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Re: We lost 

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (1)
Fri, 08 Dec 23 5:53 PM | 33 view(s)
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Re: “Those men were fearless. ”No they weren't. Dad told me they were all scared to death most of the time. "You did your best not to think about it, but it was always there," he said.

The crew of his B-17 became very tight. We visited with many of them on our X-country drives, even though that was 25 years later. My dad washed out as a pilot (he didn't even have a driver's license at the time!) but was grateful that it went as it did "because at least we lived." The crews superstitiously believed that THEIR group was better than any others and would, somehow, make it through. My father's took heavy shrapnel on its flights. One member credited Dad with saving his life after he was hit in the leg and we exchanged Christmas cards with his family for the rest of his life. Dad told me once about two guys in his barracks who had to make up a missed mission after the rest of their crew had completed their roster. They went on a different plane for a final mission and were lost. Scary stuff...

One of my uncles was lost with his sub in the Pacific. Another was shot in the jaw in Europe and was horribly injured. Oddly enough, he wasn't disfigured from it. Eddie was a good-looking guy who died in 2019.








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Re: We lost
By: micro in 6TH POPE
Fri, 08 Dec 23 3:48 PM 		Msg. 48120 of 58519

My sincere condolences to you and all the family !

He was a hero and somehow it was fitting that he go home on Pearl Harbor Day.

God gave him a long life here on earth. NOW he should begin a better life for the rest of all eternity in a new body with no aches or pains or defects. And he will look like himself so you all will know him whenever you arrive at the same location..

I have always held the WW2 vets in high esteem for helping to free the world of the tyranny that Nazi Germany unleashed on the world and joined by co conspirators Italy and Japan.. Those men were fearless and loved their country more than their own lives. They were willing to die for it to protect freedom..

I hope he's having a great time in Heaven with a new body and no aches or pains but He has seen the Lord Jesus in ALL HIS Glory! I am envious...


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