Posted on May 4, 2015
There are many customs about how to honor our parent's and progenator's service. In what way do you honor your families' veterans?
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The picture shows my father (far left) and a few members of the regimental recon platoon (87th Mt. Inf. Rgt. 10th Mt. Div.) at Anzio, Italy, prior to their movement from the port to the mountains, where the 10th Mt. Div. played a key role in breaking the German lines.
I am very proud of my father's service and try to honor him and his service as much as possible. I have a favorite picture of him (in his uniform) with my mother on their wedding day which I like to show to everyone who will give me the chance. Though I never was in the 10th, I wear a 10th Mt. belt buckle in his honor. After I earned my own, I wore his silver jump wings for 20+ years. I passed his jump wings on to his first grandson to graduate from jump school, my nephew. This and more, I do to honor and keep alive the memory of his service in the family. How do you keep alive your parent's service in your family?
I am very proud of my father's service and try to honor him and his service as much as possible. I have a favorite picture of him (in his uniform) with my mother on their wedding day which I like to show to everyone who will give me the chance. Though I never was in the 10th, I wear a 10th Mt. belt buckle in his honor. After I earned my own, I wore his silver jump wings for 20+ years. I passed his jump wings on to his first grandson to graduate from jump school, my nephew. This and more, I do to honor and keep alive the memory of his service in the family. How do you keep alive your parent's service in your family?
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Never met my Grandfather, died of lung cancer 3 months before I was born. He was a MSGT in WWII in a Signal Intel Battalion attached to 5th Army HQ. He refused a commission twice. He and a team of 3 guys would go behind enemy lines for days at time. I talk to my uncles and they share stories like the one time he cleared the radio traffic across the entire AO, both enemy and friendly, so he could get his info to higher.
I tell everybody who has a second about him... kinda like now. A lot of veterans don't have someone to pass on their story. I try to do my part.
I tell everybody who has a second about him... kinda like now. A lot of veterans don't have someone to pass on their story. I try to do my part.
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I go to the cemetery where my father is buried and attend the Memorial Day Service there. I make sure a flag is put on my dads grave. He was a B17 Navigator in WW2. I keep a picture of him in uniform and mounted his original navigator wings on the bottom of the frame. (Its not marked as a veteran so the Boy Scouts who place the flags sometimes misses it so I put one on). I also have a picture of my aunt who was a Navy Wave.
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MAJ Matthew Arnold
Time has almost forgotten the great sacrifice made by the USAAC in WW2. We forget that on some missions 25%, sometimes more, of the B17 and B24 would not come home. With 10 men in each aircraft that is a great loss. Which is why they were sent home after 50 then later 25 missions. They had cheated death long enough. I am very happy to read that your father was one of the surviviors.
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My son and I made a shadow box for my Grandfather's World War I memories. It hangs next to mine.
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MAJ Matthew Arnold
Working together with your son to build the shadow box and share memories of your grandfather was a great idea. I am guessing that your son learned a lot about his great grandfather during the project.
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