No wonder they call them "The Greatest Generation": they don't make 'em like they used to. I'll miss them when they are gone.
(That said, this current generation fighting in Iraq are building their own Legends of derring-do and defining their own place in the History Books.)
For the record, the warrior Mr Stubbs is just under 5'2" -- roughly Hobbit-sized.
Heart warming.
Good for him. He did right and served his country.
My dad's a WWII vet, but he was only 18 when he went in. 82 now and still kicking.
The Battle of Crete was a big-time screw-up. Evelyn Waugh describes it in his “Sword of Honour” trilogy.
It takes a special kind of guy to go through that, plus a bunch of German P.O.W. camps, and come out cheerful on the other side.
Aww. My grandfather was a short, fat, middle-aged math professor when he signed up. He didn’t go into combat; he broke codes in London. Of course, there were bombs falling about.
Mrs VS
HEY MATE!
YOU DID NOT PING YOUR 5’-4” MARINE BRO.
GET W/ THE PROGRAM.
5 SOLAS !
Thanks for your service, Mr. Stubbs. May you have many more happy years!
Thats good enough for me! Open season, don't need a license, no bag limit and you don't have to clean them....... LOL!