I just lost my Dad, 94, a highly-decorated WWII Combat Engineer Platoon SGT Vet, w/ Patton’s 3rd Army Corps, who fought all thru Europe, France, Northern Rhineland, Ardennes and The Battle of The Bulge.
In the Battle of Bastogne, he rescued numerous men from his platoon squads, caught in a cross-machine gun ambush, in a bloodied snow-covered field, was shot thru the arms/chest by a nazi sniper, and got his “ticket punched” for a hospital ship back to VA to recuperate. His RN Nurse was his high school sweetheart from York (PA), they married, and I and my sister were born 1 & 2 yrs later.
He got a Bronze Star w/ 4 clusters, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, 4 campaign medals, all of which I had framed for him a couple of years ago. He is also inscribed on the granite columns of The Court of Honor and Prospect Hill Cemetery, honoring Bronze Star, Silver Star & Congressional Medal of Honor recipients in the PA area.
Even at 94, days before his fall and fatal stroke, he was driving his MB-300c to food shop, buy a new suit, visit me to get help w/ his HP Laptop, and do his daily errands. A kinder, gentler man never walked the earth.
He was my hero, and I miss him terribly.
Nice story. Thanks and thanks for his service.
Very sad to hear that. VERY sad.
They all were REAL men and women. ALL of them. Even those who stayed back home, like my dad who was deffered because he owned and ran a sawmill. They needed that lumber for shipping and they came and deffered every one of his workers.
Great generation.
Sorry for your loss. God bless him and thank him for his service.