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Send treats to the troops...
Great because you did it.
www.AnySoldier.com
(An entirely free service)
Dad passed in 2008.
Before that, a chance came up to have him take a flight in a b-24. He'd flown 50 missions flying out of Italy, Pancraznio<-spelling? It was $4-5 hundred each for Dad & I to go for the flight and when I asked him (he was in his mid eighties at the time) he shocked me... "Do you realize how many times I thought I'd never come back from a flight in a B-24? No thank you! I rather die right here on the ground than in one of those."
So we who are left behind get to glorify the equipment. Some of which helped win the war without necessarily winning the hearts of those that operated them. Probably because many died right along side them. Our country owes much to the men like my Dad.
I for one, will never forget.