Thanks for your thought.
He commanded a Stewart light tank and was in the Battle of the Bulge. After that was among the first forces into Germany proper. The stuff that man must have seen. Concentration camps, fighting old men and young boys at times. House to house fighting. A boy of 13 shot his commanding officer.
He never really talked about it much but sometimes it flowed out of him.
He smoked from the age of 11 and died of lung cancer at the age of 86. He had been diagnosed the year before. No emphysema or anything really.
Yes he deserves respect for his service. I can’t comprehend the experience and memories he carried.
We need more men like him.