TownieDeac
words are futile devices
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I just got off a Zoom call with my wife's 98 year old grandfather. He is in excellent health and spirits at a VA retirement facility in Pennsylvania. He has always been a terrific grandfather to my wife and her brother and cousins; they tell stories of him taking them for ice cream at the dairy creamery and country store in rural Pennsylvania where they grew up, hand selecting peanuts from a barrel one by one, raking their yards so they could jump in the leaves, generously paying for a semester of college, and all around being there.
He also happens to be a veteran of World War II, where he was a liaison and scout, he fought at the Battle of the Bulge, and has an incredible memory to this day for details so many decades later. About 10 years ago he started transcribing his field notes on his typewriter, and with my wife's blessing I thought I'd share part of his memoir here on the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. It's about 50 pages of typewritten notes and scanned maps. I believe this link should work: https://www.docdroid.net/c02zaVZ/wwii-experience-1-2-pdf
It starts from the day he ships out.
If you are fortunate enough to know someone still alive from that era, give them your love and attention if you can.
He also happens to be a veteran of World War II, where he was a liaison and scout, he fought at the Battle of the Bulge, and has an incredible memory to this day for details so many decades later. About 10 years ago he started transcribing his field notes on his typewriter, and with my wife's blessing I thought I'd share part of his memoir here on the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. It's about 50 pages of typewritten notes and scanned maps. I believe this link should work: https://www.docdroid.net/c02zaVZ/wwii-experience-1-2-pdf
It starts from the day he ships out.
If you are fortunate enough to know someone still alive from that era, give them your love and attention if you can.