It’s Never Been More True: They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore

By: Chris Johnson

As we look back into the ancient history of Western civilization, there are epic battles, desperate defenses, valiant assaults which have clung to our cultural memory over the millennia: the Trojan horse, the 300 Spartans, the sacking of Rome, King Alfred’s defense against the Vikings, the defense of Malta which stopped the Muslim conquest of Europe, Washington crossing the Delaware.

Today marks the 8^th decade since one of the most heroic and certainly the most legendary wartime action of the modern era. In terms of scale alone, the heroics of these previous battles of legend pale in comparison to the allied invasion of the beaches of Normandy. It was, and remains, the largest assault force ever assembled with over 150,000 allied troops charging German defenses, leaving over 4,000 of their brothers’ bodies in the sand.

D-Day has been engraved on the consciousness of Europe and the United States not only from our parents and grandparents and our history books, but by books, movies, and even video games which seek to preserve the perspective and memories of the soldiers who experienced the invasion.

The 2017 video game, Call of Duty: World War II, sought to give its players a sense of what the allies went through. The player character approaches the shore in a landing craft, nervously joking with the others in his company. The order is given to drop the ramp, leaving no cover, and the soldiers he was just talking to are instantly mowed down. This is just a video game, but it represents the first-hand experiences of many survivors of that day.

While authors, media companies, and video game developers have sought to preserve the perspectives of the young men who landed on the beach heads of Normandy, far less has been done to document the perspectives of those who survived to experience the world that they saved from the Nazi war machine. There have been some interviews, however, and the answers these veterans give are tragic in a different way.

A 100 year-old marine told his interviewer: “Nowadays, I am so upset that the things we did, the things we fought for, and the boys that died for it, it’s all gone down the drain.” Here the marine is trying to hold back his tears. “Our country’s going to Hell in a handbasket. We haven’t got the country we had when I was raised, not at all. Nobody will have the fun I had. Nobody will have the opportunity I had. It just is not the same!” Here, he loses control and his voice cracks, “That’s not what our boys, that’s not what they died for!”  Now he’s sobbing, “It’s just, it’s not it.”

Another veteran is asked what he thinks about the state of our country. “You want the real truth?” he asks. The reporter replies that she does. Here’s his answer: “I feel like a foreigner in my own country lots of times, and I don’t like it. It makes my heart real heavy.”

The clips I saw don’t ask these vets what they mean about what’s changed or why they feel like a foreigner in the country that sent them to war, but I’m going to hazard a guess based on the veterans of World War II that I’ve had the honor of knowing, including my grandfather.

I would guess that might have something to do with this weighty anniversary sharing its month with our country’s celebration of “Pride.”

Ironically, that same video game franchise, Call of Duty, in its most recent iteration allows players to paint their ammunition and weapons in the pattern of the trans flag, in their recognition of “Pride month.”

Meanwhile, the Navy Special Warfare Command, which houses the Navy Seals, is posting to social media in solidarity with the “Pride” movement, as is the Department of Defense.

Military recruitment among the demographic which the vast majority of American troops on D-Day belonged to, young men from rural communities, is at a historic low as leadership within the military branches which spends its energy (and taxpayers’ money) pushing DEI.

In a podcast I was listening to recently, a former Army Colonel told the host, “We wouldn’t be able to win World War II today,” with the way our military is structured.

This day, where we remember the bravery and sacrifice of so many of our fathers and grandfathers, taking place in this month, where we’re supposed to celebrate the fact that today’s young men and women literally don’t know what it means to be a man or woman, puts in sharp relief that old saying which has never been more true: they don’t make them like that anymore.

Another thing that’s never been more true, as our ruling class’s rivals are targeted by a politicized justice system, our fellow American’s jobs are given to illegal immigrants, and our liberties are sold for a seat at the WEF table, we are not worthy of their sacrifice.

I pray that we listen to the warnings of these old heroes, and once more become a nation they can be proud of.

Dear Heavenly Father: We seem so unable to turn from our wicked ways as 2 Chronicles calls us to. Turn us, oh Lord, that we would be turned. Lamentations 5:21. We can’t do it!

 

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