December 7, 1941
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- phatlee0
phatlee, my grandad is buried in france from that day. i have to make a trip to see the cross. a goal of mine
shilohous
(Dec 7 05, 15:16)Mine too...
- ********0
phatlee, my grandad is buried in france from that day. i have to make a trip to see the cross. a goal of mine
shilohous
(Dec 7 05, 15:16)Are you kidding me? I did not know that.
*tips cap my friend
I have an great uncle buried in Luxembourg here:
Patton's grave is upfront. It's a sad place
- shilohous0
*lifts glass to those brave souls
- ********0
God, I've been meaning to scan all the correspondance and government documents sitting here from that guy's tours. Crazy stuff. Have to do that soon.
- phatlee0
My Grandad survived DDay+1 but was killed by French bandits, they threw a grenade at him and robbed him. They caught them and were sentenced...
- shilohous0
the last serious girl i dated dad was a wwII vet. he was a marine at iwo jima. only 17 when he joined. he was so small and skinny, his job was to crawl in tunnels and scream at the japanese to surrender. he brought back a few japanese rifles. he was a real cool man
- jevad0
"My Grandad survived DDay+1 but was killed by French bandits, they threw a grenade at him and robbed him. They caught them and were sentenced...
phatlee
(Dec 7 05, 15:22)"wtf...that's so wrong
- ********0
My Grandad survived DDay+1 but was killed by French bandits, they threw a grenade at him and robbed him. They caught them and were sentenced...
phatlee
(Dec 7 05, 15:22)JESUS man!!!?!?
- ********0
I tell you, when I was in Luxenbourg to see that (one reason I always goof with that country), it was very depressing. You go in thinking you'll be ok and not cry and then you stand there and there is nothing but white crosses and some Star's of David and you look down at your surname and you start balling. It's sereal you're surrounding by death but all for the same reason. It's strange man.
o_O
- shilohous0
kind of shitty looking back at these soldiers and what they died for - a real cause
and then soldiers that died/die in iraq over what...
*shakes head in shame
- ********0
things are cyclical, good leaders/bad leaders, it's just hard to justify in our heads. but I know what you mean. I think it's a bit different though, the draft was in affect. I know my grandfather and great uncles didn't want to go in the first place. I have evidence of this in a letter to his sweetheart, who obviously he never married. It;s strange reading those. I should scan and post them.
- shilohous0
that's true enough. but no underagers nowadays are lying about their age to get in the fight
- mattyd0
my grandad blazed through europe under patton in a tank.
here he is chillin in france:
(he's the one with his hand on his belt)
- ********0
true.
Other great uncle's release papers. I think I showed this before.
- ********0
mattyd, that's BAD@SS kid. You're grandad and my grandad might have been drinkin' buddies hahah :)
- mattyd0
most likely, he guarded a brewery in belgium after the war was officially ended. a lot of drinking went on then.
me: hey pup, what did you guys have for breakfast there?'
my grandad: when we were guarding the brewery, we just used to crack an egg in a beer and have that. liquid breakfast.
- shilohous0
most chillin picture ever i think!
fuckin ace
- fadeproof0
may our fallen find peace...
and may the enemy eat this...
- mattyd0
most chillin picture ever i think!
fuckin ace
shilohous
(Dec 7 05, 15:49)i know man! i love how each dude has a sweetass pose going.