In the 100th anniversary year of his birth, I salute my dad,

[lapucelle]

survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, ninety-day wonder (by necessity), veteran of both the Pacific and European theaters, recipient of four purple hearts.

[brer cat]

1. Very nice post, lapucelle.

He certainly deserves the salute.

[lapucelle]

3. We obsess over Boomer, Millennial, and Gen-Z designations,

but few would argue with the term The Greatest Generation.

[LakeArenal]

2. ❣️🇺🇸❣️

[IndyOp]

4. Congrats to you both! (n/t)

[Cha]

5. Aww.. Beautiful Tribute to

your Stout Hearted Dad, lapucelle

[lapucelle]

6. And my dad never really said a word about any of it. I found out that he was at Pearl Harbor

when I told my mom that a classmate had an uncle who had been there.

I found the purple heart medals in my parent's attic when I was already a married mom.

He did tell me that he got to come home on the Queen Mary which had been re-purposed as a hospital / troop transport ship.

[Cha]

7. That makes me

tear up for some reason.

Your father sounds like a wonderful person