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<blockquote data-quote="puzzled in oregon" data-source="post: 1826128" data-attributes="member: 40255"><p>My Dad and his older brother served in WWII. My Dad in the Marines in the South Pacific and his brother in Europe. His Brother was shot down over Europe, almost made it into Switzerland, but German troops caught up with him and he spent 1-2 years as a German POW. </p><p></p><p>Never really talked to either of them about those times because I thought they might prefer not to recall all they went through. My uncle said the Germans treated the Americans better than they treated the Russians. My Dad told me of an agreement all the guys had with each other should a certain event occur. Watching a movie once there was a scene where the landing craft were dropping soldiers out in the surf and the beach was covered with bodies, and I ask my Dad how the guys had the courage to keep trying to get onto the island. He said they had a choice they could take their chances on the beach or die right there in the landing craft. One of the officers would shoot any that declined to go ashore. So after that I chose not to pry into this chapter of his life.</p><p></p><p>I encountered a WW II vet once by accident when out and about looking for cattle to buy. He told me he didn't think anyone appreciated that he had served. I thought that was really sad. I told him I appreciated what my Dad, his Brother and all the other vets had done to insure my generation could wake up every morning safe in our homes and to enjoy all the freedoms we have.</p><p></p><p>But "Freedom has a price."</p><p></p><p>I look at the picture of my Dad as an 8 or 9 year old boy with his little mustang mare in Wyoming and there is no way to have known the journey he would one day volunteer to travel.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]36930[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="puzzled in oregon, post: 1826128, member: 40255"] My Dad and his older brother served in WWII. My Dad in the Marines in the South Pacific and his brother in Europe. His Brother was shot down over Europe, almost made it into Switzerland, but German troops caught up with him and he spent 1-2 years as a German POW. Never really talked to either of them about those times because I thought they might prefer not to recall all they went through. My uncle said the Germans treated the Americans better than they treated the Russians. My Dad told me of an agreement all the guys had with each other should a certain event occur. Watching a movie once there was a scene where the landing craft were dropping soldiers out in the surf and the beach was covered with bodies, and I ask my Dad how the guys had the courage to keep trying to get onto the island. He said they had a choice they could take their chances on the beach or die right there in the landing craft. One of the officers would shoot any that declined to go ashore. So after that I chose not to pry into this chapter of his life. I encountered a WW II vet once by accident when out and about looking for cattle to buy. He told me he didn't think anyone appreciated that he had served. I thought that was really sad. I told him I appreciated what my Dad, his Brother and all the other vets had done to insure my generation could wake up every morning safe in our homes and to enjoy all the freedoms we have. But "Freedom has a price." I look at the picture of my Dad as an 8 or 9 year old boy with his little mustang mare in Wyoming and there is no way to have known the journey he would one day volunteer to travel. [ATTACH type="full"]36930[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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