Took Jake up to the US WWII memorial today.
The younger generation does not have a memory or an awareness of the hallowed ground that is Guadalcanal…
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The Native Iowan 
This is a comment that has been shared by all generations across all of earth’s geographic regions. Even the telling of folklore loses something over time. Perhaps that is why succeeding generations have skirmishes that escalate to world encompassing proportions.
By: Monk Hemmer on July 6, 2011
at 1:13 pm
hey happy b day last week… how ya doing? And you are right… I keep hearing myself say things my father and grandather had said before…
By: nativeiowan on July 6, 2011
at 11:01 pm