We all owe them a debt that can never be repaid....
yet the sad truth is many people 30 and under don't even have a clue what these men did, even with many barely out of high school... and some who were drafted right while still in high school.,,
many of the clueless younger generations, don't even have a clue what anyone in this nation did to survive and support the war effort in WW 2.........
then think how much of pretty much all of the United States involvement in WW ONE is pretty much forgotten period by most people under 40.......
several days ago in a grove of trees in the middle of a farm field in Virginia, I took the picture of a grave stone of a young man who was killed at 19 years old in 1861 fighting for the Confederacy..... the weeds being as high as the grave stone....
sadly how soon will the gravestones of our WW 2 vets being as forgotten as the grave of 19 y/o Pvt James Painter, VA Volunteers, CSA 1842 to 1861..... final resting place an abandoned grave yard in a farm field in Rockingham Co VA.
