GHOSTS OF HEROES PAST

[Annihilator]

Very good article on ghosts of hero’s past……good read

Ghosts of Heroes Past

Most of them are all gone now. Our world used to be dirty with WWII veterans. In my own little Southern town, the local car salesman served on PT boats in the S

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[NMEDGE]

When everything is said and done they were the greatest generation hands down. Nobody even comes close.

 

[Shibadog]

Hard men. Those old boys grew up in the Depression, no “safety nets”, you worked at whatever was available or you went hungry. From that straight into the Second World War. Hard, tough men. Like the saying goes, hard times make hard men, hard men make good times. Good times make soft men, Soft men make hard times and so the cycles continues.

 

[barnett]

Beautiful article. Most of the men in formative years were such as they. My dad fought the Japanese in China as did Uncle Bob, Uncle Dave fought the Germans in Italy and survived Anzio.. Uncle Larry a Marine as was my Aunt Vickie. Their all gone now and missed.

 

[Shibadog]

Beautiful article. Most of the men in formative years were such as they. My dad fought the Japanese in China as did Uncle Bob, Uncle Dave fought the Germans in Italy and survived Anzio.. Uncle Larry a Marine as was my Aunt Vickie. Their all gone now and missed.

Wow, my Dad was in China as well (12th Service Group, 14th Airforce). One uncle Orville, was Army beachmaster-made 5 landings in the Pacific, second uncle Paul landed in Normandy of D+1, fought all the way across Europe. Hard men. All came home safely, worked hard, raised families. None ever depended upon the gov’t to help them out, they did it on their own. Uncle Orville passed 10 years ago. He still had a piece of Japanese schrapnel in his back when he died. He never received a Purple Heart or any benefits for it. My Mom saw the scar when he was working on his car right after he got home. She asked him about it and he said a Jap mortar shell hit near him. He went to the aid station and “there were guys dying there and others hurt a lot worse I was. I just turned around and went back to my unit”. Hard men.

 

[NMEDGE]

Grew up around a lot of them, neighbors, school teachers, my Uncle Frank. One of my neighbors and teacher was Capt. George Street, USN--medal of Honor. He was a great person. Other family members were in WW1. Also my father who was from Lithuania and served in the German Army. I still remember all of them. They were great to be around especially if the liquor was flowing! I was the only one in my family that served in my time. It was because of them I joined.

 

[belladonna]

My family has had many hard men. And women too. I’m not sure many of us could withstand what many of them went through.

 

[barnett]

Great memories. It's sad to see what this country has become and I thank God our childhood heroes aren't here to see it.

 

[3L120]

Remember that the Korean War vets are also thin on the ground. As a Nam vet, I know we are dying off also. Number of service friends I had are growing fewer in number. Middle East vets, you time is coming!