Two men from USS Oklahoma identified and to be buried at home

[ABNAK]

Almost 80 years later! The article identifies them as "teens" (because they were both 19yo) but they were MEN.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peop...?ocid=msedgntp

[scottcc]

Almost 80 years later! The article identifies them as "teens" (because they were both 19yo) but they were MEN.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peop...?ocid=msedgntp

We lost too many good men in WWI, WWII and our nation is suffering greatly without their influence.

[lowprone]

That is the true tragedy of war the best, brightest, most patriotic and loyal die or are maimed
after answering the clarion call to defend their nation.

[BangBang77]

It's a fairly recent (last 40-50yrs) development in the western world where the term adolescent and teenager emerged, defining a transition period between childhood and manhood.

19yrs old is a man and has always been a man. This coddling of our youth with an intense focus on esteem and post-modern relativism has resulted in the current bastardiszation of 'manhood' and masculinity. Men are cucked and have allowed themselves to be. For tail. For tail that has also doesn't understand their place and their role.

Sorry for the tangent. Glad to see some more lost souls find their way home.

[Co-gnARR]

That is the true tragedy of war the best, brightest, most patriotic and loyal die or are maimed
after answering the clarion call to defend their nation.

And the draft dodging cucks rise to political greatness, primed and ready to lead us all to a better tomorrow.

[lowprone]

Seen plenty of that, have we not ?

[SteyrAUG]

It's a fairly recent (last 40-50yrs) development in the western world where the term adolescent and teenager emerged, defining a transition period between childhood and manhood.

19yrs old is a man and has always been a man. This coddling of our youth with an intense focus on esteem and post-modern relativism has resulted in the current bastardiszation of 'manhood' and masculinity. Men are cucked and have allowed themselves to be. For tail. For tail that has also doesn't understand their place and their role.

Sorry for the tangent. Glad to see some more lost souls find their way home.

I understand what people are saying, but I have no problem recognizing these MEN were still technically in their teenage years. We lost a LOT of good men that day, some who were so young they were still in their teens. First year of the war we had guys as young as 17 fighting in combat.

Jack Lucas was probably the youngest, and certainly the youngest to win the Medal of Honor at age 17. But while technically a teenybopper who should have been chasing skirts and hanging out at the local soda counter, he was doing serious man shit. Lucas lied about his age and entered the Marines at 14 and he turned 17 five days before he participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima.

I think the "mourning our youth" thing (not that we didn't ever not do it) mostly comes from Vietnam where we sent a lot of inexperienced people of the same age into combat who did not have the same maturity as their counterparts in World War II.

Back on topic, I'm glad Charlton Ferguson and William Tucker were identified and laid to rest in their hometowns.