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The man died today at age 102! He will be remembered by many. RIP !
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Sad news. They truly were the Greatest Generation.
"No good deed shall go unpunished!"
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82 years ago last Dec. He was just a kid of 19 or 20.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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God Bless the Great Warrior!
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Yep. The Greatest Generation indeed. My aunt, by marriage, lost her brother at Pearl Harbor.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
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Rest easy warrior. The WW2 vets are now far and few.
Don't gobble at me
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-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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Prayers sent for the survivors of Lou Conter.
Let US never forget - but forgive our past enemies.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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May he Rest In Peace. His death saddens me and the history that dies with these great men cannot be replaced. What they faced and endured wouldn't be repeatable today.
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Read the rest of his military history. He was a tough nut. RIP.
The way life should be.
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That completely breaks my heart. RIP
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Rest On Peace to an American hero.
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Read the rest of his military history. He was a tough nut. RIP. THIS is an understatement!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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NRA-Benefactor
TSRA-Life
"It's a terrible thing when governments send their young men to kill each other." Charles Byrne,WW2 Vet.
On the day Desert Storm began.
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I saw that, hell of a day he went through.
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At ease sailor ,job well done .
there is no man more free than he who has nothing left to lose --unknown--
" If it bleeds we can kill it" Conan The Barbarian
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30 years ago at a church layman’s retreat, they told up that we were losing an average of 90’WW2 veterans every day. I remember that because my own Old Man was a WW2 veteran.
Dad’s been gone 14 years next month. I’d hate to guesstimate the rate now, I imagine it’s lower, because we’re running low on WW2 veterans.😟 (I believe all that flew on the B-25s from The Hornet are gone as well.)
I can’t say about Korea. I knew one older guy who carried a BAR as a Marine, but he went home 2 years ago. He was a fellow gun nut, and a good friend.
One thing that strikes me, hopefully will you too.
We’re not losing any veterans of the 2nd American Revolution yet. We’re losing the United States instead.
The third most important blessing of my life is being strangled by foreign pimps and domestic whores!
If I die without securing this wonderful heritage for my kids and theirs, they can spit on my grave.
Just thought it needs to be said!😟
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
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End of an era. I am old enough to have clear memories of WW II, even though I was a little kid. Riding our tricycles singing the Marine Hymn. Drawings of the Enterprise in action. Air raid drills, rationing, victory gardens.
As we matured, we developed huge respect for veterans, were in awe of them. Truly the Greatest Generation.
If it was his wish, I hope this sailor can be interred aboard the Arizona. Would be highly appropriate.
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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