Posted on 05/14/2016 7:12:53 AM PDT by artichokegrower
I was born in 1955… 10 very short years after this. My father served in the Pacific on an LST. It’s funny, growing up World War II seemed a distant memory… I had no concept of time.
I flew on RC 135’s in the 70s.My two daughters both serve in United States Marine Corps. They’re both majors and lifers.
What brave man these men were. How terrible for our country that we have lost so very much.
I’m unsure this morning if the tears in my eyes are due to the sacrifice of these men… Or where our country is.
Perhaps both.
It is already on my bucket list. In the next few years I also want to see the WW I museum in KC, MO, the WW II museum in NOLA, The Navy Air Museum in Pensacola, the Air Force Museum at Wright-Pat and the Marine Corps Museum in Virginia. There are others, but those are at the top of the list. I've already seen everything at Pearl Harbor and the USS North Carolina.
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