Curious if any of you are WWII veterans.
Regardless, thanks for anyone who served, your service is appreciated, WWII or otherwise.

I'm just the son of a WWII vet. Dad's passed on, as have all of his army buddies. I'm heading home to visit his grave today.

Salute!

WW2 vets are dwindling fast the youngest are now pushing 90. I live in a heavy retirement area, many vets but but even some DAV, and legion posts don't have a WW2 vet. The korean War vets are still numerous, but their ranks are be inning to thin as well.

For any Vets out there - a sincere thank you.

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Father-in-law turned 100 last month. Served in France. Still "with it" and strong. Minnesotan farmer all his life.



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My last WWII vet friend is 89, just misdiagnosed with pneumonia - IT WAS BLOOD CLOTS in his lungs! A miracle he survived that misdiagnosis. Me, I'm Vietnam vet.

I am very thankful for all those who gave their lives since even in the mid to late 1700s, especially the Revolutionary War boys - all the way up to today's fallen freedom fighters.

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Now I wouldn't want to be within 400 - 500 yards of one of them nuclear bombs when it goes off! WW1 Vet Old Man
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My late Uncle was a WW2 vet. Survived the war and having his ship sunk underneath him several times, and 50 years of alcoholism.

Died from a freak infection in his 80s, with a perfectly functional liver.

WW2 vets were practically indestructible.

I was in the occupation of Germany. Does that count?

Help me understand; compare and contrast that with how you think someone MIGHT think it's different.

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My late Uncle was a WW2 vet. Survived the war and having his ship sunk underneath him several times, and 50 years of alcoholism.

Died from a freak infection in his 80s, with a perfectly functional liver.

WW2 vets were practically indestructible.

My dad served as a air traffic control officer near Casablanca during WWII (came ashore as part of Operation Torch). He was a tough, hard worker who never complained and was active into his 80's. Died 2 years ago at age 93. I miss him, and know I will never measure up to him in many ways.

Happy Memorial Day to all vets and other loved ones who have gone before us.

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Me, I'm Vietnam vet.

God bless you, especially, gaijin.... No way to justify that debacle. I served from '71-'73 but stayed at Ft. Knox for my two years-yes, one of the last to be drafted!

My Dad passed last December; ten days short of his 97th birthday. Served in the Philippines with the Army Corps of Engineers.

God bless all our hallowed Fallen.

I'm a 4-year Korean Vet - in the Navy, and my Dad and 2 uncles served during WWII - my uncle was at Pearl Harbor, and had back problems for the rest of his life due to the Japanese attack.

I live in an independent living retirement facility - many of the men/women are WWII/Korean vets - one gent I eat with quite a bit is 92 years old and sharp as a tack. He talks about flying his P-51 as escort for the bombers over Germany during WWII. One time he had to make an emergency landing on the island of Vis. LyleH

Grandad passed 20 years ago - served in WWI and II. Hats off to all who served , and we bow our heads in memory of those who gave all.

My Dad was just a young boy during WW2, however, my late uncle was at Okinawa. His favorite story was that he had a big bunch of mosquito netting tucked under his helmet, and a Japanese sniper shot him in the head...well, it would have been in the head if he hadn't had the netting pushing the helmet up. A clean bullet hole entered and exited just above his head. His daughter still has that helmet.

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There I still have one uncle alive in a V.A. facility near Healdsburg, CA who was in WWII. He is the last one of a group of about 18 cousins that played together as kids in the summers before going to college/war. Thanks to all the people that have served.

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I went to the Memorial Service at our local cemetery this morning. I haven't gone before, but I think I will in the future. I saw a side of our community that I liked very much. There were no WWII vets in my immediate family but I was drafted and spent 11 months in Vietnam with an engineering battalion before getting an early out in 1971.

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My uncle was USAAF, stationed in England prior to D-Day, then moved to France. My mother's first boyfriend was a ball-turret gunner on a B-24; he didn't make it back.

My dad was in the Army prior to the war. From 1928-32, stationed in the Canal Zone and later in China.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

The German word for contraceptive is “Schwangerschaftsverhütungsmittel”. By the time you finished saying that, it’s too late

Two uncles served in combat in WWII and my dad enlisted when he turned 18 in '46 for two years. My uncles are dead but dad is alive and kicking.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

My 88-year old father is a WWII Navy veteran; he is still active and living on his own.

It doesn't count but I just thought I'd mention that I recently photographed a WWII vet who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. I don't think there were a lot of survivors of Omaha Beach to begin with. That he's still around today is pretty remarkable.

No relatives serving in WWII but my late grandfather served in WWI.

My dad was drafted during Vietnam but he never left the States. Instead he travelled all over the southwestern US driving an 18-wheeler pulling a mobile television unit. He recorded the early attempts at air dropping tanks and and artillery. Many pieces of expensive equipment met their fate in a crater about 10 ft deep according to him.

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My 88-year old father is a WWII Navy veteran; he is still active and living on his own.

That's great.

My dad passed away 4 years ago yesterday. He was the radio man on a B-29 Superfortress when they crashed on Tinian. I was tipped off that some of the crash pictures were found on EBay and bought them. As a kid I was in awe of some of his stories but to actually see the strap that he cut to extracate one of the crewmen was amazing (middle left photo, the black thing hanging out the window). He will always be my number 1 hero.
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