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fredM · 12-11-2025, 06:33 AM

Then it's kind of a sure thing that 911 will go away too. Think about Custer's last stand. A horrible event which upset the entire country. Then years later, in 1960, a singer Larry Vern sang "Please Mr. Custer, I don't want to go." A humorous song that lasted on popular radio. Made a funny event out of it? This will happen with the 911 event too.

BlueSunoco · 12-13-2025, 06:29 PM

Johnny Horton had a couple of big hits.' History related, back in the early 60's---'The Battle of New Orleans' and 'Sink the Bismarck'
Songs like that make people remember, or think, about what was. Too bad that no one does that today, as far as I'm aware.

On a side note, thank goodness for our missile arsenal. During WWII the guys had to load onto a bomber, fly the guantlet over enemy territory, drop their bombs and hope to get home.
8th Air Force ALONE had as many KIA's as we had in all of Vietnam. Tens of thousands of guys died during that campaign. Today we launch a missile from far far away, that can do a lot more than a 500 pound bomb plus they are deadly accurate.

GB SISSON · 12-13-2025, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueSunoco

Johnny Horton had a couple of big hits.' History related, back in the early 60's---'The Battle of New Orleans' and 'Sink the Bismarck'
Songs like that make people remember, or think, about what was. Too bad that no one does that today, as far as I'm aware.

On a side note, thank goodness for our missile arsenal. During WWII the guys had to load onto a bomber, fly the guantlet over enemy territory, drop their bombs and hope to get home.
8th Air Force ALONE had as many KIA's as we had in all of Vietnam. Tens of thousands of guys died during that campaign. Today we launch a missile from far far away, that can do a lot more than a 500 pound bomb plus they are deadly accurate.

There were some notable songs written after 9/11 like Toby Keith's 'Red white and Blue' and Alan Jackson's 'Where were you when the world stopped turning', but of that genre, I still like this contemporary one about my Dad's generation. They were brought up with jack shit, just to be sent off to a brutal war overseas, and those that Did make it home worked their butts off to build the America that we enjoy today. The airports, bridges, interstates, you name it. Sappy? Perhaps, so I guess I'm a sap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYGw...Bjb2xvcg%3D%3D

12-11-2025, 06:33 AM	#21
fredM Member Join Date: Apr 2025 Posts: 58	Re: Pearl Harbor Day Then it's kind of a sure thing that 911 will go away too. Think about Custer's last stand. A horrible event which upset the entire country. Then years later, in 1960, a singer Larry Vern sang "Please Mr. Custer, I don't want to go." A humorous song that lasted on popular radio. Made a funny event out of it? This will happen with the 911 event too.

12-13-2025, 06:29 PM	#22
BlueSunoco Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Windy City Posts: 1,091	Re: Pearl Harbor Day Johnny Horton had a couple of big hits.' History related, back in the early 60's---'The Battle of New Orleans' and 'Sink the Bismarck' Songs like that make people remember, or think, about what was. Too bad that no one does that today, as far as I'm aware. On a side note, thank goodness for our missile arsenal. During WWII the guys had to load onto a bomber, fly the guantlet over enemy territory, drop their bombs and hope to get home. 8th Air Force ALONE had as many KIA's as we had in all of Vietnam. Tens of thousands of guys died during that campaign. Today we launch a missile from far far away, that can do a lot more than a 500 pound bomb plus they are deadly accurate.