OT Thank You.

DoubleEgger

True Badasses. Thank you to those families who continue to bear the burden of the ultimate sacrifice 74 years ago today. 

lousubcap

I will offer the following link to an organization that brings WWII (and other wars) veterans to DC to tour their memorial (and others).  It's called Honor Flight:
https://www.honorflight.org/regional-honor-flight-hubs/  
Perhaps someone will choose to support.  

johnnyp

Not it sure why it’s showing up as a link, rather than a video.

FDR’s D-Day Prayer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uvGjOHFcs

lkapigian

johnnyp said:

Not it sure why it’s showing up as a link, rather than a video.

FDR’s D-Day Prayer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uvGjOHFcs

https://youtu.be/_8uvGjOHFcs

Carolina Q

Mom and Dad weren't married when the war started, but they were a couple. I can't imagine what that must have been like... FOUR YEARS apart, nothing but wartime snail mail for correspondence. Wondering when you were going to get your ticket punched or when the knock at the door was going to come. 

Dad wasn't at Normandy, but he made it through four years of HELL in plenty of other places! The only one I'm sure of is Monte Cassino, Italy, 55,000 Allied casualties. Salerno too, I think. I wish I knew more about his experiences, but he never wanted to talk about it. And he's been gone for 30 years now.

My uncle (Mom's brother) was at Pearl on 12/7/41. He also made it through the war.

The Greatest Generation, indeed!

Fred19Flintstone

Growing up, my neighbor's Dad was a nice man and funny too.  He was an electrician.  My neighbor was older than me and was my brother's fiend so I didn't hang with him a bunch.  I liked to spend time with his Dad.  He owned Chryslers that had a habit of needing a lot of attention, so he was under the hood quite a bit and I would stop by.  One day he had some Rolling Rocks because you can take the boy out of Penn, but you can't take the Penn out of the boy.  Anyway, I knew he was in WWII from my brother's friend.  That day he was oiled up he gave me a glimpse of the horror of war.  He was in the Navy in the Pacific aboard a cruiser I think.  Kamikaze attack!  It hit close to his battle station.  He made it without serious injury, but he knew fellas that were blown to bits.  After the fires were out, he said he found a curious little shoe on deck.  It was Japanese and still had a foot in it.   

bgebrent

What makes me proud is my youngest son, age 23 posted this on his Linked In page.  Acknowledging the incredible day/days.  Proud.

Focker

lousubcap said:

I will offer the following link to an organization that brings WWII (and other wars) veterans to DC to tour their memorial (and others).  It's called Honor Flight:
https://www.honorflight.org/regional-honor-flight-hubs/  
Perhaps someone will choose to support.  

Our 44th flight is boarding now.  3 WWII, 6 Korean, 90 Vietnam vets.  So proud.

DoubleEgger

Good on you @Focker Thank you. 

GATraveller

They flew my grandfather up to DC a few years ago for a ceremony @ the WWII memorial - incredible organization.