[WestCoastGal]

I'm working for a retired 4 star general from WW2, he was under Patton. They were some of the greatest generation in my opinion. I actually am a secretary for him and caretaker for his wife when he is out or in meetings. He still plays golf and has a new business going at age 90!!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Wow, I bet he recounts some interesting stories.

[Rushmore Rocks]

"Greatest Generation" is right. My Dad started out in the Seventh Cavalry in Fort Bliss, Texas. He was a "depression era" kid from Kansas and knew horses. After service in the Phillipines, he was sent to Germany during the Berlin airlift. That's where my Mom and I joined him. I started school in Munich and German became my second language. I saw so much deprivation, poverty, bombed out buildings, and beggars. We came back to America in 1954 and I saw my first television. What a treat Howdy Doody was! Normalcy and joy was a new concept.

My parents loved me deeply, but felt I needed to experience life in order to deal with it. The took me to Andau, Dachau, Auschwitz.....before they were cleaned up and sanitized..I will never forget those trips. They made me the fierce patriot that I am today. I love them so very much for that.

All you young people reading this....never forget the blood shed on your behalf in World War II. Never forget September 11.

America is worth saving. It is your heritage. Fight for it!!

Rant off.