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usonian

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7. People don't recognize it because who cares about history, and it gets normaliced by bootlicking media.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 07:47 PM

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Pisses me off. I grew up soon after WWII, like so many, and there were books and magazines all about, with fresh memories.

I read stuff from three services in my grandmother's house.. Learned a bunch about B-17's and the bluejacket manual. I later got one of my own, in PAPERBACK.

Eternal vigilance ... or eternal ignorance.
Many have chosen very poorly.,

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