Lest We Forget

Last Sunday marked the day, 65 years ago, (August 28, 1945) that American paratroopers landed on Japanese soil. A force of 5,000 boys contemplated landing alone on the land of a fierce enemy who outnumbered them in the thousands. Imagine for a moment the overwhelming fear that rode in that C-47 with them. Yet, they went to do their duty. Then think of the Japanese that were there to meet them. Told, that the war was over and thinking of how these Americans had defeted their army on Okinawa, Manila, Attu, and the bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yet they did not attack! Why? For the same reason that our boys were there, duty, honor and tradition. Have we forgotten those words? Do they have meaning? Do we even know how to do our duty, to honor, value, obey, and respect the traditions of our land. Isn't it time to speak of these things again? Will we be the generation that forgets the sacrifices of those men and women? We must in the words of General Douglas McArthur, "rise up and strike!" We must act, do something, or see our way of life go the way of the Dodo!
All Hail and Glory to those who saved our world in the past, give strength to those who would save it now.