Wed Dec 7, 2022, 03:28 PM
HAB911 (8,301 posts)
Just a quick salute on this day
to my uncle Larry, center who was at Hickam Field on this day 81 years ago and spent the next 4 years of basically hand to hand through the Pacific, suffering badly with what we know now as PTSD. He was the only other Army guy (besides me) in my Navy family. Uncle Roy, on the left who was a radioman on the Enterprise, and my dad on the right, SeaBee and Bell System employee at the birth of the SeaBees, and stationed on a PT boat base in New Guinea.
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21 replies, 1991 views
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Author | Time | Post |
 Just a quick salute on this day (Original post) |
HAB911 | Dec 2022 | OP |
| Permanut | Dec 2022 | #1 | |
| Docreed2003 | Dec 2022 | #2 | |
| HAB911 | Dec 2022 | #5 | |
| Botany | Dec 2022 | #3 | |
| HAB911 | Dec 2022 | #6 | |
| Botany | Dec 2022 | #7 | |
| murielm99 | Dec 2022 | #8 | |
| HAB911 | Dec 2022 | #9 | |
| Botany | Dec 2022 | #11 | |
| HAB911 | Dec 2022 | #12 | |
| bluboid | Dec 2022 | #16 | |
| LakeArenal | Dec 2022 | #4 | |
| HAB911 | Dec 2022 | #10 | |
| KS Toronado | Dec 2022 | #13 | |
| calimary | Dec 2022 | #14 | |
| oldtime dfl_er | Dec 2022 | #15 | |
| patphil | Dec 2022 | #17 | |
| iluvtennis | Dec 2022 | #18 | |
| Grumpy Old Guy | Dec 2022 | #19 | |
| SergeStorms | Dec 2022 | #20 | |
| DashOneBravo | Dec 2022 | #21 |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 03:38 PM
Permanut (4,057 posts)
1. A salute to all three from this Navy vet. K & R
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 03:38 PM
Docreed2003 (15,831 posts)
2. Great pic and what an incredible legacy
Response to Docreed2003 (Reply #2)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:33 PM
HAB911 (8,301 posts)
5. thank, and I did!
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 03:41 PM
Botany (68,151 posts)
3. The greatest generation. No doubt about it. Give 'em a job and they got it done.
Response to Botany (Reply #3)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:34 PM
HAB911 (8,301 posts)
6. In Atlanta, I'm sure.
Response to HAB911 (Reply #6)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:40 PM
Botany (68,151 posts)
7. There is a Bald Cypress Tree behind the 3.
BTW this map is off some native bald cypress can be found clear up north to central Indiana and further north into Illinois and along the Mississippi. |
Response to Botany (Reply #7)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:44 PM
murielm99 (29,852 posts)
8. Boy do you live up to your username, Botany!
Response to HAB911 (Reply #9)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:54 PM
Botany (68,151 posts)
11. E.Z. the only tree that looks like that is a bald cypress.
Response to Botany (Reply #11)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 05:01 PM
HAB911 (8,301 posts)
12. LOL, here is another Georgia photo
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My dad and a couple of others at a backyard BBQ in Plains Georgia
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Response to HAB911 (Reply #12)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 05:59 PM
bluboid (458 posts)
16. whoa, how cool is this...
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 03:54 PM
LakeArenal (26,493 posts)
4. Love the picture.
Response to LakeArenal (Reply #4)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:50 PM
HAB911 (8,301 posts)
10. thanks, I have lots more
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 05:03 PM
KS Toronado (13,093 posts)
13. A salute to all three from a 70's Army veteran
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 05:09 PM
calimary (75,973 posts)
14. Grateful to them all for their service!
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 05:12 PM
oldtime dfl_er (6,916 posts)
15. That's what real heroes look like
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 06:07 PM
iluvtennis (18,091 posts)
18. This AF Veteran salutes them!!
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Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 06:12 PM
Grumpy Old Guy (2,386 posts)
19. Wonderful photo!
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 06:21 PM
SergeStorms (18,189 posts)
20. I know what you mean by the PTSD.
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I had an uncle who must have been in the same foxhole as your Uncle Larry. He came back from the war (so my Dad told me anyway) a completely different man than when he entered.
It was sad to see, as a kid, because I didn't know what he went through. I thought he must have been born that way. When I was old enough to understand (right around the time the Army was measuring me up for Vietnam) my Dad told me the truth about Uncle Ken. I've been totally anti-war ever since. 😥 The things those poor men witnessed and suffered through. Thanks for remembering them on this day.  |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Fri Dec 9, 2022, 01:03 PM
DashOneBravo (2,657 posts)
21. That's a great picture!
