(I know I have put these guys up before, but they are still my favorites. They make me giggle every time I see them!)
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Happy Easter week!
(...and do you know how excited I am to listen to Conference next weekend!)
(I know I have put these guys up before, but they are still my favorites. They make me giggle every time I see them!)
(I know I have put these guys up before, but they are still my favorites. They make me giggle every time I see them!)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Did you know?
Last night Hunter and I were watching a show about World War II. Veterans of the War were interviewed and they shared some amazing stories I had never heard before. Did you know that the USA had a ghost army? Check out this website for more information and pictures. www.ghostarmy.org
"Soldiers" used inflatable jeeps and tanks to make the Germans think there were more troops, etc than we actually had! Seen from the air were also the "tracks" made by all the trucks a other vehicles. They also changed insignia on jackets, etc to "be" a completely different troop! There was a photo of a "soldier" holding a "Jeep" over his head. I can't find it yet but will keep looking.
Women pilots became training mission pilots. They would fly their planes over the training soldiers and buzz them or drop poisons or bombs. The women were not considered members of the military and their families could not display the star banner in their windows for these women. If a woman died at work, the government did not pay to have her body sent home. That was the responsibility of the family. These women were not considered veterans of war until the 1970's (I think)
One man interviewed was an American of Japanese descent. Before he went to war his mother said to him, "Die if you must, but do not bring dishonor to your country or your family"!
These men and women who sacrificed their youth, time, safety and lives for ours are our true heroes. I am so thankful for them and their examples to us of true patriotism. I hope my family knows how much I love the United States of America and what it was founded on...FAITH in GOD and LOVE of LIBERTY.
God bless our Troops and God bless America!
"Soldiers" used inflatable jeeps and tanks to make the Germans think there were more troops, etc than we actually had! Seen from the air were also the "tracks" made by all the trucks a other vehicles. They also changed insignia on jackets, etc to "be" a completely different troop! There was a photo of a "soldier" holding a "Jeep" over his head. I can't find it yet but will keep looking.
Women pilots became training mission pilots. They would fly their planes over the training soldiers and buzz them or drop poisons or bombs. The women were not considered members of the military and their families could not display the star banner in their windows for these women. If a woman died at work, the government did not pay to have her body sent home. That was the responsibility of the family. These women were not considered veterans of war until the 1970's (I think)
One man interviewed was an American of Japanese descent. Before he went to war his mother said to him, "Die if you must, but do not bring dishonor to your country or your family"!
These men and women who sacrificed their youth, time, safety and lives for ours are our true heroes. I am so thankful for them and their examples to us of true patriotism. I hope my family knows how much I love the United States of America and what it was founded on...FAITH in GOD and LOVE of LIBERTY.
God bless our Troops and God bless America!
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