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A Few of FR's Finest..Every Day..02-6,7-07..WW2: The War, The Era, The Monument, The FReeper Vets
February 6, 2007
| Dolly Howard
Posted on 02/05/2007 10:42:45 PM PST by DollyCali
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To: DollyCali
Thanks much Dolly for this site. Your skill is exceeded only by your concern for this period in our history. I would like to save it but don't know how. There was so much I would like to visit again and again. Regards,
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:27:00 AM PST
by
ex-snook
("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: DollyCali
What did I learn about Patten he is so easily photoshop on FR RIGHT NOW
I think in those days Women were women and men were men
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:30:12 AM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: SevenofNine
do you mean the movie Patton? or are you referring to something else?
I haven't seen any Patton photoshopping recently.. If you have some, please either post the graphic or link to thread okay?
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:34:52 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
Thanks, Dolly. What a powerful message!
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:36:50 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Heaven is home...I am just TDY here!)
To: DollyCali; bevlar; Wheelbarrow
Good morning, Dolly. I can see the work and the love you put into this thread, and it's most deservedly a 2 day offering! You do an outstanding job with your research and collages, and I love the personal FReeper WWII vets tribute/stories! Thank you so much for honoring our WWII vets, and to Bevlar's late husband and to wheelbarrow, thank YOU for your service!
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:40:47 AM PST
by
Billie
To: ex-snook; GodBlessUSA; Aquamarine; MEG33; LUV W
Hi you are welcome ex-snook. thank you for your service in WW2. I have your "material" to post a bit later & will ping you.
I am waiting (I think it is in vain) for a couple others to get me there material
By saving..well, you can BOOKMARK at FR this thread but selecting the "button" right before the first post..there is a narrow bar with two choices (abuse & bookmark)
If you save it there is will go on your profile page under LINKS. At your profile page across the top are a few selections, LInks, are the threads you wanted to save & be able to reference easily.
You can also save the thread in Either Internet Explorer or in Mozilla Firefox by hitting favorites.
As far as saving individual things.. I guess saving pix is right click on pix & select save photo etc & make sure you see where your computer is putting it.
Material saved the good old copy/paste method .. I am good at that!!!!
I dont know your computer skills so it is hard to help but if you have specific questions, do post them. When I am gone later, others can help you (pinging those who I know are around & might helpP=)
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:43:23 AM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: La Enchiladita; WVNan; Aquamarine; dutchess; Billie; GodBlessUSA; LUV W; The Mayor; DaBearOne; ...
Boogie woogie lab puppies
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:49:14 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
To: DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Aquamarine; Billie; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; dutchess
You note all the separate tables? It is not my MO (not intentionally at least). I did again try for the mega border layers (ala Billie).. the sub topics nested within the "mother table" if you will..
Each time I try that it is a mega mess of tables/colors as the formatting fails. You who post these big threads with multi tables KNOW what I mean.I go thru & look for a stray Blockquote, center, td, whatever & then get resigned to just make more "mini" ones. Now, see, you shouldn't have mentioned you didn't INTEND to have all the separate tables! They worked, Dolly, but I do have to say the last one with the bordered tables inside the main table was really the prettiest one to me!
May I say also, that one thing (in looking at your source code because sometimes the tables do get a little wide), if you use a blockquote for your paragraphs, and you don't turn it off before posting the graphics, and your graphics are as wide as your main table is specified, then that graphic is going to stretch the whole table to accommodate the width of the graphic plus the blockquoted indentions on each side. Does that make sense? :)
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posted on
02/07/2007 9:50:23 AM PST
by
Billie
To: Lady Jag
Thanks for the Boogie Woogie Bow Wows, Lady Jag. I'm really "In the Mood" for all this WWII era stuff today.
And ... how are YOU doing...?
:)
To: DollyCali
Excellent....*sniff** Wow!
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posted on
02/07/2007 10:42:04 AM PST
by
lysie
To: ex-snook; Invictus; Texican; Hildy; Wheelbarrow; bevlar
WW2 Vet / FReepers
Ex Snook UsArmy European Theater
Invictus Infantry WW2 & Chaplain Korean
Texican
Tommix2 USN - USS Ticonderoga
Wheelbarrow US Army Air Corps European Theater
Michael A. Marhevka (RIP) US AirForce
Bevlar (RIP) US Merchant Marines
EdLinn (RIP)
Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti |
Ex Snook
I received 17 weeks of combat infantry training in Texas learning to walk and to shoot everything that could be carried The Army would not send you over as an infantry replacement until you were 19 although you could go over at 18 with a unit. I was still 18 and was assigned to Company A, 232nd Regiment of the 42nd Rainbow Division.
Only the three Regiments went to France in December 1944 as an Infantry Task Force without the full Division. . We were the last American unit on the front next to the French. As new Infantry we were assigned to guard the quiet Rhine North of Strasbourg. The quiet didnt last long, the Bulge started. The Nazis came across the Rhine. They had white painted tanks. The Nazis called this operation Norwind and was run by Himmler with objectives to retake Strasbourg and circle around our forces advancing toward Bastogne. It was the final Nazi offensive. My assignment was to a Regimental forward command post answering phones from the front and plotting our troop and enemy locations on a map. We took a beating. Our Regimental Exec was captured during a counter attack.
We withdrew until the full Division arrived. I had an R&R in Paris. There I got two tickets to the Follies Bergere where I saw the topless version of the Rockettes. Life went on in gay Paree.
After that we advanced. I crossed the Rhine in a field hospital with pneumonia from wintering in the ground. Once in Germany it was pretty easy. I was on a special task force to take all the records in the Germany factories in Schweinfurt. I was here when Roosevelt died. We had a memorial service in the streets.
From there it was to Bavaria. Some units went to Dachau. Mine went to Munich where I was when Hitler killed himself. Finally to the Austrian border where we sat until Stalin took Vienna. We could have beaten them to Vienna because the Nazis gave up fighting us and were concentrating on the Russians. They apparently thought that whoever conquered the land would occupy it but political arrangements were otherwise.
Although the war in Europe was over, it was not over for us. We were still on the alert for Pacific duty until thankfully, for us, Truman ended it. Then occupation in Austria until May 1946. Of interest, in spite of what is spoken here by people who were not there, we had no one killed by Nazis, Werewolf or otherwise. We had overwhelming force to completely defeat, occupy and control the enemy. Guys had more trouble with the Russians.
Then home, five years of night college under the GI Bill. Married, seven children, 19 grandchildren. Health problems, yes, but Im in good shape for the shape Im in.
Jim Robinson has a great site to exchange ideas and people like you make it even better.
Regards, Ex-Snook
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posted on
02/07/2007 12:00:57 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: GodBlessUSA
GeeBee, you'll be happy to know it is foggy and drizzling here today...so our little 3 days of summer are over.
;^)
To: DollyCali
Notwithstanding I am featured in it, this report is one of the most complete synopsis of WWII I have ever seen. There have been a lot of books and articles written over the years but this tells it all as it was...I know; I was there! The items about us who fought, the background to the War itself and the corollary items on how it affected the civilians back home represent, to me, a monumental effort.
YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED AND APPLAUDED!
To: snugs; Aquamarine; dutchess; ohioWfan; Las Vegas Dave; North Coast Conservative; GodBlessUSA; ...
DollyCalis Dad MM Michael Grlicky, USN
Raised as one of 7 children to immigrant farming parents from Czechoslovakia, Mike was born in Michigan & later relocated with his family to NE Ohio. Public Schools & technical training at East Tech in Cleveland helped him with skills that would be used in the military & in his early jobs following college graduation
He met wife Eleanor at Martin Luther Lutheran Church & they were married shortly before the US was attacked at Pearl Harbor. Mike joined his other 4 brothers in signing up when the nation was attacked. The other 4 joined Army but Mike loving the water, chose Navy
He used his mechanical skills learned at East Tech to become a Machinist Mate. He envisioned lots of travel on ships. But the curse of all naval guys was his.. SHORE DUTY. He was stationed in Pacific theater in Okinawa & This was a boring land assignment to dad as he was in charge of setting up & maintaining the water purification on the island for the troops. He didnt speak much about his war time but did recall LONG days & nights on Okinawa playing cards with his shipmates.
Following the war he used the GI Bill to go to Chiropractic College (a new field) in Davenport Iowa. He trained under BJ Palmer - the father of Chiropractic. Those early years found students invited to BJs home & learning the skills from the Master.
Back in Ohio following graduation & further studies at Logan Basic in St. Louis presented a dilemma.. Begin a practice & have the financial drawbacks that went with it or use his mechanical skills in industry & make the comfortable living.
Moms 10 votes to dads one vote had Industry(money) over Chiropractic(drought). As fate would have it, years later he was in middle management and the company was overtaken by a mega-buyout & he was downsized
The devastation of this job and income loss was huge. The silver lining is that he was able to NOW later in life, do what he wanted to do his WHOLE life & he began his chiropractic practice.
He died of heart failure at age 74 & at his funeral My brother & I were thrilled and touched by the number of patients who came through & told us how much he meant to them & how often he treated them if they couldnt pay. And this was the norm, not the rarity. He felt it was his duty to help/cure the infirm.. not get rich off of them.
He was an active man his entire life. He bicycled, walked, golfed, and was an avid card player. He was very involved as a Mason with the Twinsburg Lodge & along with my Mom in Eastern Star. He became Worthy Master & attained the 32nd degree He was a fun father & played with us and taught us much regarding life. My love & excitement regarding the outdoors I attribute to the hours we would tromp around the woods & have berry picking outings or go to a nice lake & swim & enjoy the sun & nature in general.
He was a devoted & involved father to both my brother and my self. As a teen I could NOT even get a temporary permit to drive until I could change the oil of the car, change a tire & learn to check fluids & FILL THEM, I attribute my math skills to the hours he spent with me playing cards. He was the faithful dad when I did my dance lessons over the years. Mom never drove & if I couldnt get there via bus, Dad would drive. In Sunday school we had memory ladders. Dad spent hours each week for MANY years learning them all with me. He always learned them faster. He had a wonderful mind & great sense of humor. He would amuse my friends when we would go on family outings as he was the only dad in the water & did fancy dives & flips off the board. The other dads were drinking beer with their buddies (my dad caught up on that later in day however).
His two times of "not so happy with Dolly" came when at 16 I sneaked out with the car one evening & got in accident. The second is at my wedding I chose White tie/tails for the attire for the men. He said he felt like a penguin. (but he looked very handsome). He was very proud when I joined the Navy following college & proud also of my brother's decision to join the Air Force. He was a wonderful grandpa & in his later years loved his "pup" Pierre, a Pomeranian, that he called - PeePee Fox.
He served his country, his church and his family with devotion & honor. Each Memorial Day I proudly go & decorate his grave & thank God for men such as him who have been the backbone & examples of decency in our great country.
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posted on
02/07/2007 1:28:07 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: Wheelbarrow
Thank you Bill.. The historians would NO DOUBT strongly dispute the claim of "most complete etc"..
lol
you, my friend, are the one to be congratulated. We all thank you for your service to our wonderful country-
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posted on
02/07/2007 1:30:48 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
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posted on
02/07/2007 1:35:10 PM PST
by
lysie
To: lysie
Thanks Lysie.. I have to hustle to get to bible study & a dog walk first. The pups are bouncing off the walls..
was your dad ww2?
If so, please write about him & share any pix you have
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posted on
02/07/2007 1:46:53 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
Last Friday on our weekly grocery shopping trip, I noticed a gentleman wearing a "World War II Veteran" baseball cap.
I set aside my normal timid self and approached him to extend a word of "Thanks for serving our great country". I also noticed a globe and anchor gold pin attached to the hat, so the words that came out were, "Thank you for serving our great country, Marine."
I received a warm smile and thank you from him. Found out that he served on Iwo Jima among other south sea islands. He reflected that Iwo Jima was "Bad - real Bad!" but he was grateful for the Navy Corpsmen who were there as well.
I was wearing my USS PIEDMONT hat and told him it was a Destroyer Tender. He then shared about his times spent aboard Navy vessels and how great the Squids treated the Marines. Literally gave them the shirts off their backs when a change of clothes was needed and the mess cooks gave em whatever they wanted to eat.
I'll be looking for him at future shopping trips and will extend a greeting each time I see him along with any others who may cross my path.
To: Diver Dave
Awe Dave, that is wonderful.. there are not too many left.
I recall out of College going to parades etc & there were just a few of the WW1 patriots left.
Now 40 years later it is the same with the WW2 folks.
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posted on
02/07/2007 1:59:34 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
Yes ,as well as, his 3 older brothers.
Greg's dad and his uncles , too.
In fact, Greg's dad was walking along a street in France and out of the blue...who did he see?? His brother, Tony. I bet there was mega celebration that night.
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posted on
02/07/2007 2:02:20 PM PST
by
lysie
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