There are some great stories and photos here - https://news.google.com/news/rtc?ncl=dn2ENzEUykuxF8MmjZ8EOzko4apxM&authuser=0&topic=h Sadly most of these great Americans are gone. Lets make sure they're not forgotten.
Oddly enough, we still have 100k soldiers in Germany and Japan. That must cost almost as much as those dastardly food stamp cheaters.
The ratio is 1000:1. It's about $60 billion/year to maybe $60 million/year. The American culture became highly militarized during WW2 and never recovered. We sons were beaten to a pulp by our fathers, who put their daughters on a pedestals. A friend of mine, son of a Major, is still aghast at his beatings. I, son of a Colonel, just today talking to my brother, was cussing out my father for his contempt for me. Flagwavers who idolize the military as heroes are naive idealists with no experience in violence.
