| Author | Message | ||
     2008xb12scg |
I watched a show on WW2 this morning. I did the math in my head and sadly I'm sure there's not so many left to thank. I started thinking how many served in various wars and how few I have been able to thank. So I just wanted to thank all off you who have fought for my, and our freedom. I hope not a day goes by that you don't feel appreciated. Thomas | ||
| Cityxslicker |
you would be surprised, my Grandfather got into the navy when he was 15... he is still drinking, riding, smoking cigars, and hell raising. | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
Very cool. My grandfather tried to sign up but was rejected as he was pouring concrete on government island (now coast guard island) Alameda and doing work on the Alameda Naval Air Station. He was very pissed that he couldn't go with his friends but stayed home finished his work and was the light keeper in Alameda through the war. And if your grandpa ever comes out this way tell him there's a beer and cigar waiting for him. | ||
| Aldaytona |
We still have quite a few WWII vets at our VFW Post. The Captain of our Honor Guard is a survivor of Guadalcanal. I feel honored to serve our community along side of them. I urge all the veterans who roost here to join their local VFW, American Legion, Amvets, ect. Help make a difference for all of our active duty and returning vets. When in the Daytona Beach area, stop by and say hello. Al Staples VFW 3282 Post Surgeon Port Orange Fl 32129 | ||
| Teeps |
A local WWII Vet. http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_14742881?source=rv | ||
| Kenm123t |
My dad is Navy ww2 rides a XB9s @ 82 We will be at Homecoming in june | ||
| F_skinner |
I urge all the veterans who roost here to join their local VFW, American Legion, Amvets, ect. Help make a difference for all of our active duty and returning vets. Plus 1 Al. Life Member VFW Post 6461. My Dad was a WWII, Korea and Vietnam vet. 29 years in the USMC (1942 to 1971). He passed away in 2008. I miss him greatly. He commented to my sister after 30 years of retirement that he could have served another 30 years in his beloved corps. I had the great honor to accompany him to several reunions with A/1/7 Marines, his unit in Korea and other units he was with. What a great generation. (Message edited by f_skinner on March 24, 2010) | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
My dad is Navy ww2 rides a XB9s @ 82 We will be at Homecoming in june now that is cool! | ||
| Drkside79 |
One of my grandfathers was in the Coast Guard and served in the South Pacific my other was an engineer so his talents were better served here. | ||
| Jetbuilder |
My grand father was at "Pearl", "Iwo", "The Canal" and "Tarawa" I was in Germany in the 80`s I want to say Thank you to my brothers in arms who are still with us and those who have gone before us I salute you Red USAR "Special Weapons" Ret. | ||
| Blake |
My grand father was at "Pearl", "Iwo", "The Canal" and "Tarawa" Holy... He darn near single-handedly kicked the Japanese militaries' asses! If he's still alive, please give him a huge "THANK YOU MARINE" for me. If he's passed, I hope he can hear me up there.  | ||
| Blake |
My Grandfather was Navy in the South Pacific. God rest him. | ||
| Jetbuilder |
No he was a SEa BEE and was working construction on the airfield at Pearl during the attack. Then the navy put together the unit later to be known as the Sea Bee`s and they needed heavy equipment operators like him so he joined. He was on Guadacanal when the navy sailed off and left his unit and the Marines and Army there to fend off the Jap invasion/re enforcements being delivered "Down the Slot" every night by way of destroyers. He made every major Marine/Navy landing in the pacific because he was primarily an airfield builder and Dirt mover as he would say. He passed when I was 12 about 30 years ago | ||
| Blake |
Just as impressive. Thanks Grandpa Jetbuilder! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
It's very comforting to see the spirits of our fallen WWII veterans reflected in the eyes of our current service men and women. There hasn't been a better class of people since the Greatest Generation. I am so proud of the job they are doing and the professionalism they show. God Bless our armed forces. | ||
| F_skinner |
http://www.jdnews.com/articles/hardcore-54700-serv ice-warriors.html | ||
| Seanp |
Both of my grandfathers were in the Army in WWII and part of the invasion of Italy in 1943. I'm taking a group of ten cadets there this summer for a historical tour of WWII sites. It's going to be awesome to walk the same beaches that my grandfathers assaulted 67 years ago. I only wish they were still alive so I could talk to them about it. | ||
| Seanp |
Oh, and by the way Florida State University (where I got my MA) has a great site with interviews with WWII veterans that have been transcribed. Some of them are available here: http://ohp.fsu.edu/ww2ints.html They're really neat to read. | ||
| Britchri10 |
Seanp: if you get as far as Cassino you can visit my grandfathers grave. He is buried in one of the British cemeteries there. He fought through the Western desert and Tunisian campaign's. took part in the invasions of Sicily and Italy and was killed by shellfire in late 1943 at Monte Cassino. he was with the Royal East Surrey Regiment, British 50th Division. Chris C | ||
| 99savage |
Not that long ago had a stark reminder of all this. Was @ a flea-market & saw an old man shuffling along, clutching onto his wife. Noticed that he had a Glider Infantry Badge on his ball-cap and realized that a little over 3 generations ago he was was slipping into the belly of the beast, in a contraption formed from canvas & conduit, unable to see the ground & knowing that the fate of the West rested on his skinny shoulders. Got visibly misty & embarrassed my wife, then I approached him w/ a kind'a, curt "Thank-you for all you did" and embarrassed her still more. - He seemed beyond caring but his wife gave me a nice smile. - Was later that it dawned on me that he chose to wear the badge & the only reason to wear it was to draw us in & let us acknowledge what he did. |
