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To: SMARTY

Wow, that would be sad, to see those guys waiting on the tarmac for others that wouldn’t be coming back.

Those men saw so much horror, yet they came home and lived regular lives after the war.

Just saw another report on TV about the youngest Medal of Honor winner (from WWII) passing.

My friend didn’t talk about Anaur until right he died either, then he would get a little choked up.

Aren’t we lucky to know these men, and to have them share these experiences with us? It is sad to see them go.


32 posted on 06/06/2008 7:30:14 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: girlangler
It's something, he only talked about his service in bits and pieces... He talked about friends in the RAF (we have pictures of some of them) and a redheaded Irish nurse he met. I think he really liked her and when I asked he said “that's none of your business”. Later, he did say she was killed.
33 posted on 06/06/2008 8:05:38 AM PDT by SMARTY ('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
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