chryslerfat
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Mornin Fellas. What day is it?
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Nice Mark and would be proud to have them as parents.
Day it is? I can't even remember my name half the time so figuring what day it is just gives me gas...lol
diymirage
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was that for that bronco?
i would have loved to keep mine, but it just refused to be as dependable as i needed it to be
chryslerfat
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chryslerfat
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This would be neat to do.
chryslerfat
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A scary Halloween costume for some = job application
That's different I like it.
My father in law Gerald , tail gunner .
On the street probably .
That would be an interesting job but damn scary.
chryslerfat
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Alot of brave men came before us.
He once told me it was so cold up there .
I bet it was real cold. Be like here at 40 below with a 50 mph wind.
That is one of the planes he flew in , thats the crew . It' a Handely Page Halifax , he also flew in the famous Lancaster .
Cool plane that would be fun to take a ride in.
Yeah, it's the first thing that has gone wrong with it in the nearly 3 years that it has been my daily driver. Has around 175k miles on the clock, still runs great, doesn't use any oil. I put a used transmission in it when I bought it and replaced the power window motors. Other than that I have only done a complete tune up and regular oil changes. It has been dead nuts reliable.
My grandfather served 3 years overseas in WW2, he never spoke of his time there. My grandmother and my mother endured months at a time not knowing if they would ever see him again, all through the days of rationing.
My stepfather had 3 brothers in WWII. All in Europe, because they could speak, read and write fluent German. The youngest of the three was an artillery officer.
One day, the local postmaster drove up to their farm house. Postmasters often delivered the bad news in rural areas - the PM would know the parents at home and the kids in the war. My stepfather and his dad did not get to the PM before he started talking to the mom, “...sorry, your youngest is KIA, German artillery shell hit his artillery battery...”.
You can imagine the impact on the parents. My stepfather said his folks didn’t cry much, but they were emotionally crushed.
About 2 weeks later, the postmaster again came down the driveway. The mom collapsed, crying. PM got out, with a bottle of whiskey, and told the old folks, “Big mistake. One man survived that artillery shell - your son. He is recovering in a hospital!”
At that point they started drinking the whiskey to celebrate. Then, the mom started to cry.
When asked why she was crying, she said, “Somewhere, another family thought their son had survived. Now they are being told he is dead...and I know how that feels.”
I can only imagine how many similar stories there are.
One day, the local postmaster drove up to their farm house. Postmasters often delivered the bad news in rural areas - the PM would know the parents at home and the kids in the war. My stepfather and his dad did not get to the PM before he started talking to the mom, “...sorry, your youngest is KIA, German artillery shell hit his artillery battery...”.
You can imagine the impact on the parents. My stepfather said his folks didn’t cry much, but they were emotionally crushed.
About 2 weeks later, the postmaster again came down the driveway. The mom collapsed, crying. PM got out, with a bottle of whiskey, and told the old folks, “Big mistake. One man survived that artillery shell - your son. He is recovering in a hospital!”
At that point they started drinking the whiskey to celebrate. Then, the mom started to cry.
When asked why she was crying, she said, “Somewhere, another family thought their son had survived. Now they are being told he is dead...and I know how that feels.”
I can only imagine how many similar stories there are.
Good morning on this somber day ,I to have many uncles that served my mom had 18 brothers and sisters , several severed ,one was also killed in action . I’m a grown man and cannot even begin to understand the emotions that went through the boys back then , brings a tear to my eye watching all the remaining vets , a huge thankyou is not enough for there sacrifice.
chryslerfat
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Well the cool weather is back now.
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