Ping
Prayers. My childhood buddy just lost his 91 YO dad, who served in Alaska in WWII. How I wish we had chatted more on his stories.
My dad served in 1947, a jet mechanic. I still have his “top secret” jet book.
I’m reminded of the war of 1812. A lot of the clamor was about the youth wanting their own memories of war, based on the stories of their forefathers.