Posted by oldtanker on April 08, 2016 at 14:05:23 from (64.118.3.19):
My wife's grandfather farmed in ND north west of Grand Forks. In 1940 my father in law and his 2 brothers were old enough to do the farming so he, seeing war coming joined the US Army. He was sent to the Philippian's where he was when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. He survived the Bataan Death March and was subsequently shipped to Japan where he performed slave labor for the rest of the war. After he was repatriated, was discharged and returned home his health was so bad he decided that keeping the farm wasn't fair to the "boys" because he wasn't able to do the work any longer. He sold the farm and moved to Battle Lake MN. He died in the mid 60's because of the health issues from the POW camps. His sons all served at least one hitch in the military with my FIL serving 22 years in the Navy.
Some did give all, even if they didn't die right away. My FIL always regretted the sale of the farm and claimed that he would have stayed there and farmed for his dad has he wanted to keep the farm.
On my side my grandfather lost the farm during the 30's. My dad wound up in the army and was stationed at Ft Snelling when the war broke out. He was wounded and lost his left leg between the knee and ankle retaking the Philippians in early 45. He was subsequently discharged then was able to rejoin. He served 31 years active duty then bought his dream farm.
The boys and men who survived the depression then went on to fight in WWII, then returned to life in the US and became farmers, factory workers, businessmen and politicians knew a very hard life and are richly deserving of our respect!
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