Veterans
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(20,446 posts)dchill
(39,717 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)dchill
(39,717 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)Aristus
(67,624 posts)...sorry...I'm a little blitzed right now...
Just want to show those veterans who, for some inexplicable reason, support Cadet Bonespurs that we liberals have our veterans, too!...
dchill
(39,717 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)My dad WWII, Navy, Phillipines. I mentioned this on DU b4. Democrat thru and thru. He reposed unexpectedly at 45, aortic aneurysm. I was 13. Big bummer.
Eiste ánergos ándras diathésimos? 🤗
Skittles
(157,026 posts)losing a dad like that when you were 13
sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)was formed. Not a bad quality, but missed some of being a teen. My mom didn't expect this of me. I just felt compelled.
Skittles
(157,026 posts)my dad was hospitalized for a year when I was 14 - he died at 50, by suicide, but I was an adult by then
sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,643 posts)He was a WWII veteran, suffered through the Bulge, severe frostbite, death all around him. Today we would call it PTSD.
My condolences, Skittles.
Skittles
(157,026 posts)although if there was one thing that eased his mind, it was music, he had hundreds of 45's
I don't know how guys lived with the kind of memories your dad had.....just awful
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Worried senior
(1,328 posts)survived the Battle of the Bulge, don't know if he ever talked about it.
Aristus
(67,624 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)Aristus
(67,624 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)I overshot the runway... 😁
Aristus
(67,624 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)"Yer so good lookin!" 😆
'Mens sana in corpore sano.' Totally missing in 'schlumpy' to the detriment of us all.
Skittles
(157,026 posts)formerly Sgt Skittles; yes INDEED
sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)denbot
(9,906 posts)Go Navy, go Destroyer!
sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)3catwoman3
(25,026 posts)4 years active duty and 8 years reserves. Made it to major.
sprinkleeninow
(20,446 posts)MFM008
(19,960 posts)A man in uniform.
My dad was in 23 USAF.
My mom Army just 2.