Annie
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Ditto! The USS Indianapolis soldiers always come to Indiana and have a memorial for those lost at sea, their numbers are dwindling rapidly.
*I would like to add that visiting or talking to these brave WW2 vets would be a wonderful thing to do. Like Annie said, they won't be around much longer.
I've known many 'idiotic' WWII vets in real life. Funny thing though, at least for the past 20 years or so they are increasingly ready to tell their stories in ways not before. What they did right or wrong since the war is of concern to their families, friends and communities; what I find fascinating is their honesty regarding the higher purpose, while never ignoring the stupidities of war and chain of command. I've never heard one of them talk that didn't bring me to tears over the sacrifices, (usually of others), and tears of laughter over the inanities that occurred.