Talley Kelley, a Battle of the Bulge veteran, points to his unit insignia, the 87th Infantry, on Debbie Prohaska's commemorative quilt. Prohaska made the quilt at the request of her father who was also a combat veteran of World War II. Eric Cramer
Posted on 05/06/2005 6:42:48 PM PDT by AZHua87
Talley Kelley, a Battle of the Bulge veteran, points to his unit insignia, the 87th Infantry, on Debbie Prohaska's commemorative quilt. Prohaska made the quilt at the request of her father who was also a combat veteran of World War II. Eric Cramer
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The Greatest Generation is rapidly fading from our midst.
I am so sorry I didn't preview that before I hit send.
I just clipped the picture URL and didn't realize it was sized.
What a touching and inspiring story.
If you delete my http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1398364/posts?page=3#3
Will that take the ping out of the Freepers My Comments view?
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Excellent. Dad was there, with the IV. He's no longer with us, unfortunately.
I like the large picture.
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Wonderful story. Most appropriate for VE Day Commemorations. The sacrifice of these brave Soldiers is a debt we can never repay. But we can honor them by never forgetting what they did not only for America but the whole world.
Since my grandfathers passing a few years ago I think about him a lot. It's almost impossible for me to see such a kind and gentle man as a warrior.
Thanks. But I shouldn't have pinged with it. I didn't check the properties to size it down :(
Don't worry about it! I am pleased to have gotten this photo. Thanks.
It is a lovely quilt. I've never made anything that looked like that. Thankfully, JR added that 'brief view' option in the my comments section. Maybe the ping list will be a little forgiving ;)
Can't see any of the pictures...could you repost it.
Wouldn't it be nice now to have someone reproduce this quilt so that surviving veterans and their familes could purchase them for their grandchildren, etc. What a wonderful gift it would be. Beautiful story.
I wonder if they have a 6AD patch on it? Somehow the Super Sixth got left out of most of the history books. They were the spearhead of Patton's 3rd Army, they opened the door and the 4AD got all the glory. My father was in the 6AD. Check out their web sites.
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