alktrio06 Posted March 10, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 10, 2013 Check out this article on the humanity shown during an inhumane event... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry/index.html?hpt=hp_c4 "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglas Link to post Share on other sites
beezman Posted March 10, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 10, 2013 Thanks for these inspiring stories. Link to post Share on other sites
graham Posted March 10, 2013 Share #3 Posted March 10, 2013 Touching ending to the storey. Graham Link to post Share on other sites
CNY Militaria Posted March 10, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 10, 2013 Great story! Sounds like it would be a good movie as well. Ebay Sales: wwii.uniform.collector Auctioneer Website: http://www.cnymilitaria.com Facebook Sales Group Link to post Share on other sites
P-40Warhawk Posted March 11, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 11, 2013 I recall reading about this in the late 1990s, it was a very good story. ***WANTED*** Uniforms to Pearl Harbor Survivors. Wanted: USN uniforms to Pearl Harbor survivors & WWII sunk ship survivors. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/264131-wanted-uniforms-to-pearl-harbor-and-sunk-ships-survivors/ WANTED - seriously interested in named Chief/Senior/Master TORPEDOMAN USN uniforms from the 1950s-1960s-1970s, and named USN jumpers or CPO coats from WWII. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/321179-wanted-torpedoman-uniforms-named-1920s-1970s/ "All Torpedoes running Hot, Straight and Normal." Link to post Share on other sites
ww2relichunter Posted March 11, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 11, 2013 wow amazing story i find i wonderful story of hope and friendship from bitter enemy soldiers show sometimes people can but that allside to help their fellow man enemy or not Link to post Share on other sites
Garandomatic Posted March 13, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2013 My brother and I were just talking about some air war documentaries we were watching when this came up. I'd heard about it before but couldn't remember the men's names. What a story. Looking for the following: 452nd and 447th Bomb Group items Anything 12th Armored- especially uniforms 155th Assault Helicopter Company, Camp Coryell, or Ban Me Thuot Vietnam items[/center]WWII US Navy Uniforms from the Battle Off Samar: USS Johnston DD-557, USS Hoel DD-553, USS Samuel B. Roberts DE-413, USS Heermann DD-532, USS Dennis DE-405, USS John C. Butler DE-339, USS Raymond DE-341, USS Fanshaw Bay St. Lo, White Plains, Kalinin Bay, Kitkun Bay and Gambier Bay... Link to post Share on other sites
Brig Posted March 13, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2013 I wouldn't say chivalry is dead, we just haven't fought an enemy with any code of honor since WWII "FOR OUR TOMORROWS, THEY GAVE THEIR TODAYS" Sgt Jesse 'Jeff Nasty' Balthaser; Sgt John P Huling; Cpl Carlos 'Gilo Monster' Gilorozco; Cpl Stephen C 'Socks' Sockalosky; LCpl Joshua A 'Scottie' Scott; LCpl Jason Lee 'Birdman' Frye; LCpl Nicolas B Morrison; LCpl Jon T Hicks; LCpl Osbrany 'Oz' Montes De Oca; Pvt Lewis T D Calapini; 'The SOI 5' Link to post Share on other sites
alktrio06 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted March 14, 2013 I wouldn't say chivalry is dead, we just haven't fought an enemy with any code of honor since WWII I agree, chivalry is not dead. Warfare has changed though. The wars that have been fought since WWII have pitted us against enemies that were technologically inferior to us. As a result, they have had to rely on unconventional/ guerrilla tactics to even the field. This is not so different from the American Revolution. I wonder what British contemporaries said about the colonists at the time of the Revolution. In addition, I believe that chivalry is an act of humanity. Humanity is possible because two combatants feel empathy for each other through a common bond. If a combatant is setting up IED's or shooting hellfires on a screen, is it possible for that empathy to exist? So chivalry or humanity, in my opinion, exists on an individual basis. Case and point would be Nazi Germany. While there were monsters within the government and military, some individuals found it more honorable to do the right thing. Just my .02 "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglas Link to post Share on other sites
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