Just a few of 'em left.

[ChiefBenderForever]

My father inlaw is a WWII vet, on the baseball tip he grew up a Yankees fan and saw Ruth, Gehrig, ect ect but doesn't like to talk about the war at all but every now and then will tell a story. The one he told that I always think about is one day overseas he got a telegram that informed him that his father had passed away six months earlier. It's hard to fathom that it took six months for him to get word on his father when these days people get texts and emails from friends and family letting them know they are being shot at up on a mountain side as it is happening.

[joeadcock]

Jon, thanks for the view of the map. Have been interested in D day since I was a kid.

I am fortunate to see WWII veterans almost every day in my career. I have seen many die also. It is terrible. I do try and thank then whenever I can.

As Archie Bunker called it:the big one.

Thanks for the thread.

[bbcard1]

If you ever get a chance to read The Bedford Boys, it is highly recommended. It is the story of one town where virtually all their young men were killed in the first wave. I got a chance to meet Ray Nance, who died a few years back at 94.