Veterans
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sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)dchill
(41,972 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)dchill
(41,972 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)Aristus
(69,643 posts)...sorry...I'm a little blitzed right now...
Just want to show those veterans who, for some inexplicable reason, support Cadet Bonespurs that we liberals have our veterans, too!...
dchill
(41,972 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)My dad WWII, Navy, Phillipines. I mentioned this on DU b4. Democrat thru and thru. He reposed unexpectedly at 45, aortic aneurysm. I was 13. Big bummer.
Eiste ánergos ándras diathésimos? 🤗
Skittles
(163,353 posts)losing a dad like that when you were 13
sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)was formed. Not a bad quality, but missed some of being a teen. My mom didn't expect this of me. I just felt compelled.
Skittles
(163,353 posts)my dad was hospitalized for a year when I was 14 - he died at 50, by suicide, but I was an adult by then
sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)yellowdogintexas
(23,175 posts)He was a WWII veteran, suffered through the Bulge, severe frostbite, death all around him. Today we would call it PTSD.
My condolences, Skittles.
Skittles
(163,353 posts)although if there was one thing that eased his mind, it was music, he had hundreds of 45's
I don't know how guys lived with the kind of memories your dad had.....just awful
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Worried senior
(1,328 posts)survived the Battle of the Bulge, don't know if he ever talked about it.
Aristus
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sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)Aristus
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sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)I overshot the runway... 😁
Aristus
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sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)"Yer so good lookin!" 😆
'Mens sana in corpore sano.' Totally missing in 'schlumpy' to the detriment of us all.
Skittles
(163,353 posts)formerly Sgt Skittles; yes INDEED

sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)denbot
(9,931 posts)Go Navy, go Destroyer!
sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)3catwoman3
(26,501 posts)4 years active duty and 8 years reserves. Made it to major.
sprinkleeninow
(20,801 posts)MFM008
(20,039 posts)A man in uniform.
My dad was in 23 USAF.
My mom Army just 2.