That’s nice.
There are fewer and fewer...
I was fortunate to be raised around that generation and I, even as a young knucklehead spud, always appreciated having the opportunity to share their stories and presence.
Its a treasure of life.
Awesome. A few of my pop’s Korean War veteran buddies are also WWII vets. Great stories. To call this the Greatest Generation is truly an understatement. I had the chance to talk with a fella who was also at Normandy. Fascinating.
In 1985 I had the great fortune to sit down and talk with Jimmy Doolittle for about an hour at his home in Carmel, CA.
Before talking to me and a friend (we were currently attending the Defense Language Institute at Monterey) he showed us around his home. I’ll never forget he had a picture on the wall of Ronald Reagan giving General Doolittle his fourth star.
It was truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Just as an aside, without trying to stir up controversy, my grandfather fought in the Third Army and thought Patton was a moron. He claims the movie representation of him is Hollywood BS. Just a different view from another Vet.
Any chance of getting together with him again for an interview to put up n Youtube for all to see?
My dad is a WW2 Navy vet. He served in the Pacific on board the USS White Plains.
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Swore up and down that Patton was the greatest general ever."We going to cut out their living [bleeping] guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun [characterization deleted]s by the bushel [clang, clang] basket." -- Gen. George S. Patton |
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Any idea what unit or division he was in?