Vetrans Day

drbuster · 11-10-2007, 12:59 AM

Vietnam...Army, for me. It's kind of ironic that the place I dreaded to go to and swore I would never return to, is now trying to be a showplace of tourism! Also ironic (and disgusting) is the simple fact that the "average"..at least ones that I query, twenty and thirty year olds have no idea if the significance of November 11th. They guess anywhere from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War 2! How surprised they are to hear from me that the Great War ended on that date. Then I have to explain to them what the Great War was!!!

11-10-2007, 12:59 AM	#5
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Vietnam...Army, for me. It's kind of ironic that the place I dreaded to go to and swore I would never return to, is now trying to be a showplace of tourism! Also ironic (and disgusting) is the simple fact that the "average"..at least ones that I query, twenty and thirty year olds have no idea if the significance of November 11th. They guess anywhere from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War 2! How surprised they are to hear from me that the Great War ended on that date. Then I have to explain to them what the Great War was!!!