[FourPeas]

That’s the phrase that stuck out to me, too. It’s true of most WWII vets I’ve known.

I’m glad guys like Mr. McLeod were on our side.

[Psalm 144]

“That’s the phrase that stuck out to me, too. It’s true of most WWII vets I’ve known.”

It was true of my father too, a combat medic in Europe. He became a lifer, and in due course volunteered for Viet Nam. When he came back he would wake my mother up with occasional nightmares . . . about WWII. RVN had churned it all up somehow.

They are both gone now. I miss them so.

[meyer]

That’s the phrase that stuck out to me, too. It’s true of most WWII vets I’ve known.

Yep - same with my dad. Never talked about the war itself. Much later in life, we learned (not from him) that he had jumped off the back of his troop truck with his BAR and neutralized an attempted ambush by the Germans.

So many heros did such heroic things. Mr. McLeod is one of them. All unappreciated by the latest generation, or a good portion thereof.

[dalereed]

“It’s true of most WWII vets I’ve known.”

I've known 3 generals from WW2 and none of them ever talked about what they did except in very private conversations and only then because they were extremely close friends.