A military Thanksgiving dinner in Asia
An evening pause: Does this make you hungry? It should also make you want to give thanks.
Hat tip Danae.
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Great Feast!
Armed Forces Radio Service
Thanksgiving Show 1944
Original Air Date – 11-23-44
https://youtu.be/d2NVqS_z55k
(29:22)
Sorry to go post-happy, I’ve been dying to get this one in today—
“A Day of Thanksgiving” (1951)
Young America Films/Centron
https://youtu.be/HNm7q1JVFH8
12:28
“The Johnson family — Mother, Dick, Susan, Tommy and “baby Janet” — are eagerly anticipating their Thanksgiving dinner when dad (“Bill”) comes home with some bad news….”
The amount of prep and pride that the mess halls put into the holiday (Christmas/Thanksgiving) meals is staggering. The prep begins far in advance of the meals, and the end result is always impressive. Even BAD chow halls turn out top flight meals on those days.
Having served as battalion mess officer as an additional duty, I can state that the cooks and bakers are some of the hardest working troops in the military and they work even harder during the holidays. And the Army makes sure that everyone, especially the troops up at the tip of the spear, has a hot holiday dinner.
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commodude/ Col Beausabre”
Great stuff!
“Lincoln and Thanksgiving: The Origin of an American Holiday ”
PragerU, 11-19-2018
https://youtu.be/N1m5gUSRyTc
5:34
“The very first Thanksgiving happened almost 400 years ago – long before the nation was born. How did it evolve into America’s quintessential national holiday? Credit largely goes to two people – one, a name you know; the other, you’ve probably never heard – but should. Melanie Kirkpatrick, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, gives us the run-down on how a harvest party between Pilgrims and Indians became our oldest national tradition.”