1940s USA - Life During WW2 in Vintage America - Colorized 

Jim Crow & segregation and strict race laws was all present back then. Including the forced internment of loyal american citizens of japanese ancestery . pls gtfoh

This country will never come together ever again. Too many nationalities who will never recognize that they are American. America will never recover from this massive influx where we USED to have a Border.

Too many spoiled lazy n entitled ones

If we had a prez like FDR

If we only had the Prez that we elected...

I have read that the Victory Gardens were women who grew vegetables in their backyards and produced 1/3 of our vegetables during the war. My father served during WW2 all through the South Pacific. He was already in the Army (stationed in California) when the war began. I am a female and joined the Army as a WAC during Vietnam. I was a Medic.

@@lotsoffun4716 hubby and I are Vets as well. He was in intelligence in Vietnam. I was a 75C. I cut and processed all the Orders.

Except American women are narcissistic, blame men for everything, and think they deserve special treatment. All the while, a million MEN fought and died so they could think that garbage.

Dad was in the Pacific with the AAF and Mother worked in a grocery store in Orange, Texas. Because of rationing, many things were difficult to obtain. Mother had a friend who worked in a movie theater. Mother would save some things for her friend who would provide Mother with popcorn. Because she'd heard the stories of how cookies and cakes were spoiled by the time they reached the soldiers and sailors, she would send Dad popcorn which wouldn't spoil regardless of the time it took to reach him. Dad would pop the popcorn and the aroma brought many guys to get a little taste of home. Dad said the popcorn was exceptionally popular and other guys wrote home to request that instead of cake and cookies.

@@thewaywardwind548 I enjoyed your story. So they liked popcorn. My father fought all through the South Pacific, but he never told us any food stories.

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I would say recipient rather than winner. There is no contest for the CMH.

He sure does have it.

That was my first thought too. He did do at least two war movies during WWII. Gung Ho and The Story of G.I. Joe.

I'm an old, white Boomer 'Murican, and I think that Japan is fantastic! Been to Japan eight times since 1973 (first time as a young sailor on summer break from college and visited Tokyo, Yokohama, Fuju-Hakone-Izu National Park, Kamakura, Kure, Hiroshima, Itsukushima, and Sasebo -- I was busy!) and have loved it each time (latest -- and maybe last -- visit in December 2023 was with my wife). On first visit, I was incredibly lucky to meet -- and get to know over a lovely weekend -- the volunteer tour guide who led a number of sailors around Miyajima shrine and temple complex and later gave me a private weekend tour of Hiroshima. What a beautiful young woman. A nation that can create such lovely, intelligent, educated young ladies has a wonderful culture. Our four Navy ships were greeted with wonderful fanfare in Kure that summer: town and port officials and their wives, musicians and drummers and a bevy of yukata-clad lovely girls dancing to the music met our ships at the dock. I fell in love with Japan that summer of 1973. Was later lucky enough to work for a large Japanese company in California and made four working trips to one of their factories north of Tokyo. Just loved it! 😍

@@johnc2438 I believe you are likely from the same generation as my parents. Thank you for liking Japan. Since you seem to be still healthy, I'm sure there will be another opportunity for you to visit again. Next time, please consider visiting regions to the north of Tokyo. The further north you go in Japan, the more delicious food you'll find. Take care of your health and may you live a long and fulfilling life. (If my automatic translation resulted in awkward English, I apologize.)

Because since Korea, America is fighting the foreign boogeyman. Communism is a hoax anyway. It's just a lifestyle.

The war did nothing about Jim Crow & segregation and strict race laws of the US back then. Not to mention KKK & poll tax and anti semitism across the country. pls gtfoh

You think they're weren't homosexual Servicemen?

yep sweetness of WW2 & Holocaust dumpster fire era. Oh the humanity back then ffs. up your meds !

I noticed the CMH, too!