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Switching gears here. This is a long article, but really cool

Telegraph newspaper online

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Switching gears here. This is a long article, but really cool

Telegraph newspaper online

Thats Awesome.

I was at the 60th aniversary of D Day in Normandy France in 2004. They said that it was probably the last 10 year reunion the the majority of the WW2 vets would be be alive for.

That Guy served in WW1, that is just phenominal.

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Originally Posted by angryssg

Thats Awesome.

I was at the 60th aniversary of D Day in Normandy France in 2004. They said that it was probably the last 10 year reunion the the majority of the WW2 vets would be be alive for.

That Guy served in WW1, that is just phenominal.

Yeah, could you imagine being able to just sit and talk with that guy? Amazing

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Yeah, could you imagine being able to just sit and talk with that guy? Amazing

Yes it would be. I sat and talked to alot of WW2 vets that week over several cases of beer. I gained more wisdom in that week than I had in my early 20's.

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Originally Posted by angryssg

Yes it would be. I sat and talked to alot of WW2 vets that week over several cases of beer. I gained more wisdom in that week than I had in my early 20's.

That's great. I'll bet they had some great stories just about life overall back in the day

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

That's great. I'll bet they had some great stories just about life overall back in the day

They did, and it wasn't just American vets there. Men from every country involved in the war were there.

We were watching Paratroopers jump into St Marygleese or something like that. Anyway there was a German Nazi soldier sitting in a wheelchair next to an American Allied soldier. They were both asked "Do you to feel bitter towards each other?" They both responded with "No, because at the time they were just soldiers doing their job. That good guy and bad guy attitude is stuff for the movies and highly innaccurate." That response humbled me.

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Originally Posted by angryssg

They did, and it wasn't just American vets there. Men from every country involved in the war were there.

We were watching Paratroopers jump into St Marygleese or something like that. Anyway there was a German Nazi soldier sitting in a wheelchair next to an American Allied soldier. They were both asked "Do you to feel bitter towards each other?" They both responded with "No, because at the time they were just soldiers doing their job. That good guy and bad guy attitude is stuff for the movies and highly innaccurate." That response humbled me.

That's great stuff man. I can't imagine what it must have felt like for those two to sit there and talk to each other

Now I want to go volunteer at a nursing home