Posted on Jun 6, 2016
When was the last time you had a meet and greet with a WWII veteran?
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RallyPoint meet Sergeant John E. Walker Sr of Virginia Beach, Virginia (Truck Driver 1941-45) a WWII Veteran. I met him at the Hampton Medical Center Veteran Affairs. It was an honor, especially on D-Day(Anniversary). WWII Veterans are a dime a dozen, please greet and meet them if you have the time. If you have some stories RP, please share of these brave, honorable Veterans that paved the way.
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Awesome SFC. But that dime a dozen are getting more and more rare. And one day it'll be us. Hopefully we'll be remembered with as much fondness as the WWII vets, and respected as much as most of us respect the Nam vets. How come you weren't at Parade Rest talking to him?
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SN Greg Wright
SSG Warren Swan - Warren, at the risk of sounding hyperbolic, I'd sit with you in any bar, anywhere, anytime. Maybe when we go back to the ship I'd take umbrage at you looking at my rack incorrectly, but I assure you, while we were at that bar...no motherfucker is looking at you wrong without consequences.
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SSG Warren Swan
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SN Greg Wright - Your rack = steel coffin with one side off. Ain't NO WAY I'd fit in one of those. From what I've seen, I don't see how anyone over six feet can sleep in that. Give me a cot any day. But same holds for you. I can be at the bar chillin drinking my Shirley Temple. It would suck to be all of us in the end, but it would be one hell of a night to remember. My personal theme song:
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Probably in the late 50s or early 60s, quite a few still on subs. As I recall, we thought they were old guys, now I have a better idea of what an old guy is.
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Two in the last year. We met one, Mr. Erbe, in Hospice care at the VA Hospital in Hampton Virginia. He was at Pearl Harbor and a retired warrant officer. He was full of energy and had great stories. Unfortunately he passed away shortly after that. The pic is with me, my wife and son with him. The second was Saturday at a Greek Festival. He and his wife were there. They shared some pics of him in Germany. He was at the Battle of the Budge.
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