Tag: World War II

In the Deepest Fibers of American Society

September 1, 2026

It’s no secret, if you do your own research, you’ll discover that World War II meant big business for the United States. That’s right, American corporations were making vehicles and installing the phone lines for Adolf Hiler’s Third Reich. Also, as crazy as it sounds, I do believe American labor laid the tracks for the train leading to Auschwitz.

Above, is link to a YouTube video. You can watch it and learn all about Operation Paperclip and how the United States gave citizenship to Nazi war criminals and Nazi scientists after World War II. These men, some guilty of committing the most heinous of acts, were not only given U.S. citizenship, but they were given top jobs our own government.

Wernher von Braun, former Nazi, was a key figure in the NASA program. He received numerous awards for his work on rocket propulsion and the Apollo Saturn V Rocket. I mean wow, talk about wiping the slate clean and getting a second chance!

Anyway, the purpose of this article is not harp on Operation Paperclip or to rehash information that’s out, already known, and widely available. I just wanted to provide you with a little background information so I can share what I found recently.

In 1985, when I was just five, I was gifted a Nintendo Entertainment System. Several years later, a popular game, Zelda, came out. I got it, and I could not stop playing it. I never realized at the tender age of seven, that the map design for Level 3 was a swastika.

Who would put that in a game that was designed and marketed for children?

Is there any connection between the Third Reich and the fact that this map was created for the Third Level?

My second find came several weeks ago. There was a television show called, Preacher. I purchased the first three seasons a couple of years ago online and binge watched them. The show was that good.

Recently, I went back to watch the first three seasons again, and I noticed something very interesting in tenth episode of the THIRD season. Again, the word third, or the number three came up again.

Episode 10 of Season 3 was titled, The Light Above, and it was released on August 26 in 2018.

There was an actor in the show who was playing Hitler, and Hitler was in hell. Somehow, Hitler escaped from hell, and started working at sandwich shop, that looked like Subway. While he was working, he was expressing his views about society, and he was able to once again recreate his Nazi army.

While all of that was going on, the Devil sent two of his associates to recapture Hitler and return him to hell. They captured Hitler, but on their ride back to hell, Hitler’s army showed up with a tank and demanded his release.

Notice the soldier on the right side of the screen. He’s the only one wearing a red hat.

Here’s a close up of him. Yes! He’s wearing a red hat that says, Make America Great Again!

How embedded is Nazism in our society and culture?

Think about it.

All of those Nazi scientists who were guilty of crimes against humanity during World War II and then given citizenship and jobs in government in the United States during the later 40s and 50s, well, they had children. Their children had children.

Who are these people, and what positions do their family members hold today?

December 7, 1941

President Roosevelt was in the process of appealing to Emperor Hirohito asking him to use his influence and power to avert war, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Pear Harbor was a United States base in Hawaii, and 2,403 American soldiers, sailors, and civilians died that day, 80 years ago. At the same time, Japan bombed Guam, Midway, and two British bases in Hong Kong and Singapore. Shortly after, Japan declared war on the United States.

On December 8th, the next day, Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war on Japan and the Senate vote was in favor and the House approved 388-1. Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to the House was the single vote.

Shortly after, Germany and Italy also declared war with the U.S.

Lots of interesting things happened during this war. 100,000 Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes and placed into camps in Utah, Colorado, and Arkansas-many joined the U.S. Army. General Benjamin O. Davis became the first black general in the U.S. Air Force, and the first black cadet to graduate from West Point. In 1942, an oil refinery in California was destroyed by a Japanese submarine; this was the only attack in the United States, but there was a real threat of Germany attacking from the Atlantic. There were coastal blackouts along the eastern seaboard because of that threat.

The draft age was lowered to 18, and coffee, meat, and gasoline joined the list of rationed items. The first atom bomb was successfully detonated in secret in New Mexico, and less than a month later it was dropped on Hiroshima killing almost a third of the population and destroying 98% of city buildings. Three days later, the second atom bomb was dropped on Japan in Nagasaki.

Most of the fighting happened in the Pacific and Europe, and although there was no official count for how many people lost their lives during the war years, the estimated number was 50 million. They say it was the deadliest war in history.

On this day, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, it is the 80-year anniversary since the Pearl Harbor bombing, and I’d like to thank all the remaining survivors and deceased soldiers who fought to protect the United States during WWII; my grandfather included.