There are fewer and fewer...
The vet/hero said that there are more than we think. He’s probably right. There is a man who works for the County - one of those who man one of the county dump sites - who’s also a WW II vet. He’s in his 80’s. The vet/hero I met last Saturday night said you’ve got to keep moving. He said we need men like Patton today but agreed that men like Patton would not be allowed to exist in today’s military. He grudgingly agreed that Petraus is a good general. He and his wife like Powell but I told them a little about Powell and how he is not a true/good Republican. Told them that Powell is just a ticket-puncher and good not shine the shoes of generals such as Ike, Patton, MacArthur or Admrials like Nimitz, Halsey, or Burke.
They are getting fewer and fewer. My Dad passed two years ago this week. He was 87. He joined in 1941 “to keep from getting drafted.” Fought with the 13th Infantry from 2 weeks after D-Day until the German surrender. Was in the states training for the invasion of Japan when (his words) “Harry Truman saved my life.”
Met my Mom while stationed in Tennessee in 1942 and they married shortly after his discharge in 1945. The celebrated almost 61 years together. Mom passed two years ago this Christmas.