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With each tick of the clock we have fewer of the Greatest Generation ... the one that kept us from speaking German or Japanese ... raise a glass to them and thank God for their sacrifices.
 
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NCFubar said:
With each tick of the clock we have fewer of the Greatest Generation ... the one that kept us from speaking German or Japanese ... raise a glass to them and than God for their sacrifices.
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My wife is a home Health VA nurse. She visits veterans in their homes. I wish that I could rid with her for just a week to talk to some of these Old Fellas! She sees a B-24 bomber pilot, a guy that served in Africa, just lost her Marine who served in the Pacific. She loves these guys and I’d love to hear their stories! My Grandfather was a M-4 Sherman tank driver in Patton’S 3rd Armor, 3rd Army and watched the Russians come into Berlin while sitting on the Elbe River. He passed in 1991 and I miss him terrible. I enlisted in the Army because of him. They were truly the Greatest Generation!
 
My grandfather on my mother’s side was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed, he was interviewed back in the early 90s by the Florence morning news (small city newspaper in Florence SC) for an article regarding his experiences there and in the war itself. My Aunt has lots of audio recordings of him talking about both his experiences in the military and growing up, I need to see if I can get a copy of them. I’d love to have them just to hear his voice again, he died around 93-94 I think.
He had a heck of a sense of humor, being basically deaf without his hearing aids (due to grenades/bombs near his foxhole) he’d get my grandma wound up and ranting at him over something then he’d look at you, reach in his chest pocket and turn down his hearing aid, and wink to you. Lol
 
Work in senior care daily and always in awe of what these men around me did fighting for their country when they were younger. Their bodies are now frail but if you look in their eyes the fire still burns deep. that Fire and determination is something our enemies could not match.
 
I was fortunate enough to care for Veterans at the VA in Durham for most of my career. These gentlemen are owed more than will ever be paid back in their lifetimes. Thank you for recognizing our WW II vets.
 
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There is a little known operation in WWII that will amaze you ... it was called Operation Magic Carpet. Basically it was bring home the MILLIONS of US soldiers, including maybe a total from both theaters of a million POW’s, from Europe and the Pacific. It was done on ships from carriers to luxury liners (the Queen Mary painted dull gray). It didn’t stop there ... when they hit US soil trains and buses (no airlines back then) were jammed. People took soldiers into their home, fed them and gave them a place to sleep. Truck drivers loaded them up and transported them across the country. Even individuals would drive 4 ... 5 ... or more soldiers in their cars and drive them home. Yes, every person of that Greatest Generation did things not many people today would do ... God Bless Them.
 
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Civilians died side by side with military personnel that day.

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When my sons were younger I was going to have them watch 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' with me.
TV broadcasting got all PC ~2000, not one channel had it.
 
Pink_Vapor said:
When my sons were younger I was going to have them watch 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' with me.
TV broadcasting got all PC ~2000, not one channel had it.
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First of all, great banner!

Second, one of the channels plays it every Memorial Day weekend. Every year they have the same dozen or so flicks, this is one of them.
 
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