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Yep. He was with his brother who was in military stationed over there. He said it was night and day going from west to east berlin.
Google up checkpoint Charlie museum, worth a look/visit if in Berlin.
Yep. He was with his brother who was in military stationed over there. He said it was night and day going from west to east berlin.
Not D-Day or WW2 but my grandfather served in Korea and he didn’t talk about it much. Selfishly I wish I was older and been able to ask questions but I don’t think the conversation would have got very far. It messed him up mentally pretty good and I’ve heard from my dad a dud grenade landed right beside him. Received shock treatments when he got back and was on/off bipolar medication until he passed. My dad has a view items that I hope to get someday from his dads time in Korea
Google up checkpoint Charlie museum, worth a look/visit if in Berlin.
It's on my bucket list of places to go. Maybe the 80th anniversary.I would love to go there some day. I just can’t imagine what they saw as they were approaching the beach
Funny, I thought the same thing-great books!!!I would seriously buy a few rounds to hear those stories. Have you read W.E.B. Griffin series of books?
I assume you are referring to the "Lieutenants" "Captains" etc series. Great books.I would seriously buy a few rounds to hear those stories. Have you read W.E.B. Griffin series of books?
75 years ago, my Dad and his buddies in the 90th Division, also known as the Tough Ombres were on their way to Utah Beach.
Art Briles didn't want to meet them in an alley.The 90th Division was formed during WWI as a precursor to the National Guard, made up primarily of boys from Texas and Oklahoma; hence the name "TO." It was Patton who decided in WWII that "TO" must have stood for Tough Ombres.
Legend, folklore or just plain BS.....a soldier that landed on D-Day was going to the 50th anniversary and flew into Paris. As he was going through passport control, he was struggling to find his passport and the French officer was becoming impatient and criticizing the old gent.it's the Parisians who don't.
Yes and even his presidential agent series are great as well. The author is just one of the finest out thereI assume you are referring to the "Lieutenants" "Captains" etc series. Great books.
Those too yes of course but he’s more recently also penned a new series on post WWII espionage, excellent stuff.I assume you are referring to the "Lieutenants" "Captains" etc series. Great books.
Participated in the battle of the Bulge - delivery fuel, ammo, food and supplies to the front. He didn't talk much about that. I know he had friends with him that didn't make it out.
I finally figured it out. You’re posting from an Enigma machine, aren’t you?
I recall seeing Saving Private Ryan and as we were filing out there was a lone vet sitting there wiping his eyes. Everyone that walked by put a hand on his shoulder. I heard him tell someone he expected the run of the mill war movie and said he wouldn’t have gone had he known the first 20 minutes was going to be so realistic.