Remember Pearl Harbor!
Who could forget those words?
The survivors of the Jap sneak attack will meet in Omaha Saturday to reminisce about that infamous morning in the Hawaiian Islands.
Bill Golden, one of those who walked away from the hell of that day, is the first president of the Nebraska Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.
By the time the last gun had been fired ending WWII, 291,557 troops were killed.
A check of the history book shows that 4,435 were killed in the Revolutionary War, 2,260 in the War of 1812; 1,733 in the Mexican War; 214,938 in the Civil War; 385 in the Spanish American War; 53,402 in WWI and 33,629 in the Korean War.
And I read the other day that 15,000 have died in the Vietnam War.
And even with that shocking thought, people forget.
Ask your friend if he ever heard of Ernie Pyle. He was quite famous during WWII.
I had just poured another cup of coffee and was getting ready for the big climax of Run For Your Life, when they flashed "Continued Next Week" on the screen.
At that moment I had a word for the producer.
But, a week later I made it a point to see the second half.
It's time to revolt
You know those tags on furniture and cushions which say, "Do Not Remove This Tag Under Penalty of Law?"
Did you ever get the yen to walk into a furniture store and rip off all those tags?
Or how about the fella sitting behind you at a movie and coughs on the back of your neck? Belt 'im'.
How about the waiter who slops your coffee in the saucer and when you pick it up, coffee dribbles off on your suit?
Are you the person who always gets seated behind a Rosie wearing the biggest hat ever made?
What do you do with the guy who never heard you the first time? He sez, "Did you know about so and so?"
You say, "No."
He sez, "You don't know?"