[caww]

In Honor of my Dad....who died from shrapnal wounds when I was just 4 yrs old...I know the cost!

[stars & stripes forever]

Both my Dad & Mom served in WW2.

[sweetiepiezer]

Hugs caww, I know the cost also, my father died as a result of WW11, when I was 4 years old.

Stay safe.

[sweetiepiezer]

Should have mentioned he was in the Canadian Army.

[Bob Ireland]

In honor! Thanks, Dad.

[Bigg Red]

God bless your family.

[meyer]

I’ll honor my Dad, who served in the 86th infantry in theater, in WW2, as well as some uncles including my mother’s only brother (and 5 sisters), Harold, who served in the US navy in WW2, and was a medic at Omaha beach, and also served in a MASH unit in Korea. He also served in Vietnam to prevent my 4 cousins from having to fight in that war.

All heroes that survived their battles in the various wars, but have since passed from old age.

But for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as horrible as those events were, my dad would have been transferred to the pacific campaign and would undoubtedly have been involved in the invasion of Japan, which would have been very likely to be a long and bloody battle.