Hi Ind: The pictures here are moving in many ways. First, they remind me of myself in 1956-1958 in Libya while in the USAF, although at that time we were not in combat. They show the human side of our great country and it’s great people.
Your daughter is a heroine.
Thanks about my daughter.
Like you, my dad was too young for WWII, he enlisted in 1946. He’s 82 now. I know all about the quest for recognition, you were teens then, you were 14-15, you wanted to be in the war, you probably had an older brother or cousin that was there. You were ‘stuck’ with Korea, not old enough for WWII. You are part of the no one’s generation. But, just know, we out here who know, love you the same!
Like me. I’m considered part of the baby boomers, but I didn’t even know what woodstock was, I could care less about hippies. Could have cared less about that entire movement. We were dancing to Saturday Night Fever and the Bee Gee’s. Disco was it! I could have cared less about that 60’s political movement. I was in 6th grade, I was worried about Mary Schriber and Eugene Williams, those evil sixth grade bullies.
I’m not a boomer, but I’m considered part of them. I’ll bet most of us late 40’s early 50 somethings feel the same way. We just could give a flying F about the hippies and their ‘movement, and yet, we’re included in that group. We were glued to our tv’s when they landed on the moon. We played “lost in space” I wanted to be Angela Cartwright. Boomers up to 1964? Get real.
We of the late twenties and the late fifties are the ‘lost’ generations. We are raising kids whose grandpa isn’t a war hero. We belong to no great generation. We’re not great and we’re not booming. We are stable, conservative, and raising our next generations of conservatives. We are all about business, freedom and get the government out of our freaking lives. We want less less government. In short......
WE ARE THE TEA PARTY. THE SILENT MAJORITY.
Grandpa and Grandma, we may be silent, but no more. You instilled conservative values, and now they are being tested. WE HAVE TO PASS THIS TEST, this is our war, our battle. This is the war the 16 year olds of WWII and the hippy generation need to fight.
We’ll win. I have faith America is not lost.
Thanks for looking. And thanks for your service! Every time I encounter military, I get teary-eyed. Today I could kick myself that I didn’t serve. But, I came of age during Carter. Things are much different today than then.