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To: carriage_hill

Your family is a bullet magnet! ;o)


305 posted on 06/06/2014 4:50:24 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
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To: Clint N. Suhks

The men’s side is, anyway! Heh. Women were RNs and surgical nurses and darned smart enough not to get shot. Even my 3 of 4 uncles in the B-17s had soft tissue wounds, with one lost a piece of bone from his lower leg.


306 posted on 06/06/2014 4:54:49 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Dad told me some stories of how Patton pushed 3rd Corps so fast, he’d outrun his supply lines’ ammo, fuel and food.

During Battle of Bulge winter, it was 40-50 below and very deep snow, and with no food, they were frozen, and had to use bayonets to dig frozen turnips and carrots from deserted homes’ gardens and farm fields. They’d pack their wool sweaters, under wool coats with frozen vegs to thaw them out, and find a mess kitchen to cook them up for the hungry until food supplies caught-up to their positions.

He’s still got cold feet/hands from frostbite, as all the soldiers did in that terrible winter. Doesn’t use AC much, except to remove humidity from the house; he’d rather be warm than cold again.


307 posted on 06/06/2014 5:09:09 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Clint N. Suhks; All
Dad just turned 90 in April. Here's a pic of him last Christmas Dinner, at my condo:


310 posted on 06/06/2014 5:27:23 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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Dad just turned 90 in April. Here's a pic of him last Christmas Dinner, at my condo:


315 posted on 06/06/2014 5:34:18 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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