To all our Veteran brothers…..

[Jeremiah JohnsonParticipant 2219]

So I have seen Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, and just now on episode 10 of The Pacific…Horrifying….There are no words I can come up with, probably none in the dictionary either, that would describe accurately the horrors they have seen and been party too…Some of the images and scenes were just….again no words….In one of the episodes I was sitting here while they were entrenched against the Japanese army in Guadalcanal, night time fire fight, and I was in tears thinking about what it would have been like…Literally in tears…Can you imagine trying to come home after seeing or being part of ANY of that???? The total and absolute horrors would NEVER EVER go away…they would play over and over like a bad effing record….I have ptsd from my dad being a psychotic man and beating me at times within inches of my life…BUT WHAT THESE MEN ENDURED??? It is not PTSD as George Carlin said it best IT IS F~~~ING SHELL SHOCK…Not the same f~~~ing thing at all….Cannot put what i went through into the same category as what they went through, not even in the same ball park, jesus who comes up with this s~~~ anyways???? OBVIOUSLY some gash that has not WENT THROUGH EITHER!!!!!!!!!!
All I can say to our Veteran brothers is Thank You sirs, Thank you for doing what NO ONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD would not want to do…Thank you for manning that wall, thank you for manning that line, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND SACRIFICES….THANK YOU….

PS—-Again, as George Carlin said it best, “If we were calling it SHELL SHOCK and not ptsd, maybe some more of those vets would get the f~~~ing treatment they need when they get home huh, just maybe…..”

Men are at a time when panning for gold in a urinal has a higher probability of success than finding a faithful and loving woman, it is time to go your own way.....

[Solo MAN’S WisdomParticipant]

Well said, JJ. I salute those men who serve in the military as well.

When women lead, destruction is the destination. -- Me.

[JimBoLeaParticipant 1891]

I WANTED TO GO IN THE SERVICE SO BAD, I WAS READY TO JOIN THE ARMY HAD ALL MY PAPERS SIGNED AND EVERYTHING, GOING IN AT 17 , THE I WENT INTO A COMA FOR 3 DAYS, RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, I OPENED MY EYES UP TO A CRANKY ASS NURSE TELLING ME TO TAKE THIS CUP OF WATER, THIS SYRINGE, AND THIS ORANGE. SHE TOLD ME TO PULL UP THE WATER IN THE SYRINGE AND PRACTICE GIVING SHOTS TO THE ORANGE, WHAT FOR? SHE TOLD ME I’M A DIABETIC NOW AND I WILL HAVE TO GET USED TO IT.

I WANTED TO BE LIKE MY GRANDFATHER . HE WENT IN AS A MERCHANT MARINE RIGHT AFTER PEARL HARBOR HAPPENED, SOON AFTERWORDS HE WAS PUT INTO THE CB’S OR SEA BEES , CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. BUILDING AIR RUNWAYS ON LITTLE FOR S~~~ NAMED ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND IN NORTH AFRICA. HE HAD 2 SHIPS TORPEDOED OUT FROM UNDER HIM IN THE PACIFIC, AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER HE STAYED IN THE CS’S , AND IT WASN’T TO LONG WE WERE IN IT WITH KOREA, THEN 3 TOURS IN VIET NAM. I HAVE ALL HIS SERVICE MEDALS. THE ONLY THING I CAN REMEMBER ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER WAS HIS COMING HOME AND STOPPING OVER TO SEE HIS SON AND FAMILY , HE WAS READING THE NEWSPAPER AND IT WAS SHAKING SO BAD, MY GRANDFATHER WAS A DRUNK, HE COULD NOT STAY SOBER LONG. HE STOPPED AT A TOY STORE AND BOUGHT ME ALL THE TONKA TOYS THEY HAD, I HAD A GRADER, EARTHMOVER, DUMP TRUCK, FRONT END LOADER. I SPENT HOURS PLAYING IN THE DIRT BY MYSELF. UNTIL THAT F~~~ING DAY MY BROTHER F~~~ING BLEW EACH TOY UP WITH M-80’S .
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY VETERAN.

LILITH IS THE HEAD SUCCUBUS AND SHE LIVES ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

[Anonymous 42]

That’s a bummer Jim, my brother stole the wheels off my wagon so he could make a crude soapbox car.

To clarify “shell shock” I thought it was coined in WWI from sonic damage done to the body from being within the exploding shells range.

Here’s what I found:wikipedia.org

The term “shell shock” came into use to reflect an assumed link between the symptoms and the effects of explosions from artillery shells.

[Cap285Participant 6007]

Means a lot.

Thank you.

Fuck this planet.

[Jeremiah JohnsonParticipant 2219]

Shell shock

Psychiatric casualties were reported very early in the war, in numbers that no-one had anticipated. The French physician Milian reported four cases of “battle hypnosis” following military actions in 1914.6 The well-known German psychiatrist Robert Gaupp reported in 1917:

The big artillery battles of December 1914… filled our hospitals with a large number of unscathed soldiers and officers presenting with mental disturbances. From then on, that number grew at a constantly increasing rate. At first, these soldiers were hospitalized with the others … but soon we had to open special psychiatric hospitals for them. Now, psychiatric patients make up by far the largest category in our armed forces …The main causes are the fright and anxiety brought about by the explosion of enemy shells and mines, and seeing maimed or dead comrades …The resulting symptoms are states of sudden muteness, deafness … general tremor, inability to stand or walk, episodes of loss of consciousness, and convulsions.7

In his review of 88 cases of mental disorder in 1915, the French psychiatrist Régis had expressed a very similar opinion about the etiological role of witnessing the horrible death of comrades: “20% only presented with a physical wound, but in all cases fright, emotional shock, and seeing maimed comrades had been a major factor.” The clinical picture of war neuroses differed only slightly in the two World Wars.

In the British military, patients presenting with various mental disorders resulting from combat stress were originally diagnosed as cases of shell shock, before this diagnosis was discouraged in an attempt to limit the number of cases. It is not known when the term began to be used. According to Merskey,8 the first mention may be a story published in the Times on February 6, 1915, indicating that the War Office was arranging to send soldiers suffering from “shock” to be treated in special wards at the National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic, in Queen Square. Also in February 1915, the term shell shock was used by Charles Myers in an article in The Lancet to describe three soldiers suffering from “loss of memory, vision, smell, and taste.”9,10 Myers reported on three patients, admitted to a hospital in Le Touquet during the early phase of the war, between November 1914 and January 1915. These patients had been shocked by shells exploding in their immediate vicinity and presented with remarkably similar symptoms. According to Myers, these cases bore a close relation to “hysteria.” The first two patients were transferred to England for further treatment after a couple of weeks (the third was still being treated in Le Touquet when the article was published). As we shall see below, these patients might not have been evacuated to the peaceful surroundings of their home country had they sustained their wounds a year later.

Men are at a time when panning for gold in a urinal has a higher probability of success than finding a faithful and loving woman, it is time to go your own way.....

[WallyParticipant]

Awesome post JJ. A debt is owed that can never be repaid to Veterans.

"what a waste of a life, to marry, give up your freedom, just for the hope of not dying alone. Don't get married Son."

[bladeParticipant]

It’s sad that Mcdonalds don’t show respect to fallen veterans by not following flag protocol and leave or lands flag at full mast 24 hours a day .

THE PLANTATION HAS NOW TURNED INTO THE KILLING FIELDS . WOMAN ARE NOW ROLLING CAMBODIAN STYLE .

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