Why do the first and second war heros always get honored and others do not?

Question

I respect that we wouldn't be here today because of what occured then but there have been other wars, other casualties and other heros too, but no one ever gets mentioned. Why is this?

If you had been in another of these more recent wars wouldn't you feel just a little slighted by this?

My nephew was in the Gulf war, came back with post traumatic stress disorder but was he and his friends who fought ever thanked or honored??? No. Are other wars considered less important, cos if they are then that is not an encouragement for people to enlist is it?

I know people don't join the forces for recognition but to serve their country, but it's a question I want to ask. Thanks

Answer 1

Thank you! I think along the same lines, the problem is  there are so many wars now that we can't have separate days for them all.

I used to think that it was because people were forced to join the forces that rememberance day was to pay respect to the people who were forced to fight until they were killed. Where as more modern wars, its people who joined the forces out of their own will. But of course I may be wrong, am not sure.

Its possible that people just don't care about it anymore, the armys out there fighting , they're in their cosy homes watchin tv, playing with their kids or walking their dogs.

Like with many things in the past, remembering it seems to be more important to the population, all these fires, murders etc, but when something happens now adays, usually its forgotten within months. Maybe its just modern society.

Answer 2

There was a ticker tape parade for them in NYC in the early 90's.

Answer 3

I wouldn't ever consider myself a hero, I'm only going through Basic at the moment, but I wouldn't consider myself a hero at any point during my Army Career. It's simply a person doing His/Her job. As you rightly said we aren't in it for the recognition but a pat on the back and a "thank you" goes a long way when we are constantly been accused ot murdering and raping Civvy's.

Answer 4

A couple of reasons. Number one, because those wars included a lot more people and as in total war, includes the civilian population.

Second, because we no longer punish traitors in the US. We now have an entire party full of leftist cowardly traitors that are being taught in Public Education that there is something noble about hating your country.

In conclusion, we are in serious need of a harvest.  

Answer 5

They are honored because they were successful wars.  All other military interventions which followed were not met with good results.

Answer 6

What country are you from?  Here in Australia, we have ANZAC day, and although it was initially for WWI veterans, we remember all our Servicemen and women and civilians who died, fought and all those involved in every conflict in which Australia has been involved. This includes our allies and our enemies.  Perhaps you might like to rephrase your question.

Answer 7

For my A2 course in english literature we are self teaching (ourselves) about the first world war, and i have been reading lots of poems and diary enters, newspaper articles and watching videos and it's mind blowing how much people at war and those that are left behind at home suffer immensely. i was so naive to it all this before, not really comprehending remembrance sunday or when we have minute silences. it is such a shame that not all wars are honoured and people are not thanked personally for their services, because then it just all seems a little wasted. i guess that's the society in which we live in, people are simply unaware of what goes on during times of war, and that fatalities during war are reduced to statisitcs and the individuals behind this are not recognised.  

Answer 8

War heroes from all wars are always honored in the US.  Not all soldiers can be honored all of the time.

We honor our soldiers with Veterans Day and Memorial Day.  Lots of places have parades.

If your friend is ill, he should seek treatment.  Calling him a hero and giving him a medal will not cure his illness.

Answer 9

In UK we do honour our veterans. We have just had veterans day services and parades.

If your nephew has GWSyndrome I feel for him. I too was in GW1 and when we came back home we were greeted by our families and in my home town by the Mayor and council.

Those who lost their lives in that war are remembered on the National memorial in the National Arboretum in Staffordshire. Built by donations from a grateful public.

Not everyone who serves gets a decoration to go with the war medals.

Answer 10

It started with the left in the United States doing their best to uphold and institute their political ideology on this country.  They couldn't allow people who fought the Communists in Korea and Viet Nam to be seen as heroes!  That would undermine their attempts to get their left-wing power base going.  Unfortunately, those who were not left wing refused to fight this, and most of the National press saw that they could sell more papers by attacking the government than by supporting it.  Once the news organizations started their "hate America First" garbage... it just "snow-balled" down hill and got bigger.

It even effected the School System.  I remember the first batch of teachers that got out of college during the viet nam war.    I don't remember learning anything from THEM for the remaining 6 years of school!   Every day it was just a "bash the U.S." speech!

This even effected the smaller schools, as I came from a small town on the Canadian Border in N.Y..   We only had about 900 students from grades k through 12.