The greatest generation...no exaggeration. May God bless America.
When they came out of basic training, Daddy always said they were “ready to charge Hell with a bucket of water”. He had some empathy (but no wimpathy) for the plain German soldier; knew they were only there because they were MADE to be by Hitler, but he really had a great deal of contempt for the German officers at that time in part because of the horrible way they treated their own men - also said that those Panzer divisions were tough. - It was a hard time; but they knew they HAD to win that war. - He’d had the advantage of being brought up on a farm, working hard, hunting, camping out for weeks on end living off the land.