This is still the 'Greatest Generation'. When you see the little blue hair who is not the driver she once was, remember she may have worked at the Willow Run bomber plant. When you see the skinny little old man who may take too long at the grocery check out, remember he may have been on the beaches at Omaha. They are the reason we don't speak German or Japanese. They are the ones who lived on rashioned meat, sugar, gasoline and tires. They are why we have the freedoms we do. They are heros! Treat them that way.
Hear Hear Swifster , well put , My Dad was one of those in North Africa & Italy with Field Marshall Montgomery , he made it back luckily . Remember them All indeed .
My father, 1st Sgt. Pershing H. Wadsworth (1919-2002), was in the second wave of troops to go ashore at Omaha Beach.
another thread started today, http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=368595 We all need to give thank's to these overlooked hero's ! CBB
Thank you to all that served! I cluding my Father (USN) My Uncle Frank (USAAF) and My Uncle Lyle (101st Airborn, 4 silver stars D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge)
My dad was in the D Day in Normandie France he was from Belgium I am also Belgium citizen soon to be an American Love this country. I am proud to say that I have served in the US Coast Guard from 1970 to 74. I remember when I was 7 years old my parents took me to the cemetery where Americans / Canadian / French and other patriotic soldiers were lay to rest very emotional place to see. In a few years I am planning to return to Normandie. Thanks for the post Frenchy
Received this from my Mother today in an E-mail and sent her back an Amen....and Swifster you my friend, are right on the money!.....if you have ever stood in the cemeteries in Normandy and cried your eyes out you know what I mean....... Bless them all To those of us old enough to remember.... where were you 65 years ago today..??? I was holding a 2 month old daughter and wondering if her sailor dad was in the big push in Europe or in the Pacific fighting the Japs...Seems as real today as it was then... God bless those who were doing their duty then and Thanks to those stilll around to remember it all..... Belle ***************************************
My dad lied about his age to get into the Marines. I also had 3 uncles serve, one at the Battle of the Bulge. God Bless that generation. We owe them everything! THANK YOU!
Amen Swiftster - briiliantly written and expressed. With the political correctness and the way things have changed in the last 65 years, perhaps our veterans should be SHOWN these threads so that they too, can understand that there ARE younger people who actually recognise and RESPECT the sacrifices that their generation made in their prime so long ago. I believe we shall NEVER see their likes ever again becauce of the way society has become. Which makes them all the more precious in my eye. If you know a veteran,whether they were on Omaha/Utah Beach, in the Ardennes or in a Boeing factory during the war, take the time to get to know them even better - theyre dwindling in numbers asnd their ranks are thininng as the ravages of time takes its ultimate toll. The stories and memories they can pass on are living history and priceless reminders of the price/cost of freedom. We will remember them. Rat
Excellent post. I think like you when I am in traffic or at the supermarket on "Senior" day. I try to picture them 60 years younger.
My dad's brother, Sgt. Edward A. Wadsworth, was in the 101st Airborne and was in the action on D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.
To have gone through the Depression, WWII and Korea, then come home and raise a family..we are such wimps..you all are my Heroes..watched some of the ceremonies at Normandy, when the U.S.A.F. did the flyover and the missing man formation, I lost it, couldn't help myself...
My dad faught with Merrills Mauraders in Burma, the longest sustained march in U.S. history, he was wounded at Mitchina Air Base by the Japanese, he never talked about the war, I didn't know they all recieved the Silver Star until after my dad died in 1999. Go on line and watch the History of Merrills Mauraders, It was alot like Viet Nam, only they used mule trains instead of helicopters......
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