Good evening, Kathy! Thanks to you and Star for tonight's Hall of Heroes thread!
*HUGS*
An outstanding entry into our Pantheon!
His service in the Aleutians hits a responsive note with me. My uncle, Sgt. Joe Gavin, USA, served in France in 1944 in the Lorraine Campaign and leading up to the Bulge. He was wounded twice, was awarded two Bronze Stars with Combat V, and was in Hospital before the Bulge broke. But serving in the cold and wet French Autumn of 1944, he ended up with trench foot - a problem that would dog him through the rest of his long life. He went to his reward in September 2006 at the age of 88, sixty-two years after his service in combat. He was the nicest guy you ever hope to meet - but a lion in battle! I miss him very much.
Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)