We Remember...

[SylvanLakeWH 31,389]

To those who gave all for our Country...

 

Thank you.

 

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[Brockport Bill 2,346]

over recent months i have been going through my Dads old Navy memoribilia to create a summary and chronology of his service to be passed along to future family generations  - he was a WW2 Navy pilot in Pacific flying sea planes in 1944-45  - age 22 - around Iwo Jima - Siapan - Okinawa etc - he then stayed in reserves into the 1960s flying one weekend per month hunting for Russian subs off the Atlantic coast -  - it is absolutely unimaginable what these young men did in WW 2 -- to think how incredible my Dad was flying Sea Planes in the black darkness at night over the Pacific at 100 feet altitude at mast level of Japanese ships doing bombing runs or looking for downed American pilots - I only wish i understood as a child what he had done during the war - however, it does grant me respect and admiration for what he and his fellow vets did to protect and save our way of life in America. I am thankful my daughter understands his sacrifice and to honor her grandfather takes my two grandsons to his graveside on these special rememberance days so they can be told the stories - - he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal  -  a memory we will pass through the generations - below are some of the planes he learned to fly in --- and flew from WW2 thru 1960s - and his flight jacket my sister did in shadow box

[oldlineman 1,705]

My heart goes out to you Bill. My father was a 18 year old farm boy, when on D Day plus three he and many other young men and women went into Europe to stop a mad man. He was a Army combat Medic and served through 1945. Also my father-in-law was a 16 year old farm boy ( he got his aunt to sign for him ) when he volunteered, and was deployed to north Africa. he was an Army cannonier. I know that Tom Brokaw was right when he called that generation the Greatest Generation, not taking anything away from ALL service members men and women who have served and are serving,some giving their All.