THG Podcast: Christmas and Candy in the American Military
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The Christmas truce of 1914 also deserves to be remembered.
Thank you! A springlike day here in Ontario 🇨🇦perfect to reflect on Christmas
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don’t. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy, just that it would be worth it
Agreed,as its too late for any regret & its better to avoid having a lot.FYI.These days,the reason could well be humans,as we have become powerful without becoming responsible,sadly.
My dad and I fight over tootsie rolls every Halloween, granted we're both too old to trick or treat but we buy the super large bag that is only in stores during Halloween. Then I give out the name brand items at the trunk or treats.
Geoffrey Crayon's Christmas chapters were reprinted several times as Old Chrustnas. With quaint illustrations. He influenced the holiday Dickens "remembered"
In U.S. Army Basic Training during the late 1980s, my battle buddy had a mother who demonstrated her sincere love for her son by shipping an enormous cardboard box, full of candy. No joke, the box was about half as tall as a refrigerator! But what she did not understand was, in early Army Basic Training, literally "no good deed goes unpunished."
In our 'tear them down' phase of training, the Drill Sergeant took particular delight in quoting how many push-ups The Drill expected my battle buddy to perform per item. I don't think even Batman would have survived it!
As a battle buddy, we were expected/ordered to "have his back at all times." And this gigantic amount of physical stress/punishment seemed an appropriate time for me to act. But I had a delicious plan. The best way to fight a superior opponent is to use their strength against them. So I looked directly into his eyes and asked, "Drill Sergeant, as his battle buddy, can I also do pushups and get the candy?"
My eye contact irritated the Drill Sergeant, who responded as I'd hoped -- by screaming at a private who dared ask a question! "I DON'T CARE WHO DOES THE PUSHUPS! YOU DO THEM, YOU GET THE CANDY!"
As I assumed 'the position,' every private in the training platoon also dropped and pushed out our repetitions, then collected and enjoyed our reward! The 'build them back from the ground up' phase came a week early!
Saving a life was never so sweet!
That poor private, he never knew what hit him
Finding those hundreds of Tootsie-Roll wrappers all over the roads had to be a WTF moment for those troops from China.
Gum was also important for GIs in WWII.
Chiclets
the Berlin airlift & Operation Little Vittles comes to mind. Uncle Wiggly Wings.
I still remember when Hershey made a bar for the troops in Operation Desert Shield/Storm that was formulated so it wouldn't melt as easily in the hot conditions out there. They actually also marketed it to the public as the Desert Bar. I quite liked them because they were rather dark, due to the fact that milk chocolate is quicker to melt, and I've always liked dark chocolate.
My mother sent my big brother oranges when he was in the Gulf War(Marines). They had been living off of a breakfast of powdered eggs, a small apple, and a"milk" carton & 1 MRE a day, while moving across the desert and digging a fox hole every night. When he peeled the first orange while in his fox hole everyone was on him.
Dude I had to change accounts years ago and forgot about you (sorry btw), I'm so glad that I found you again! Keep on keeping on history guy, people appreciate you 👍
Edit: it's nice to meet you Josh! Thank you for being a part of the history guy channel
Dear History Guy, I am wondering if you can do a video on the strange story of Grigiori Rasputin. The movie Anastasia painted him as a villain, but other sources portrayed him as someone who helped the Tsar. What were his origins? What were his real agendas? Were his reported multiple attempts at execution fabricated? Or was there more to the story?
No-no-no-no SIR! REMEMBERANCE deserves to be HISTORY!
It always irks me to hear about the "drunk" Hessians surprised by Washington at the first battle of Trenton. Definitely alternative history that deserves to be forgotten.
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As I’ve stated many times,that the climate is changing faster than it had in the past & climate change deniers still exist,pls.,feature climate change now & in the past to verify/unverify my statement.
no video just words? because of so many trademarks? permissions.
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No-no-no-no SIR! REMEMBERANCE deserves to be HISTORY!