Lest We Forget

[IronNoggin]

 

[Tsquared]

We lost my father in law in late September on his 101 st birthday. He was a WW2 airforce veteran. He was the last of such in my personal life, all my uncles, my father and many family friends and their comrades had served in the war. One of my favourite uncles opened up to me one time when I commented on his warm and cheerful outlook on life. He replied that he viewed his life as a gift that he never expected to receive after most of his unit had been killed he figured he was next.

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[kaelc]

101! Thanks to the last of the WWII veterans and too all who have served this last 80 years. Tough Canadian veterans who have fought alongside Americans have shown them that we will always be our own country.

 

[scott craven]

Brave men and women (at such young ages) fought to keep us free.
My father-in-law flew numerous missions over Germany.
The crew called the captain "the old man" !
He was 25 years old.

 

[JWS]

Very brave and very young! My grandparents were too young to enlist, but my great uncle Doug lied about his age to go to war. He was killed when he was 17 or 18. There’s an old photo of him that always circulates our family this time of year that is a shocking resemblance to my dad and one of my nephews.

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[IronNoggin]

 

[IronNoggin]

The vast majority of men in my family have been warriors.
Tracked way back.
I am one of the very few that did not heed that call, preferring the ways of the wild over those of war.
It is for that reason, and to acknowledge the dedication to task that I post every single Remembrance Day.
Many of my kin never returned.
Those that did were forever changed.

Even to this day the majority of my extended Family are military.
Most US Air Force, some Navy / Marines, and a few Infantry.

I will never forget their service.
I hope others feel the same way...

 

[agentaqua]

Thanks, Nog - for this respectful, thoughtful & appropriate thread. It means a lot to many of us. Many in my family are also military, and were some generations back.