The Official Status Update Thread: Part 172 - Electric Boogaloo

[GregD]

Howdy Sylvain

 

[GregD]

Greg, if you didn't see this, it's a good story.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...7-stranded-albania-surrounded-nazis-wwii.html

Our parents generation did so many great things and never said much about them.

 

[Sylvain]

Howdy guys.

Doing good here Sam.How you doing?

 

[SEIndSAM]

Our parents generation did so many great things and never said much about them.

Yep, they sure did...You and I grew up with the WWII generation as our elders...Todays kids don't have a clue what they went through.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Howdy guys.

Doing good here Sam.How you doing?

Doing well....I was supposed to make the 4 hour drive to Evansville today, but that got postponed until next week.

 

[GregD]

Yep, they sure did...You and I grew up with the WWII generation as our elders...Todays kids don't have a clue what they went through.

My son was luck, he spent a lot of time with them and learned for them. Time well spent for him. And he was so close to them!

 

[SEIndSAM]

Yep, they sure did...You and I grew up with the WWII generation as our elders...Todays kids don't have a clue what they went through.

My Grandpa didn't serve, he was sole surviving son in a farming family and had really, really poor eyesight. But his friends and neighbors all served and I grew up hearing stories about them. Our neighbor Donald was a tank driver in Pattons 3rd Army and sole survivor of his tank crew.

 

[Sylvain]

STRANGER DANGER!!!

Ah, it's just Greg with a new avatar.

 

[GregD]

Sylvain, it is one for my Dad!

 

[SEIndSAM]

Nice Greg...

 

[GregD]

He was 20 years old and a sargent on a tank.

Now they think the kids need a safe place.

 

[SEIndSAM]

He was 20 years old and a sargent on a tank.

Now they think the kids need a safe place.

His safe space was behind a .50cal....

 

[Sylvain]

He was 20 years old and a sargent on a tank.

Now they think the kids need a safe place.

I love me some tanks.
I just saw a WW2 instructional film for tank crews the other day.

I would like to see more version of those movies but I believe it's classified stuff.

 

[Sylvain]

His safe space was behind a .50cal....

Or behind a few inches of steel armor.

 

[GregD]

Sylvain, now you know why I like seeing your picture. Dad, talked very little.

 

[Sylvain]

Sylvain, now you know why I like seeing your picture. Dad, talked very little.

Same way with my grandfather.

 

[Sylvain]

I might go visit a tank museum, not sure yet.
We have some cool WW2 museums in the area (well they are a bit far away).
One closed last year, they sold a bunch of tanks and armored cars, memorabillia, uniforms etc.

Wish I had the money to keep that stuff here.

 

[Sylvain]

Was he a tank driver Greg?

 

[GregD]

Same way with my grandfather.

I normally use that avatar on Veterans Day and VE day, Think I'll just leave it up for now.
Hi Dad.

 

[db1959]

My Grandpa didn't serve, he was sole surviving son in a farming family and had really, really poor eyesight. But his friends and neighbors all served and I grew up hearing stories about them. Our neighbor Donald was a tank driver in Pattons 3rd Army and sole survivor of his tank crew.

My grandpa served in WWI. He never talked about it. All I knew was he was a mechanic in the Army.