Normandy Veteran..

[WILMASBOYL78]

Seems like I always run into WW2 Vets at our local Price Chopper store...met a guy last nite in the checkout line who was wearing a D-Day hat. I introduced myself, shook his hand and thanked him for his service to our country. He told me he was 89 years old and only a 19 year old kid when he landed on Omaha Beach! His wife was with him...she was so cute..about 5 foot tall...they told me they have been married for 67 YEARS [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] It was amazing to talk with him and his wife, they were a class act. I told him my dad was in the Navy [SEEBEES] at the end of the war...he said he knew some Navy guys, too. This year is the 70th anniversary of D-Day...he said he and one other soldier were going on a Patriot Flight to Washington for a special ceremony....he has been trying to find other veterans who were there...but, most have passed on [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

Before he left he asked if my dad was still around and I told him know he had passed away...as he started to leave with his wife he turned and said &quot;God Bless Your Father...and Thank God for His Service.&quot;

It took me a minute to get composed and then I went back to &quot;checking out&quot;...the young girl at the register was staring at me because I had kind of held up the line while visiting with the old gentlemen. I asked her if she saw his hat and if she understood what it meant...she gave me a half smile and said ..&quot;I think so&quot;. I told her that she had just met with American history...the kind they don't have in books. Hopefully she understood my meaning...

I don't know who coined the phrase &quot;the greatest generation&quot;...but, they were right on the money.

wilma [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]