[Chancellor Palpatine]

I've had the privilege of knowing some fine people who escaped the clutches and ravages of Communism - Greeks who survived the struggles in small villages there, Bulgarians, Serbs and Russians who left the madness of the Iron Curtain while it still existed. One of my favorite people on earth was a man who served in the Red Army on the Eastern Front during World War II, who managed to somehow get too far across American lines, and never got repatriated. He served in the US Army infantry as one of the ski jocks during the Korean War, became an American citizen, and although he never really commanded the English language that well, was the very model of gratefulness and generous nature for the remainder of his life.

I'll miss him a lot.

+Memory Eternal+

[nw_arizona_granny]

I’ve had the privilege of knowing some fine people who escaped the clutches and ravages of Communism - Greeks who survived the struggles in small villages there, Bulgarians, Serbs and Russians who left the madness of the Iron Curtain while it still existed. One of my favorite people on earth was a man who served in the Red Army on the Eastern Front during World War II, who managed to somehow get too far across American lines, and never got repatriated. He served in the US Army infantry as one of the ski jocks during the Korean War, became an American citizen, and although he never really commanded the English language that well, was the very model of gratefulness and generous nature for the remainder of his life.

I’ll miss him a lot.

+Memory Eternal+

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If you ever write some of his stories, I would like to read them.

You lost a friend, which is rarer than the finest jewel.

granny