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marybourg

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2. WWll is as far in the past now as the Civil War was in my childhood.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 04:19 PM

Aug 15

There were still Civil Was veterans, in long white beards, appearing in Memorial Day parades, but the war itself felt very much in the distant, historical past to me. Now WWll seems not that very long ago to me, but to young people it probably seems to have happened in another era entirely, and is hard to relate to or draw lessons from.

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Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 15 OP

I doubt the Japanese government will ever apologize for their atrocities during WW II synni Aug 15 #1

WWll is as far in the past now as the Civil War was in my childhood. marybourg Aug 15 #2