Very few. Both my grandfathers were WWII vets, and they've both been dead at least a decade now. My grandma built F-4s during the war, she's still alive and she will be 101 in March.
While the fight fought in WW2 was undeniably for a good cause I don't think it was to "defend American democracy". America got roped into war against Japan and then Hitler apparently unilaterally declared war on the US.
We got roped into a war with Japan because they wanted to colonize the nations we already colonized, so the empires butted up against each other. Nothing ideological or principled, nor having anything to do with democracy.
sure, but being kicked off by being attacked and being largely against nations more evil than :amerikkka: makes 'defending democracy' not a totally unreasonable claim
i guess he could be in his 90s if the artist wasn't very good at drawing wrinkles? are there even any living ww2 vets anymore?
Very few. Both my grandfathers were WWII vets, and they've both been dead at least a decade now. My grandma built F-4s during the war, she's still alive and she will be 101 in March.
While the fight fought in WW2 was undeniably for a good cause I don't think it was to "defend American democracy". America got roped into war against Japan and then Hitler apparently unilaterally declared war on the US.
We got roped into a war with Japan because they wanted to colonize the nations we already colonized, so the empires butted up against each other. Nothing ideological or principled, nor having anything to do with democracy.
sure, but being kicked off by being attacked and being largely against nations more evil than :amerikkka: makes 'defending democracy' not a totally unreasonable claim