sacrifice.
Those that have gone and those that are with us today. Not it's time to go polish some gravestones.
side.
Just about all of the dads were WWII/Korea vets, many combat vets. They’re all gone now.
Good day to remember them and give thanks to our living vets.
Also in memory of my Dad who was piloting a B17 over Desau, Germany the day I was born...by his diary account, ~200 Luftwaffe fighters came up to greet their flight - with no friendlies to be seen...he was very lucky to return, but it took a DFC medal effort that day.
The bombers going on long range runs into Germany were essentially on their own until we developed a long range fighter near the end of the war.
Rest his soul in peace.
It's still a challenge to imagine the emotions every last one of the 8th AF bomber command must have felt on each mission. Essentially, they endured an "ambush" for about 30 minutes while they were flying straight and level from the IP to the target, then when the fighters left them alone, they had to withstand an artillery barrage for another 15 minutes...all without a 'pill box' to hide in. He let a little bit of his own feelings out in the diary when describing the sights of other B17s going down in flames, or exploding.
I've heard that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg intend to film and release a series next year called "Masters of the Air", about an 8th AF squadron, next year...hope so, as I'm sure they'll do a good job communicating what those guys went through.
High is one of the most realistic and best war movies ever made. Used real aerial combat footage.
Gonna watch it again this week.
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as a 19 year old. Another one was the national treasurer of World War II veterans who carried two of his buddies back on his shoulders on an island in the Pacific. Three cousins who served in Viet Nam one of which won the Silver Star, now of course fights the effects of agent orange. He drove 5 hours to my mothers funeral and drove back for a doctor's appointment that same day. They never spoke of the wars, they fought in. True heroes.
In Nebraska when he passed. 3 purple hearts and yr in hospital recovering. Toughest man I ever knew. ALL those guys were special
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My cousin died in nam. Always think of him today. Neat guy and nice to kids.
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My dad (deceased) WWII, Army, Purple Heart, South Pacific. My brother-in-law (deceased), Nam Tet offensive, Army Medic, Purple Heart.
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