Thank you sir.
We bought the home we live in from the widow of a close family friend who was in the 101st Airborne. He was dropped behind enemy lines during the Normandy Invasion (I think by glider), he parachuted into Holland and was trucked into the Bulge. He was a fine man and a good friend, as was his widow. She is gone now too.
I still have my father, he served under Patton and Gen. Patch. Was in Germany, Belgium and CZ. He saw Dachau not long after liberation and spent that winter overseeing German POW’s cutting timber from around Dachau to be used as firewood for those who lived in Munich.
Dad and I went grocery shopping together this morning. He is still very sharp, will be 90 in a few months. He saw Fascist up close and personal, we talk almost daily about the same thing existing here now. Headshake.
God Bless your father for his devotion to, and love for, freedom and this nation. May his days be long and prosperous and may his knowledge of what was never be forgotten. Condolences to the family of the former owners of your home.