[girlangler]

You all may remember my Vanity post about this man a while back. He's my fishing buddy, the one with cancer and unable to fish anymore.

The Vanity post about him is at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841255/posts

His local newspaper finally got around to publishing a story about my buddy, and I thought you'd all enjoy it.

[girlangler]

Ping

[Constitution Day]

Bump for a true American hero.

[ozzymandus]

Great story. Thanks. I see the “knee mortar” legend lives on.

[Professional Engineer]

ping

[jazusamo]

Bump for Del Fellers, a real hero and thanks for the ping.

[The KG9 Kid]

Tell your fishing buddy ‘thank you’ from all of us.

[papasmurf]

Tell Mr. Fellers thank you for helping to secure the life I’ve already enjoyed.

And, thank you, for the post...without which many of us would never have known of this great man.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Nice story. *BUMP*

[Thumper1960]

Tell your buddy, "Thanks", from our family to he and his.

God bless 'em all.

[exit82]

Del Fellers, a true American hero. Please give him my regards and a big hearty “thank you” for his service.

Because of his deeds and sacrifices, I have enjoyed a prosperous life in the post war era.

Please excuse this segue, but Mr. Fellers is a true Silver Star hero, not like that no good SOB traitorous Senator from Massachusetts.

[Freee-dame]

thank your friend for his service to our country.

[packrat35]

Stepping off a landing craft into chin-deep water off Angaur Island on Sept. 17, 1944, did little to improve his outlook for the future, Fellers recalled on Thursday.

I bet it didn't. Prayers for your friend, a true hero.

[StarCMC]

Canteen PING.

[freema]

[johnny7]

He noted that the Japanese soldiers were experts with a small, hand-held mortar that they braced against their knees to lob high-explosive shells in a high arc onto American troops.

Manchester writes of them in 'Goodbye Darkness', his memories of WW2 in the Pacific. At first, our troops thought they were “ball-mortars” when they saw the Japs employ them... mainly due to the fanaticism of the enemy.

[hershey]

Great story, wonderful hero! Thanks! (Makes me all the angrier that Kerry weasled his medals and got away with it.) Well, not quite...God was watching and someday Kerry will have some explaining to do.

[Living Free in NH]

...poses with the medals he won for his World War II military service

Won??? It's not a contest. They were EARNED.

[VOA]

bump

[Gritty]

*Salute!*

[fella]

Our Hero/Vets of WW II are passing from the scene. We need to hear their stories so that we can pay proper respects to them for what they and their comrades, who didn’t make it to today, have given us. Even those who did not face combat have stories that must be heard, after all had they not done their jobs the combat veterans would not have been able to do what they did.