Greatest Generation Forum Members THANK YOU

a debt to them we can never repay. Thank you to all who served and are serving.

What Steamer said is the absolute, undeniable truth. I Agree! 

Mega Dittoes to that.  My Dad and all my uncles were in that great conflict.  My

grandmother probably never slept a peaceful night, as her two sons (one went

to Iwo Jima, the other with the Seabees in Okinawa) served. 

     Hoppy

Couldn't agree more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alex

Hear, hear!

Absolutely!  Those who served during WWII deserve our gratitude every day they're with us.  I lost a brother-in-law a year ago.  He served in the Pacific and I never tired of listening to his wartime experiences (Walt repaired the radar set on the Enola Gay).  I'm 73 and we need to show our debt of gratitude to all veterans.  Thank you for what you have done to keep our freedoms.

Bob

Amen!

Richie

Anyone, and I absolutely mean ANYONE who served in defense of the U.S.A. in any branch,  at anytime, and was a casualty or paid the ultimate price is part of the GREATEST GENERATION!

VE Day and VJ day were happy days to all to see the end of the war and see our Gallant Fighting Men return home at last!

Thanks to the Greatest Generation

They were a generation of hero's, who put their lives on hold.
They were; teachers, factory workers, some famous, but countless stories untold. Omaha, Tarawa, Bastogne, were places they fought and died. They changed history, and they saved the world and did it all with pride.

He was a son, a brother, a father, from our cities and small towns
She was a nurse at Hickam field, that stood there straight and sound.
He was a sailor on the deck of Missouri, He was a soldier with a 50 Cal. He was a pilot on a run at Midway, He was a Marine at Guadalcanal.

I say thanks to the greatest generation, a thanks that's long past due. We won't forgot the things you did or the times that you knew! I say thanks to the greatest generation who fought in World War II. For all the things we have, we owe it all to you.

It's hard to imagine how bad times were, and the sacrifice's you made. Charging up a beach, under fire, there were times you must of prayed. On a combat jump, seeing fire below, they were trying times for you. But when the going got tough, the tough got going, you knew just what to do. 

I say thanks to the greatest generation, a thanks that's long past due. We won't forgot the things you did or the times that you knew! 
I say thanks to the greatest generation who fought in World War II.
For all the things we have, we owe it all to you.

As a 1000 battles and places fade in memory. There's a marble stone in a park in this country. Tells of deeds long past, and of resolve that would not die.

He was a man of character & courage who stood there toe to toe
He was a Brit in Burma, She was a worker at the USO, He was a sailor on the deck of Missouri, He was a soldier with a 50 Cal.
He was a pilot on a run at Midway, He was a Marine at Guadalcanal.

I say thanks to the greatest generation, a thanks that's long past due. We won't forgot the things you did or the times that you knew! I say thanks to the greatest generation who fought in World War II. For all the things we have, we owe it all to you.

Thanks to the Greatest Generation
Music & Words By:
Stephen A. Argereow
Copyright 2006

Thank you to all who have served and all those still doing so.  

Amen......our debt to the greatest generation is enormous!

Peter

Indeed, there's a reason that generation has been tagged the "Greatest Generation".  We observed D-Day's 71st anniversary today, and roughly 850,000 WWII veterans remain with us today... Most of them 90+ years old now, and we're losing roughly 500 per day.  I lost my Dad two years ago at 88.  

16 Million served in WWII, and many were 18-21 years old going into the D-Day operation.  Extensive planning aside, only by the sheer randomness of God's grace did anyone survive the wave of invasions at Normandy Beach. 

My Dad was part of D+6... He didn't talk about it much that often, but when he saw "Saving Private Ryan", he had 4 words to say afterward... "Spielberg got it right", referring to the Normandy Beach invasion scenes.  My Dad lost his left leg weeks after D-Day in a mine field near the France / Belgium border.  He laid bleeding in a vulnerable position out in the mine field over 4 hours until conditions allowed him to be moved to safety and treated.  A fellow soldier/medic who helped him that day died subsequently in another mine field incident not long after the one where my Dad was injured.  So even those who made it through the beach invasions had additional, hellacious situations awaiting them further inland.  War is ugly.

If you have a relative who served in WWII, I'd suggest entering them in the registry of the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. If you haven't already done so.  It's a small token of appreciation for the huge sacrifices they made by serving.

In roughly 5 years, only a mere handful of WWII vets may still be alive to give first-hand accounts of their WWII experiences three quarters of a century ago... and probably even a smaller number who were actually a part of the Normandy Beach invasions on Jun 6, 1944 and the days soon after.

David

having experienced fires in burning buildings, I cant even begin to wrap my head around what those guys pushed through and felt that morning of june 6. it is an awe inspiring feat of human mind and body especially when we forget most were 18 to 20 years old. I truly wish them peace and tranquility for the rest of their days, and hope nobody has to go through that again.

Two of my uncles fought in Europe with the Army and one fought on Iwo Jima with the Marines.  One is still alive and two have passed away.  I thank them all.

Matt

Everyone in my family that served in WWII has passed away...my father, his brother, his sister's husband, as well as my mother's brother and her sister's husband. Few families were not touched by this war. I was 6 months old when my father went overseas in the Fall of 1942.

Thanks to my dad and my uncles. Just last fall, I got to talk to one of the last few sailors from Dad's LST. They marched together in formation and worked in the shop together, and Mr. Allison was glad someone still remembered.

It's hard to comprehend how all-encompassing WWII was. The Civil War probably had the same effect--if you weren't serving, someone dear to you was. When I was in high school,(graduated in 1975) we had Veterans' Day programs. The American Legion and VFW post commanders always asked veterans in the audience to stand up. Almost all of our male teachers and some of the women did, and practically every father or grandfather. Last year, we went to the program. 

One World War II vet stood to be recognized.

If you know one of them, thank him or her today. Don't wait.

My father and two uncles served in Europe and two uncles in the Pacific during WWll. My father was in in a Anti-Aircraft Battery. Three of my uncles were infantry and one ones was with the 82nd Airborne. They are all gone now but will never, never be forgotten.

Bill