And think of the few WWII vets in wheel chairs could have been a ranger on D Day or a Marine in Okinawa. My dad was the latter, infantry, and you would never guess looking at him at 96 years old.
And think of the few WWII vets in wheel chairs could have been a ranger on D Day or a Marine in Okinawa. My dad was the latter, infantry, and you would never guess looking at him at 96 years old.
My father was in WWII and I met one of the guys who help invent a navigation system for the navy. Before that they used celestial navigation
My father was in WWII and I met one of the guys who help invent a navigation system for the navy. Before that they used celestial navigation
I grew up in the fifties when practically every grown man had either been in THE war or Korea. You never would have known it because nobody ever talked about it. They were the most normal people you could know. The only signs of the war we were aware of was the the legless guy selling pencils downtown and a teacher who taught with my Dad who lived close by who we gave a ride to school and wore a patch on his forehead over a steel plate that he picked up in Korea. Great guy who had also played h.s. football for my Dad years earlier. Interestingly, Dad's best friend was the Col. in charge of the local Air Force Reserve unit to which Dad belonged. He was also an asst. football coach when Dad was the head h.s. coach. Just normal, nice guys who had done their duty.