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  1. 05-05-2011, 09:22 #1
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    Default Last WW1 combat veteran died couple of days ago

    This is a sad day…. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42910238...s-asiapacific/http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4...s-asiapacific/
     
    I was in contact with his publisher in 2009 to get a copy of his book send to me as it is almost impossible to find here in the US. I did receive my copy in January this year….. amazing story.
     
    I am taking a group of college kids and 2  WW2 veterans with their family to France in June, to visit Normandy and some WW1 sites in the Somme and Champagne area.  The last time I did this, in 2004 it was really emotional for all of us, including  a lady who never met her father who died in 1944 and was only identified in 1999….
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by ruthabagah View Post
    This is a sad day…. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42910238...s-asiapacific/http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4...s-asiapacific/

    I was in contact with his publisher in 2009 to get a copy of his book send to me as it is almost impossible to find here in the US. I did receive my copy in January this year….. amazing story.

    I am taking a group of college kids and 2 WW2 veterans with their family to France in June, to visit Normandy and some WW1 sites in the Somme and Champagne area. The last time I did this, in 2004 it was really emotional for all of us, including a lady who never met her father who died in 1944 and was only identified in 1999….
    When I was stationed in Germany in '86-'87, I visited a number of the sites in France and Germany, but as an 18-year old, I didn't really appreciate the magnitude of what I was observing before me. I really want to go back and see them again, to see it through my much older, much wiser eyes and REALLY understand just how significant those sites are.
    “Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.” Andrew Jackson

    A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'

    That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OneGuy67 View Post
    When I was stationed in Germany in '86-'87, I visited a number of the sites in France and Germany, but as an 18-year old, I didn't really appreciate the magnitude of what I was observing before me. I really want to go back and see them again, to see it through my much older, much wiser eyes and REALLY understand just how significant those sites are.
    Next trip is scheduled for 2014. Start saving I'll take you with me.
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    I might take you up on that! 2014 gives me enough time to save. Thanks for the offer!
    “Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.” Andrew Jackson

    A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'

    That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.
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  5. 05-05-2011, 11:41 #5
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    RIP to The Last of the Last.
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