12-25-2014, 01:29 AM
Hope you don't mind me adding another story on here. I'm reminded of another group of veterans that is passing away now after reading this article tonight on Christmas Eve:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2...VJthacABNA
The date and the story both reminds me of who I was named after. My Dad served in Korea after high school starting before what must have been the 3rd Korean Winter. In a Christmas Eve battle he was 1 of 3 in his squad that survived. I was named after his good friend that died that night in battle. As I grew up I would hear my Dad on the phone every Christmas Eve with what turned out to be a fellow survivor from that night. He never did talk much about the war or tell me who I was named after. As I grew into my teens I put it together from his writings and overhearing parts of his yearly Christmas Eve phone calls.
While your story is
it also reminds me the elderly gentlemen in your writings was one of the lucky ones. He hopefully had a full life and has descendants around today unlike some that gave their all serving their country.
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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2...VJthacABNA
The date and the story both reminds me of who I was named after. My Dad served in Korea after high school starting before what must have been the 3rd Korean Winter. In a Christmas Eve battle he was 1 of 3 in his squad that survived. I was named after his good friend that died that night in battle. As I grew up I would hear my Dad on the phone every Christmas Eve with what turned out to be a fellow survivor from that night. He never did talk much about the war or tell me who I was named after. As I grew into my teens I put it together from his writings and overhearing parts of his yearly Christmas Eve phone calls.
While your story is
it also reminds me the elderly gentlemen in your writings was one of the lucky ones. He hopefully had a full life and has descendants around today unlike some that gave their all serving their country.[signature]