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Thank you for sharing this. A testament to the will of man to survive and endure.
 
Unbelievable commitment. I recently read "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. It is another story of an amazing person and his ordeal during the 2nd world war.
 
RIP.

Can't imagine what he went through, would have loved the opportunity to sit down and talk.
 
Simply incredible.

It was so typical that his generation would hardly speak of their time spent in WWII. My Father never spoke about his time in the South Pacific to his sons...and I only heard him mention it once at my uncle's house while surrounded by fellow family members that also served over there at that time. I heard many stories about my Dad as a young, brash guy before the war. I only knew him as a soft spoken, grateful, and very proud man that never sweated the small stuff.

Those were very strong people that kept many horrors inside.


Godspeed Doc...
 
I was fortunate to be able to share my war (Viet Nam) with my father and his war (WW II). A truly brave man he was. I don't know that I could have done the things he had to do. Wow. What a generation. He is now buried in Arlington, along with so many more like him. RIP
 
ironpeddler said:
Simply incredible.

It was so typical that his generation would hardly speak of their time spent in WWII. My Father never spoke about his time in the South Pacific to his sons...and I only heard him mention it once at my uncle's house while surrounded by fellow family members that also served over there at that time. I heard many stories about my Dad as a young, brash guy before the war. I only knew him as a soft spoken, grateful, and very proud man that never sweated the small stuff.

Those were very strong people that kept many horrors inside.


Godspeed Doc...
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I am lucky to be related to a Vet from the Normandy invasion. He was my great grandfather, a very modest and hard working man. I also never heard him speak of his time in the war, until he around 90 years old. I finally had worked up the nerve to ask him as I am a bit of a history nerd. When I finally asked him he opened up and told me many stories about his service and I was proud to find out that he was a recipient of the Bronze Star and an Oak Cluster. I will always cherish the memory of him telling me the stories and him as well. I just admire the hell out of that generation and the sacrifices that they made for the greater good of this nation.
 
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