Amazing World War II Footage

I know there are people who read my blog daily for its insight and creative flair.

Oh, wait, that’s just me.

Those who DO actually read the words and forego the posted videos will be sorely disappointed today—as this one is ALL about the footage.

Thanks to faithful blog reader and contributor Rick Cooper, for sending me the film you are about to see. On the heels of the Memorial Day weekend, this is the most compelling glimpse of what it must have been like to be in the Pacific during World War II.

Film of the actual fighting is relatively rare—but to see it in COLOR is almost unheard of…until now. Where this came from, I don’t know.

What I do know is that it is an amazing look at the war through the eyes of those who were THERE. Maybe your father—or mine, not much older than a boy, but thrust into the most devastating conflict the world had ever known.

I won’t say “enjoy” the following. There is little to entertain in the usual sense. As an historical record, I have never seen anything like it—and hope that you will be equally impressed.



http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9dR3h2HdnBQ


So, Memorial Day is over—and our tendency to not think about the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way each day has returned.

As much as this film catapults you back into history—with a view that defies imagination, a variation on this scene plays out daily. The scene is different, the implements of destruction even more powerful and precise—and the situations they are deployed in have also changed.

What hasn’t changed is the bravery of those who serve.

And it doesn’t have to be Memorial Day to honor them.


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