Nam Vet
Thank you for your post. God bless him.
I hear the love in your words. He was a hero in many areas of his life. I know you all will miss him....I still miss my daddy.
My condolences to you and your family and a salute to your Dad for his service...... He is now in the company of many many great soldiers and sailors who are welcoming him with salutes of their own.
Thank you and your incredible family. My Dad was there waiting at the gate when your Dad arrived. Geronimo!
God rest his soul. God bless you and all your family members who served and are now serving this greatest of all nations.
On behalf of my wife and daughter, I'd like to thank your Dad -- and your family -- for being great patriots and defenders of our nation.
Prayers for your father and you and your family. It appears that this hero raised a family of heroes. God bless you!
Salute! (as much as I can, being a civvie)
God bless him and your family!
RIP and my sincerest condolences. It is the duty of posterity to remain worthy of what has gone before.
That's a beautiful tribute to your father. How fortunate you were to have been his son. Your family has certainly proved that old saying about an apple not falling far from the tree.
These kinds of threads always make me cry. My sympathies to you on the loss of your father.
I lost mine in August of 2003, he was WWII vet ETO.
We now face the slow demise of my father in law, another WWII vet and retired Navy man. He's suffering from dementia and it's been determined that he has to have 24 hr. supervision and can't go back home.
My oldest boy will under go Army basic training this summer.
God bless the soul of your father, Paratrooper. You will all surely miss him.
Needless to say, we owe much to your family. You may all be very proud.
Condolences on the loss of your father.
Sometimes I worry that we don't deserve families such as yours.
Best wishes to you and your wonderful family...I wish you could thank them all for me.
My 85-year old father also was career Army, retired COL, Signal Corps, WWII vet with the 31st Infantry "Dixie" Division in New Guinea, Moritai, and Mindanao. Two Bronze Stars about which our family knew nothing until just a couple of years ago. A modest, unassuming, and generous man with a PhD and 10 years as a professor at George Mason University after retirement from the service. Graduate of Auburn, USC, and George Washington University. Smartest man I've ever known, and my role model. All three sons service academy grads (1 USMA, 2 USNA), his late brother USNA '41 and career Navy, two nephews with 20 years of service as military doctors - 1 USAF, 1 USN - and a granddaughter-in-law an Army Reserve nurse (CAPT) & a great nephew USAF pilot (CAPT).
You're a Virginia resident -- your father to be buried at Arlington?
A prayer of solace for you, Paratrooper. You have a rich legacy from your Dad, and you are carrying it into the future.
My gratitude to you and your family for protecting America for so many generations.