Today is special (bus)

[wal1809]

Fantastic Cody!!

[Ed Hackenbruch]

The sad thing is that the U.S. has a long history of shabby treatment of its veterans. It goes all of the way back to 1776.

[MikeH]

My dad will be 88 in a couple of months. He served in the 10th Mountain Division during WWII. I have not heard hardly any stories from him about that time in his life, the one or two times that I did hear something from him are times that I treasure still. Several years ago dad and mom joined a group of 10th Mtn. alumni. They would have an annual nationwide get-together 2 out of every 3 years, and they went back to Italy either 2 or 3 times to visit the places they had served in their tour. I think those were special times for dad. I don't think the group is doing much anymore, as many of them have passed, and mom is not doing so great and she can't travel.

When our family sings, we do several patriotic songs in our program. We do a song called "Blood Bought My Freedom" and we start it with our daughter playing Taps on her harmonica. It is one of our more popular songs. Everyone loves Taps on the harmonica, and the words to the song are pretty powerful reminders of the price paid for our freedoms.

Cody, I'd love to hear a follow-up on this luncheon get-together.

Thank you to all our veterans or active duty on this board or who have family members that are.

Mike

[Mex-Busnut]

My dad will be 88 in a couple of months. He served in the 10th Mountain Division during WWII. I have not heard hardly any stories from him about that time in his life, the one or two times that I did hear something from him are times that I treasure still.
Mike

Wow, Mike! It would be great if you could get him in front of a tape recorder and talking about his experiences! That was truly a great generation!