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Originally posted by JBurns
Please express gratitude on my behalf, for being such a brave person, and a patriotic american. His contribution to that battle was essential to the success of it, and the war in general.
My question: what was being a soldier like back then?
Originally posted by Jehosephat
THis is great. My Dad is a vietnam vet (Flight engineer for CH-47Cs "Chinooks") who served in vietnam, only recently has he started talking about his experinace, and he is even getting all the medals he was awarded.
I would like you to ask your Grandfather; if there was anything that he had that was his "flag" (A picture of a girlfriend, letter from home) or a memory of home that gave him the will to keep on fighting in such extremes. When his thoughts turned back to home, what were they?
Thank you for risking your life, to protect my freedom. I never asked you to, nor will be able to repay it, but I want you to know how thankful I am to talk to a person such as you who has risked and gone through so much.
Originally posted by Masonic Student
Please tell your Grandfather THANK YOU. I wish I could have found this tread while he was with you, to tell him thank you for his sacrifice. It is thanks to him and all our service men that we can have the freedoms we have.
God Bless him and all like him.
Originally posted by xxKrisxx
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Here are a few questions, including one from my mother.
1. How long was he in Europe?
2. Was he involved in D-Day, or did he arrive after?
3. My mother is a mental health care nurse working with veterans, and she is wondering how he handled after the war (coming home, adjusting to peace time). She would like to know why there were so few WWII veterans that suffered from PTSD as compared to later wars. Did he talk about his experiences with someone, etc.
I am looking into a program that my mother knows about where you get a packet, and have a veteran either write about, or tape record his experiences, so that there is a record of them. Would he be interested in that?
I would love to hear more stories from him. Anything he would like to share would be VERY appreciated.
There for 1 year......No post traumatic stress...Everyone got home before him...so he wasnt recieved with a parade, or party...but noone gave him garbage for fighting ..he was well respected (hes saying now) unlike the viet nam vets returning, who were not respected upon return..."I was happy to be home" and live went on a usual
Originally posted by Jehosephat
THis is great. My Dad is a vietnam vet (Flight engineer for CH-47Cs "Chinooks") who served in vietnam, only recently has he started talking about his experinace, and he is even getting all the medals he was awarded.
I would like you to ask your Grandfather; if there was anything that he had that was his "flag" (A picture of a girlfriend, letter from home) or a memory of home that gave him the will to keep on fighting in such extremes. When his thoughts turned back to home, what were they?
Thank you for risking your life, to protect my freedom. I never asked you to, nor will be able to repay it, but I want you to know how thankful I am to talk to a person such as you who has risked and gone through so much.
Originally posted by KrazyIvan
does your grandfather know anything about the composition of the german forces? like what divisions were there and that he personally fought against? im in a debate with a buddy weather or not "Grossdeutschland" was at the buldge.
anything will be greatly apreciated.