In 1965 I was a paratrooper with the 101st Abn. WWII ended just 20 years prior. I remember going to the base museum and the Sgt overseeing the Museum had been with the 101st in WWII and made the combat jump on D Day. It is one of my great life regrets I had not spent more time talking to him about his experience during the war and the time after.
I am now in my 70s and it has been over 50 years since my own combat experience (in Vietnam) and veterans of that war are dying off everyday. I wonder who will be the last one of us standing.
I sure hope it’s not me.
> I am now in my 70s and it has been over 50 years since my own combat experience (in Vietnam) and veterans of that war are dying off everyday. I wonder who will be the last one of us standing. <
As I’m sure you know, there are still WW 2 veterans among us. The last surviving American WW 1 vet was Frank Buckles, who passed away in 2011, 93 years after WW 1 ended.
So hopefully you Vietnam vets will have many more years to go.