;
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/us_nm/...men_tuskegee_dc

[pezking]

I kinda disagree S@bot... I have read so many accounts from vets that commented on finally being able to see a national monument attributed to what they accomplished as a soldier, a team, and a nation.

We've erected all sorts of memorials for the Civil War, Revolutionary War, WW1, Korean War, and Vietnam... just name a few major ones. So why the long ass wait for WW2? There's already monuments for the 90's Gulf War. Shit, technically... there are Reagan, Warhol, FDR, etc memorials all over DC. My point was... why did we have to wait so damn long for a WW2 monument or memorial when that was the last war where we actually came out on top, cut and dry, clear winner.

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I kinda disagree S@bot... I have read so many accounts from vets that commented on finally being able to see a national monument attributed to what they accomplished as a soldier, a team, and a nation.

We've erected all sorts of memorials for the Civil War, Revolutionary War, WW1, Korean War, and Vietnam... just name a few major ones. So why the long ass wait for WW2? There's already monuments for the 90's Gulf War. Shit, technically... there are Reagan, Warhol, FDR, etc memorials all over DC. My point was... why did we have to wait so damn long for a WW2 monument or memorial when that was the last war where we actually came out on top, cut and dry, clear winner.

Well, there are many opinions on the subject. When I read accounts from letters sent into the VFW mag I receive (and I am a member), most always side on the point of thanks for remembering, but do something constructive with the dough for all vets.

When they interview a teary-eyed 80 year old Normandy vet on TV, he will say "It's about time"! That sells news! LOL! I guess everyone of us looks at it differently. Me, it's nice and all but I think the country could do alot more for vets than a stone reminder, that's all.

However, I mistook your first post and I do agree that if we are to erect such monuments why has it taken an inordinate amount of time to get around to remembering WWII?

What I meant earlier is that the vets of WWII were different. The times were different and most likely the people that were involved with that war weren't looking for anything like that at all. It was a different mindset then. Over time, the next generation and the next have raised the question "why not?"

Today, an event happens, we haven't even had time to digest the information and we are already making it into a movie of the week. Right behind them is the planning committee hot to raise money for the unveiling ceremony!