CLTX said: (quoted from post at 12:18:22 01/26/10) My uncle, nine years younger than my father, was in the 23 Inf. Rgt., 2nd Inf. Div. during WWII. They landed on Omaha Beach the day after D-Day, relieved the shot-up 1st Div. and moved straight into hedgerow country. His outfit was over-run at the Battle of the Bulge and he spent the rest of the war in a German prison camp. Getting him to talk about the war was like pulling teeth, but the few stories that I managed to get him to talk about were fantastic. I found out that he had received two Silver Stars at the time of his funeral in'03. We are losing this "Greatest Generation" and soon all will be gone. I'm a high school teacher and I try to remind the kids on a regular basis what these "young men" accomplished and how much we owe their memory. I'm also careful to remind the kids that we owe a debt of gratitude to all who have served in the military throughout the entire history of the U.S.
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