“If you meet a World War II vet, thank him, gratefully shake his hand, and make a silent vow that the sacrifices his generation made shall not have been in vain.”
Sadly once they are all gone history will be re-written. It has already begun.
You can do more than that while there is still time. Find the local chapter of ‘’Veterans Of The Battle Of The Bulge’’, ‘’VBOB’’ for short and join as an associate member. I did. Chapter 56, Ft. Monmouth, NJ(Ft. Monmouth is closed now.) The Battle of The Bulge is the single largest, costliest and longest battle the US Army ever fought and so the over whelming majority of vets from the ETO who are still with us fought in this battle. Do quick if you plan to. The old vets are dying at a rate of about 1,000 a day.