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FailureToCommunicate

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19. My father was a chaplain in the war and mom was with Red Cross. His work really increased after

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2023, 05:34 PM

Dec 2023

the war, as soldiers returned with many wounds visible, and hidden, and they tried to fit back into society. (As depicted in the classic film "The Best Years of Our Lives".)

Thank you for the powerful collection of images.

-FTC

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Thursday TOONs (Dec. 7th) [View all] KS Toronado Dec 2023 OP

Thanks. I feel priviledged to have know people from that generation. twodogsbarking Dec 2023 #1

I hear ya KS Toronado Dec 2023 #4

Great. I also always think of the ones at home waiting for them to come home; or not. twodogsbarking Dec 2023 #7

KNR niyad Dec 2023 #2

My dad was there. He was a 19-year-old airman at the time. tblue37 Dec 2023 #3

Photograph Emerges of Antifa VIOLENTLY Disrupting White Supremacists!!!!! keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #5

The only Drumpf/Trump family members serving in Normandy would have been on the cliffs looking down. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #6

I lost 2 uncles in WWII. We must stop the fascists once again. Vote Biden 2024. sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #8

Congratulations on 50,000 posts ! KS Toronado Dec 2023 #10

I had a few, both sides were large families ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #21

Dorie Miller's Wikipedia page nuxvomica Dec 2023 #9

I deliberately showed his Toon twice for a reason. KS Toronado Dec 2023 #11

It's a great story that needs repeating nuxvomica Dec 2023 #14

He's getting a Ford nuclear carrier named after him. ArkansasDemocrat1 Dec 2023 #18

Thank you for this remembrance. planetc Dec 2023 #12

Thank you kimbutgar Dec 2023 #13

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but . . . . Haggis 4 Breakfast Dec 2023 #15

I just checked 4 of my calendars BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #22

My ANCESTORS came from Miyazaki JAPAN.... YoshidaYui Dec 2023 #16

Thank you for these GREAT Pearl Harbour cartoons LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #17

My father was a chaplain in the war and mom was with Red Cross. His work really increased after FailureToCommunicate Dec 2023 #19

I am anything but a military type person.... bahboo Dec 2023 #20

K&R! Thank you so much for remembering! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 #23

Duplicate post. n/t Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 #24

Kicktoons for Pearl Harbor... Hekate Dec 2023 #25

He was being pretty facetious when he inked this one KS Toronado Jan 2024 #26