James Fox

To even start to explain why there has been no attempt at a WW2 Memorial during the last 60 years, I have to explain why we, who served in that war, felt and believed that there was no need for such a symbolic gesture.

Four generations of liberal, socialistic brain-washing of our populace has produced a culture of guilt ridden, politically-correct sniveling wimps. There are large groups of activists busy trying and succeeding in emasculating our military and getting our people apologizing for everything bad that has happened since the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock.

The founder of this website asked if there was a WW1 Memorial. The answer is yes! There are over 800 of them scattered throughout this great nation. The people in the villages, cities and states, who really felt a need to recognise and honor those brave dead, didn't ask the federal government to build a huge expensive memorial. They took up collections and built their own; making them much more personal and meaningful.

We, the generation that fought in WW2, had a completely different mind-set than today's youth. When Pearl Harbor and our fleet were destroyed by the sneak attack, we were furious. Our entire senior class went down and enlisted the following week. We were already outraged by Hitler's atrocities in Europe and we knew we were the only ones capable of kicking every ass on both fronts.

WW2 lasted from 1941 to 1945. 6,807,000 of us entered into that war and 406,000 of us died. And the greatest thing that happened was the use of the atomic bomb. Now, I'm embarrassed to say, my country is apologising and considering reparations for the use of a weapon that saved thousands of lives. Lives that surely would have been lost in the invasion of Japan. I was in Halsey's 7th fleet and only a few hours away when we used the bomb - probably saving my life.

The Atomic Bomb was a great thing for America. The "Little Boy" bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. The "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki. Both bombs caused damage and death for an area of two miles. The "Fat Man" killed 40,000 people and the "Little Boy" killed 92,000.

When we returned home, folks didn't spit on us. People, who saw the pictures of the Bataan Death March, didn't want to try us for war crimes when we used napalm to burn every enemy soldier out of their caves and fox-holes. They were more clear headed than today. They believed more in substance than in symbolism. Thank God! They didn't built a huge expensive monument in our honor, they did something far greater for the returning heros, they gave us the G.I. Bill.

The G.I. Bill was our ticket to resuming our interupted education. It was our ticket to buying a house at affordable interest rates with Uncle Sam as cosigner, we had instant credit. And they even gave us a membership in the 52-20 Club. That's $20 a week for 52 weeks to sustain us til we got back in stride with society.