There's been a meme going around the internet pointing out, 'Your grandparents were called to war. You're being called to sit on your couch. You can do this.'
There's been a meme going around the internet pointing out, "Your grandparents were called to war. You're being called to sit on your couch. You can do this."
Their stories of economic hardship during the Great Depression and shared sacrifice in throughout World War II still ring in my ears as we grapple with the stark realities of human existence today. My father, meanwhile, entered the Army in 1943. During basic training, an entire line of soldiers in front of him was killed during a "live-fire" drill, because the machine guns were pointed too low as they crawled under barbed wire, an event not very comforting to my dad who was next to go.My father contracted pneumonia during basic. He was hospitalized and while infirmed, as I recall the story, his entire unit shipped overseas and was wiped out upon landing.
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