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WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
edited May 2010 in A Moving Train
Not that all of you would really care,but I thought I would share this with you anyway.

It's an absolute HONOR to have this wonderful Man and PATRIOT as my grandfather... :D:D

Local WWII veterans look back 65 years on Allies' victory in Europe

BY SCHUYLER KROPF
The Post and Courier
Saturday, May 8, 2010
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010 ... -memories/
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Great article!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Thanks kor... that means a lot.
    You know I always think,about how better this place would be if we didn't have the mt. Politics and religion can really divide and piss people off,and Im a perfect example :(
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    Hey that's really cool! Is your grandpa the one in the picture or one of the others they interviewed? My grandpa fought in Europe in WWII too. He's 85 now. I'll have to ask him where he was on this day. :)
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Thanks kor... that means a lot.
    You know I always think,about how better this place would be if we didn't have the mt. Politics and religion can really divide and piss people off,and Im a perfect example :(
    I think that there are certain things that everyone can support. I could not imagine the jubilation on VE day. Must have been absolutely phenomenal, especially after so much suffering.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    Who would have thought that 65 years later his grandson would be fighting the same tyranny ! ;)

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jvmwm8t5VvQ/S ... hitler.jpg

    Joking aside, tell ur grandfather thanks for his hard work and service during WW2 !!
  • WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    edited May 2010
    scb wrote:
    Hey that's really cool! Is your grandpa the one in the picture or one of the others they interviewed? My grandpa fought in Europe in WWII too. He's 85 now. I'll have to ask him where he was on this day. :)


    yeah thats him in the picture. :D

    He is also part of the class that never was..

    http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008 ... lass39035/
    Post edited by WaveCameCrashin on
  • WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    flywallyfly wrote:
    Who would have thought that 65 years later his grandson would be fighting the same tyranny ! ;)

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jvmwm8t5VvQ/S ... hitler.jpg

    Joking aside, tell ur grandfather thanks for his hard work and service during WW2 !!
    :roll: :lol::lol: good one, But I would never think that although some might think I would.

    and I will tell him the burger king dude told me to tell you thanks for your service. :lol::D
  • __ Posts: 6,651
    prfctlefts wrote:
    scb wrote:
    Hey that's really cool! Is your grandpa the one in the picture or one of the others they interviewed? My grandpa fought in Europe in WWII too. He's 85 now. I'll have to ask him where he was on this day. :)


    yeah thats him in the picture. :D

    He is also part of the class that never was..

    http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008 ... lass39035/

    Crazy. I hadn't heard about that. My grandpa was a senior in high school when he was drafted, but they still graduated him - he just didn't get to finish his classes or go to his graduation ceremony. He was in the war until the end. While he was there, his dad died and they didn't even tell him until a month after he was buried, so he missed his dad's funeral too. When he got home, he had a mom and 4 sisters to take care of.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Thanks kor... that means a lot.
    You know I always think,about how better this place would be if we didn't have the mt. Politics and religion can really divide and piss people off,and Im a perfect example :(

    Politics and religion aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    Congrats to your grandpa and all the veterans who fought against the common tyrannical threat in WW2. My dad's dad was tailgunner on a B-17 as was his brother. His brother's plane was shot down over Germany and was captured as a POW. Never really got to know the man but I've been told he was never quite the same. A few screws got knocked loose.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    My granddad was a signaler on Lancaster bombers. He flew in the Battle of The Bulge, and bombed Cologne e.t.c. During one mission he was in one of only two planes out of ten in a formation that returned.
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