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We lost another of the greatest generation
jimdeere
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We went to church together up until the Corona hit. He was sharp witted right up to the end. His wife, Dora , is a special lady, too. She sang in the choir and ran a foot race at age 90.
See you at the buck lot, old buddy.
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R.I.P.
RIP
All of the kids in my Dad's family were in the service during the war, even my Aunt. They are all gone now, with Dad being the last one to pass away in 2013.
It won't be much longer that all of them will be gone. We owe so much to the brave men and women who served during that war.
RIP all the veterans.
Joe
I notice that at the VA when I go. see a few Korean war vets, but we are down to mostly Nam vets and they are getting more scarce these days...........
Never has so much been owed to so few by so many!
Winston Churchill!
RIP
Less than 240,000 US WW2 combat vets left. Hold him high for us all, Jim. The end of an era is approaching quickly.
Brad Steele
RIP
RIP, Old Timer.
Sadly, we are losing about 230 WW II veterans everyday..
RIP and thank you .
I salute the departed. RIP
When I was growing up it was the rare family that didn't have a WW2 vet. Now out of the dozens and dozens that I knew personally, only one is left. Many of them became leaders of the community, either in business, politics, or public service like law enforcement. Without their guiding hands and principles our society has gone to hell. We didn't appreciate their efforts until they were gone. I sorely miss them. Bob
RIP sir..sounds like a guy I would have liked to know....
God Bless. Those were different times. My condolences.
...A salute sir for your service, may you rest in peace, you earned it...
...My Dad fought all thru Europe into Germany, as did two Uncles...my other Uncle, a Marine, fought in the Pacific ...truly the greatest generation...
RIP to another great America thank you sir for your service
when younger I always ask vets to tell me ther stories ( if they wanted too some did not want to visit the dark corner of the minds ) lot of good stories and tons of sad ones
I Wach interviews on you tube where they seek out our older vets and talk about there time , amazing what most of them delt with at 18 to 20 years old . some show there bring back trophy's some neat items also they were able to get home and still have
RIP.God Bless.
Sadly ,none of that ww2 vets that I knew of growing up are still alive . In fact of my parents generation , I know of only three survivors ,all widows .
When my Aunt Barbara was in the Army, she was assigned to a Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She was trained as a nurse, and did that for a time. One day she brought in a painting she had done and gave it to a soldier. Everyone that saw the painting was amazed at her talent. The hospital administrator saw it and came up with an idea to put her talent to better use.
Several times a week soldiers would come in with eye injuries that would cause them to lose the eye. So my Aunt was assigned to sit with the soldier and paint an exact duplicate of his good eye on a glass blank. After she died Dad wound up with the glass eyes that were extras from the soldiers that didn't survive their wounds.
After my Daughter graduated from Ohio State Optometry School, Dad gave her the collection, and she has them on display in her office.
Aunt Barbara was always my favorite Aunt, she was a real sweetheart.
Joe
When I was growing up,almost everyone I knew had a dad that was a WW2 vet.My dad was Navy in the Pacific,most dads were Army and a few were Marines.I was thinking after I was an adult that most of the Marines that were in the thick of it in the Pacific seemed to die earlier in life than most vets.The ones I knew were gone by their late 50s.I dont know if it was the stress of what they had been through or it was coincident with the Marines I knew.