tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post7192565277562786010..comments2023-10-10T10:11:26.749-05:00Comments on ANDY'S PLACE...: 12-7Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-59578365139653327512009-12-08T04:06:15.590-06:002009-12-08T04:06:15.590-06:00I don't think that he, or my Grandmother ever ...<i>I don't think that he, or my Grandmother ever forgave the japs.</i><br /><br />My father was the same. I invited him to come over and visit when I was stationed in Japan... all three times. I got the same answer each time: "It'll be a cold day in Hell" and "salty" variations on that theme. <br /><br />His attitude towards the Nipponese was kinda weird, in that he forgave the Germans... who tried to kill him MANY times when Dad was in his B-17 over The Fatherland... and we actually vacationed in Germany several times when the family was stationed in France during the '50s. I never quite understood that.<br /><br />There's your tangent for the day...<br /><br />I salute your grandfather, Andy. "The Greatest Generation" truly was all that.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-55352329265526487742009-12-07T10:58:12.595-06:002009-12-07T10:58:12.595-06:00I salute your relatives who served, as I do my two...I salute your relatives who served, as I do my two uncles who saw action in ETO, and all the vets of WWII, and everything since.<br /><br />I recommend to you D-Days In the Pacific, by Donald L. Miller, as well as his other incredible book, Masters of the Air. Both must reads, while the dwindling number of WWII vets are still around.Skunkfeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563552997319253167noreply@blogger.com