[AmericanMade1776]

THANKS.. God bless You and for the Wonderful Man Your Father was. My father in law..fought from Northern Africa, thru Italy and all the way thru the Battle of the Bulge, and to the Czech line. He was a colonel with Patton, and I have talked with many men who fought with him in the war. They are some of Americans finest. Your Father, sounds just like one of those men, America's Bravest, and Finest.

[Thebaddog]

It still hurts. I hope your road is smooth.

[mlmr]

My dad was soo young, but he was a big boy and got himself into all sorts of scrapes. He considered Italy the most beautiful country in the world.

[mlmr]

My Dad's first job in Italy was to be a driver for a brave, field promoted colonel who had been with the division since the begining.
They were traveling in a jeep and a big black sedan passed them and nearly drove them off the road. The colonel insisted that my father pull the car over. So my father sped up and there was a chase. At one point, the colonel, a true cowboy had his revolver out and was aiming at the car. My father convinced him to holster his gun.

He cut the car off and pulled it over. It was filled with men in suits. They arrested the men and took them to the nearest polizia station. As they entered with the unhappy prisoners, everybody in the station came to attention. With broken Italian my father and the colonel discovered that they had just arresed the high command of the Italian military. The Italians took their names to report them to the American commander. Fortunately, the colonel had lots of friends and the commander's assistant was a friend who stonewalled the calls....