Thanks soooo much for your posts to my dad "Bill" he can't believe all the

[laugle]

well wishes, please keep them coming, he is reading all of them. Thanks again soooo much!!

[joneschick]

1. wonderful thread

keep it kicked!

[Roxy66]

2. Sorry..but who is your dad.."Bill"?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

33. Here:

Just kiddin', Bill.

[Nite Owl]

3. In case anyone missed the thread

it's here
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1818638

Thanks for telling us, so very pleased that he would honor us by being here.

[Fleshdancer]

8. thanks for linking to the thread...

I'm glad I clicked because he is an incredible man. I'm so happy I had the opportunity to say hello.

wow.

[MuseRider]

4. I missed this!

Please tell your father that we are indeed in his debt. He has my respect and blessing for good health. Tell him thank you.

[faithnotgreed]

9. all i can add to what muserider said is... ditto! thank you laugledad

[BattyDem]

5. You are not forgotten!

:hug:

Thank you so much for your service. At a time in our history when so many false patriots surround us, it's comforting to know that true patriots like you still exist. :patriot:



(I posted this message in the original theard, too. I didn't know which one you were tracking for new messsages. :-) )

[applegrove]

6. Bill - you guys were the best. You came home from war and made

countries that raised the incomes of all people and you really applied 'values' to the law & programs in a way that still matters today.

We think of you and your generation often - those of us who have been lucky enough to have such 'heroes' in our lives. You had it right. You put this current generation to shame.

[babylonsister]

7. Bill, thank you for your service.

You are not forgotten at all, and won't ever be!
Peace:pals: to you!
Ruth

[Fleshdancer]

10. laugle, did he ever tell you his stories?

I'm so fascinated with your father and I'm curious about your conversations with him about everything he went through. Did he share them with you?

[texanwitch]

11. Thank you for your service during WWII

This country can never honor the men and women who served during WWII enough. Many thanks for allowing me to grow up in what was a free country, and for freeing many parts of world.

I have many family members who have served this country during the WWII, some here, some overseas but all served. My father never left because he was injured during training but he did work in a naval hospital, taking care of the many wounded who came home.

This important generation is passing very quickly, be sure to let them know how you feel.

I served proudly in the Army for 4 years, to pay my thanks to these brave men and women.

My mother had a cousin who has now passed on who was a combat nurse during WWII, she received an Purple Heart.

Many, many thanks to all who served this country during a very real time of danger during WWII.

[Up2Late]

12. We Remember Bill, I learned about Bataan from a recent History Channel

Show. I'm amazed any of you Guys survived that ordeal.

I don't know if you want to hear it, but Today, NPR did a story and an interview with a WWII soldier how talked about surviving the German Labor Camps and mines. It was a different part of the War but. I think a similar experience.

Thank you for your service Bill.:patriot:

'Soldiers and Slaves' Details Saga of Jewish POWs

Morning Edition, May 30, 2005 · Roger Cohen's book Soldiers and Slaves chronicles the experience of 350 American GIs sent to labor camps by the Germans during World War II. They were Jewish or suspected of being Jews. More than 70 died in captivity. Cohen and camp survivor Gerald Daub discuss the book with Steve Inskeep.

[madrchsod]

13. hi bill

thanks...your generation put their body and souls to save this world from evil....i hate to think that this may be lost.

[roguevalley]

14. Bless him. He's a lucky man. I think only 512 people survived that

walk out of thousands.

[Ilsa]

15. Bless you, Bill!

I was watching a program that covered the insertion of troops to rescue those held captive and taken on the Bataan Death March. My dad was in the south Pacific in WWII. He still tells stories. He's 79.

We haven't forgotten.

[calimary]

16. No. We HAVEN'T forgotten. God bless you, Bill!

Your service to your country will NEVER be forgotten. It's the example of patriots like you who keep the rest of us going through ... all of THIS. Your survival gives us inspiration. Your triumph gives us hope.

[Withywindle]

17. Please tell him

Thank you so much for your service.

My grandfather also served in WWII, but he passed on years ago. I still remember. We won't forget.

As angry as I get at our current government, I know our country has had its proud moments and its heroic doings, and you were a big part of one of our best. Good wishes and good health to you, sir.

[BlueIris]

18. Well, that was a nice thing you did for your dad, and a great thing

he did for the nation. Least we could do.

[Up2Late]

19. PBS is showing a show right now (in Atlanta) on the Bataan...

...Death March and Rescue.(Midnight, June 1, 2005) It's part of the "American Experience" shows.

[Piltdown13]

20. Thanks so much for your service

We will never forget! :hi:

[Eloriel]

21. Dearest Bill

No, no, we've not forgotten. In fact, in some ways remembrance of and the recognition of the immensity of that effort by so many to defeat worldwide fascism seems much fresher and more relevent now than at any time prior in my life (I was born in 1948).

My own father died in 1976 at age 60. Ten years later after my mother died, as I was going thru old photos I found a scrapbook of his WWII service. I saw photos of him and his buddies in France, and assorted other pix both zany and serious. And then I found one photo that shocked and horrified me: a very large pile of emaciated, skin-and-bones bodies. I don't even know what camp it was from. My father never talked about it, not one word, ever. No wonder, when my first husband and I got transferred to Germany (Army) a few years he dismissed the idea of visiting, saying, "I've seen as much of Germany as I ever want to." (Well, I guess!)

Bataan must have been unreal. The thought of anyone surviving that -- and what hell the memory of it for the years since -- is beyond me. But please know that your service isn't forgotten. Thank you for being one of so many heroes of that horrible (but honorable) war.

God bless and keep you.

[texanwitch]

22. a Kick for Bill

I forgot to say in my earlier post that I had two neighbors who were POWs in Germany, their B17's were shot down.

They never really talked about how bad it was, but as an adult I can now look back and see the pain in their eyes and how they would start to cry.

Bill, you had great courage, I salute all the POW's from WWII.

[nomatrix]

23. Bill, thank you for your service

My Dad was stationed in the Pacific for four years and came back a shell of a man, my mother said. He NEVER spoke a word about it. He suffered for the rest of his life with the jungle diseases.

My memories of him were sitting quietly deep in thought, walking in the woods with a gun he no longer fired (he was a sharpshooter), a loving kind father who would have sent his son to Canada rather than send him to another jungle, fortunately he didn't have to. It was the only time I ever heard him refer to his service. He is the reason I am a Democrat.
Thank you for being here, I wish my Dad were here too. Sadly, he died 28 years ago.

[orleans]

24. i missed the original thread

and i'm a little late, but hopefully it's never to late to say thank you.

thanks bill for all you've done for our country. we appreciate everything. hope you are doing okay today and had a nice memorial day. enjoy the summer, keep cool, and tomorrow when i water my blue forget-me-nots that are blooming, i'll send some good thoughts your way.

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[laugle]

28. Your not too late, the replys

will all be compiled by me, and given to dad of Fathers Day. Thanks for writing...

[Arugula Latte]

25. Here's to you, Bill!

And to your buddies who served in WWII as well: :toast:

Thank you for your sacrifice and for fighting against the true evildoers!

We will always remember your generation. My father-in-law was shot twice in Germany. Another bullet grazed the top of his head. He still walks with a limp but he's a survivor, as are you.

Thank you again, Sir.

[Skittles]

26. I would like to ask that Bill record his WWII experiences on the web

so future generations can read his firsthand account

[Obamarama]

27. Thank you, Bill!

My father was in the Pacific theatre as well. He died in '94, and I miss his armchair WWII history lessons. You, my father, and their fellow WWII soldiers were true heroes in the struggle for freedom and democracy. I hope you can forgive your childrens' generation for screwing it all up so badly.

If you have any WWII related correspondence, you should consider sharing it with the Legacy Project, which I recently heard about on the Diane Rehm show: http://www.warletters.com/

[laugle]

29. Thanks so much for the link, I have

saved it and will send dad's story. Thanks for writing...

[Obamarama]

31. Here's a link to the archived Diane Rehm show....

If you have the ability to listen, it's a very interesting discussion. Your father would probably enjoy listening to it. It's the second 11 a.m. segment.

http://wamu.org/programs/dr/05/05/30.php

[laugle]

34. I've saved the link, also we get that station here,

I'll tell dad to listen. He loves Ray Taliaferro! Thanks for writing.

[Nothing Without Hope]

30. Hello to Bill - you so deserve our gratitude and respect!

And I'll bet that if we knew you, you'd have the deep affection of all of us as well. You must be wonderful to inspire such love.

Be well and remember - you have a LOT of friends now, all over the country and the world, and we all say:

Good wishes for your health and your inner well-being most of all.

You just got a few hundred more unoffical family members who are pulling for you!
:grouphug: :toast: :applause:

ed;typo

[sueh]

32. God bless you, Bill,and thank you...

and no, we have not forgotten. My father and uncles (on both sides of my family) served in WWII. They have all passed away over these last 20 years so I am glad to tell you Bill, job well done, thank you, and my generation will make sure our kids know all about the Greatest Generation and what you did for us.