My dad , also a WWII Veteran, almost made 100. He recently passed away. I'm devastated. He was my hero. Best wishes to your mom.

@@kathymacellis9478I can't wait to read your comment to Mom. You were blessed to have him with you for so long. I know when she dies I'll be devastated, but I try to keep telling myself that having a parent die at such an advanced age is easier than is they are much younger.

​@@steveweinstein3222 Yes, I was so blessed to have dad for so long ... As you are lucky to still have your mom. They really are the greatest generation. Such wonderful people !

​@@steveweinstein3222It's devastating nomatter what age you lose a parent, but indeed you are so very lucky to have her so long with you. My dad passed away at only 68 years old. I kinda took for granted that he would be with us for at LEAST another decade, maybe two. I was definitely NOT ready to lose him and I miss him dearly every day. 💔

@@themaggattack I had no idea that Mom would still be with me in my 72nd year. She didn't, either. It's getting difficult for her, but she still lives alone - no aides, no walker. She's mentally alert (she still delivers sarcastic zingers, bless her heart). When I talk to her or visit her, I try to make sure that she has some fun, because when it's not fun anymore, that's the time to check out.

There was a shocking lack of knowledge about the most basic health and hygiene matters among the men and women of the armed forces the US slammed together in the period 1941-44. First, they were mostly quite young; second, regional differences came into play. Farm kids and slum dwellers alike often had trouble keeping clean and organized at first, and handling money (preserving their pay); those from the Deep South and religious Midwest were sometimes completely ignorant of sexual matters, incld VD and the ways and dangers of prostitutes. The Armed Forces had to clue them in to keep them safe and working.

They come around with the flashlights to inspect your shoes lined up under the bed, to ensure that they have been lined up correctly. Touching, heels and toes together, touching. Your clothing in your wall locker needs to be one palm away from the next article of clothing.

How romantic 😍

My grandfather was a Marine Corps colonel, but there was nothing touching about him. He was an SOB, and he'd be the first to admit it, but I did love the guy. Why, I don't have a clue.

Marines AREN'T soldiers. They're MARINES . Soldiers are in the Army. If your parents were Marines you would know that.

*My mama was also a Lady Marine. My dad was* *in the Navy. They were also married. Theirs is a* *true love story. Semper Fi to you also!* 💖

Soldiers are Army

As I always say, "None of us would exist without our mothers."

@@MarioMastar Not only"Mothers" you dummy. But GOOD WOMEN. Any lazy slut can become a mother, but not a MOM..

Yeah because good posture definitely gets rid of fibroids.

Some of it is highly inaccurate by todays standards though

the calories of higher fiber foods require calories to break down, so a calorie measured scientifically is not the same as a calorie metabolized.

except for peppers, kale, nuts, grains, tofu, and other super foods. That was white bread, milk and fatty meat.

for war profit

🙄

My mother was 21 and had just joined the W.A.V.E.S. Dad was 23 and also in the Navy. That’s where they met, at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in NJ.

@@dewilew2137Hehe, Hollywood really does only show us what they want us to see. But at least the attempt to make things better was there. Sadly watching these makes it too easy to forget if you were of a certain "Archetype" you were still a lesser person to the eyes of many. That was the REAL point of the war. Not stopping the Nazis, but stopping US from being worse than them.

What’s to love at the moment? Book banning, the overturning of Roe vs Wade, hate being considered acceptable again, people trying to drag religion even further into politics where it has no place, inadequate gun control, Florida teaching that slavery was actually beneficial to the SLAVES, criminals trying to run for president or other government positions, underpaid teachers, prohibitively expensive healthcare, people STILL going hungry, housing costs skyrocketing, etc. And we’re supposed to be the greatest country in the world? What a load of BS.

​@@mariekatherine5238 My paternal grandparents met at a Naval Base in Ogden, UT.

Oops. 😁

@@richardaaronringquist3316 Why "oops"? :)

Can you elaborate?

Same, all the ones with the fellas show what kind of clowns we are, but I guess since in this era it was fairly new for women to be in the workforce, they probably kept it serious to let them know "We're treating you with dignity. Not lessers like the men would, we will talk to you with the same tone we would talk to our boss."

My grandma was a Wave, too! She and my Paw Paw met in the Navy, in Pensacola. I have all of her old pictures, too. Thank you for sharing this comment... it truly made my entire week!

😂😂😂😂

I did

They said no, so don't tell them I watch anyway

@cynthialynch9703 I wrote a letter asking for permission. Still waiting. 😆

@@colonelkurtz2269 🤣

Better than the one PMS ing and packing them.

Exactly what I was thinking

why just women? you think men don’t have bad days or act stupid? well, have I got news for you, bucko

They also stress rest which is something that most of us forget. Just as you say, "still applicable".

That’s the major malfunction with society in the US today. There is no straight forward, no nonsense common sense present in most people and it’s definitely not used in govt. And if it is present they repress it in lieu of ridiculous off the wall behavior & nonsensical irrational thinking & outbursts that gain them attention they desire also, many go through each day anticipating & looking for a reason to be “offended” by someone else’s actions or speech or thought wether they genuinely are or not to gain that attention. We are doomed

Corn syrup.

Agreed. I wonder if the existence of endometriosis was known yet in that time period, or if this is a recent discovery.

@@YouKnowMeDuh Its barely known now

Tell me about it. I needed a hysterectomy for adenomyosis (endo in which uterine lining buries in muscle). It was gruesome.

I just had the same thought. "No one should be absent because of menstruation...those cramps are just because you're constipated." Oh, brother...

Maybe you should hop in your time machine and go back 80 years and let them know everything we've learned since then so they can correct this. Or better yet, wait another 80 years for someone to come back in their time machine and tell you how wrong you are so you can correct your attitude, and then go back. But wait... then someone from 80 years in their future will come back and correct them, so they'll have to come back and correct you and you'll have to go back and correct them again with what you've just learned. But hold on... then someone from 80 years in THEIR future... Or maybe just stop being so judgmental and realize everyone has always been doing the best they can with what they knew at the time. Sheesh.

I think by then women generally run out of eggs which is why they're most intense during the teen and young adult years, but get weaker as you get older. Ibuprophens work similarly, they seem to shut down nervous responses that allow the muscles to relax, enabling blood flow and reducing pressure. Once I realized how that works, my own headaches stopped being nearly as unbearable.

Wtf ...no they don't

been healthy is equal to looking good and NOT viceversa!

"Because it's not how you feel, it's how you look. And you look mahhhhhvvveeeeelllloooouuusssss.--Fernando

Because the survival of women depended on whether or not they could get a husband. Which is why feminism was necessary.

It wasn't to promote being superficial..the video was centered around the relationship between health, strength, fitness, and longevity. When your muscles are worked out to their peak, your body will be in the best shape it can be..hence..giving you the longest lasting strength you're capable of. The easiest way to gauge when your muscles had reached the service's expectations was when you looked good in the mirror. Coming from somebody who dropped 65 lbs in one summer...i say looks are important. Ever since I lost it I've felt better and remained healthier. That was 30 years ago..and I've maintained my weight ever since. The majority of those who get offended when you say "looks are important" only do so because it's the easiest way to deny their responsibility for getting themselves there to begin with, and it serves the same purpose as covering their ears and yelling loudly when people try to say human bodies look better when they are in good shape rather than when their shape gets neglected. To those who have REAL medical CONDITIONS..and I mean REAL...my statements don't include you. All you other women who've let yourselves go..get off your fat assess today and start working to look better for your men...they deserve it! 🍺🍻

That kitten could teach us a thing or two about relaxation. What a cute kitten. 🐱😌

Aunt Millie, not Aunt Polly.

Yes they do. Check around 15:53 for one example. They explicitly mention constipation at least a couple times when advising about menstrual cramps and function.

It's right before she says "abDOmen" which has nothing to do with anything other than it's quaint and funny

As a whole they were but it was how they dressed and acted in public.. always dresses and hair done up. No vulgarity always respectful

@@martywatts7274Yeah, painting up everyday for everyone’s entertainment isn’t really a woman’s goal in life Marty. Maybe let them be themselves.

Standards do vary... Though I'm a flower guy with a computer box for a head. I like the strong, amazonian, warrior type with wild hair personally, but the brits got here before the Africans and the rest is history....

Hollywood back then really liked to make it seem like EVERYONE in america was a square cut guy and a poster model girl. A small section of a small city that was one of the few places where people would regularly be filmed and spread around. I think the 80s was when we finally saw what people REALLY looked like in media and things got a lot more chill since then. No more sticks.

What a cutie 🐱

The silly little 😸 is adorable. I 💘 her.

Even the feline was a female so it stayed on topic!

Everything is so sugarcoated when it comes to health, all pushing towards an unrealistic standard that frankly isn't all that appealing anyway. Even if some of the things said in the video may be outdated, nothing in this video was particularly "Wrong" as the underlying point is "eat well, exercise, rest, and take care of yourself." Something no one knows how to do now a days.

IKR? Those things are hell. Good workout, though.

@@SewardWriter It's when you start sweating and your muscles start to feel tired that you start the count. XD

that's Sara Haden, Andy Hardy's Aunt Millie

@@HYPNOTOAD291 Thank you. I could not figure out who the narrator was,

@Michael Lane It was a joke! I guess it went over your head. You have one, right?

There's a bar in Columbus,Ohio called "the Silent Woman." Out in front, there's a big sign probably from the 50's or 60's of a housewife holding a roller with no head.

That's not Audrey Meadows.

Exactly!

It looks like a biscuit/cookie perhaps?

Yes, it's actress Sara Haden, who played Aunt Milly in most of them.

This will be the next fad for the lip filler brigade….some of them are getting that way!

@@aprilapril2 I think OP was bringing race into it.

@@marine4lyfe85because it IS (was) incredibly racist. Yikes, try to follow along on the simple stuff jarhead.

Yeah, I cringed when I heard that. Yikes.

And Fu Manchu talons 😬

Even given the option we just refuse to cause what counts as "sick"? Most companies are moving to "unlimited PTO" for that reason. No one wants to take time of unless they're forced to. (and believe me, I've had at least 3 bosses and HR force me to take a sick day because I sneezed once. My boss was like "Have you taken a day off since you started?" I was like "Uh... I think once for an appointment...?" and he was like "Go home.") so they are getting better with that.

No...this video fat-shames and I am triggered.

@@leojanuszewski1019 again it was made in the forties. There's going to be fat shaming😒

Yes we are! lol.

Are women more complex? Don't think so. They are simple as we are, but now they think they are better. Feminism and modern way of life killed the importance of family, being single (...) is a chic now. Maybe at 50 people realise they fucked up their life.

I'm simple but I'm female. We do exist :)

I love that! XD

@@cheryldahl9192 HORAY!!--AN HONEST WOMAN!!!!!!

Hehe most of the other ones ARE silly but silly in a way to make a point about acting foolish fortunately. It does get sad when the protagonist of the training film dies or fails, but it's the best way to teach a valuable lesson to anyone thinking of being a goofus trusted with a gun. THOUGH some of them do show more a lack of good training than anything. Like if you crash land and your first instinct is to run blindly through the woods, I seriously have to question HOW said person got their pilot wings....

already understood@@MarioMastar

“I love their ideals” Their ideals prevented them from putting any women of color in their film. FYI, If people were smarter back then, they wouldn’t need this video explaining that it’s necessary to bathe everyday.

Smarter? Yeah, no. Time period has nothing to do with it. We do have better nutrition, air, water, and education now if you can get it though.

It's still there in the military...in fact the military is even more disciplined now than it was at that time. Sure there are a lot of youths who don't seem like they would make it, but given the volunteer nature and the fact that many people I work with on a daily basis are military and are some of the nicest people I've ever met, it's definitely a lot better. Course the population is also 5x bigger so we're seeing a LOT more idiots with a voice in social media lately.....unfortunately. (the people who complain about the removal of the shark attack as "being too soft" should never have been allowed to serve. I don't need camy heads thinking they can order ME around because they got beaten. That's not discipline, that's BULLYING. but fortunately, I never had issues with anyone who served that I met. Very fantastic people.)

Kaveri Gojare you probably are fat. Most women& men today are. I’m glad my “time “ was back in the 80s when women didn’t celebrate being a tattooed up obese hag. Oh well, the Mexican guys are having the time of their lives with all the big girls. It’s so funny to see all the little dried up Mexican dudes with the albino whales in Walmart.😍😍😍😂

@Gayle Elizabeth bla bla bla!!! listen to Miss Matthews and STOP complaining!!

Yeah, heroin chic did no favours for anyone.