The Greatest Generation

[dustoffer]

Here is a video testimony to them--I salute them as well.

There's a reason they are called "The Greatest Generation"--they are like steel-tempered in the fire, and hammered on the anvil of the Great Depression, then they rid the world of Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini---

They came home and built the United States into the super power, never expecting anything other than a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. I know it pains them to see how far we've departed from the legacy they left us.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zkp7hvrgbcd7gd/D-qPNsG9ym#lh:null-Laffey%20Enhanced%20vo%203.wmv

[randal]

wow!

[jerp]

That was awesome dustoffer - thanks for the link. The best book I have read about those naval battles in the Pacific is "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors". Really gives you a realistic picture of what it was like. Having never served it is always amazing to me how whether it was WWII, Korea, Vietnam or Iraq/Afghanistan it is mostly 18 and 19 year olds being commanded by 25 year olds. I guess You grow up fast in wartime - but all you veterans know that from personal experience...

[Leon County Slayer]

Thanks for sharing. I'm hoping to get out and visit my Uncle soon. One of the few fighter pilots still alive from WWII. He just lost a leg last week to diabetes so any prayers you can offer up for him would be appreciated. I always welcome the opportunity when he shares stories of his experiences. Uncle Louis Thompson was credited with the last confirmed Japanese plane brought down. A huge thanks to all our veterans.

[dustoffer]

jerp--I was a 24 y.o. "aircraft commander" in VN, responsible for me, my pilot, crewchief, medic, and all the patients I hauled. Never considered it extraordinary then, but as I look back, it was definitely tense at times. And, many of our warrant officer pilots were "high school to flight school" products, meaning they were 19 y.0. and doing it.

[DUKFVR]

Prayers Up for your Uncle Leon County Slayer Tell him THANKS for his service.. THANKS for your service Dustoffer!

[ladrones]

I'm going to pick this book up to read.

http://spectator.org/articles/62636/hero’s-story-—-triumph-and-tragedy

[Mtltx]

That was really cool. Thanks for sharing and thank you to all those that have served and currently serve our country. God bless the USA!

[JakeGraves]

Thank you for the link. I cannot even imagine what that had to be like.

[Froggy]

Thanks for sharing. I can't imagine what that must have been like, being a sailor aboard a ship, while kamikazees attacked, with nowhere to run or hide.

I served as a grunt in Nam and I could at least get behind a tree or in a hole.

When your out in the ocean your a sitting duck.

They were definitely the "Greatest Generation".

Thanks for your service dustoffer. You may have medevaced some of my buddies.