View single post by Albert Sailhorst
 Posted: Sat Mar 26th, 2011 04:08 am
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Albert Sailhorst
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 In the not too distant future, we'll be saying the same of Korean and Viet Nam Vet stories....We need to collect as many of them as possible.

Our Irag/Afghan war vets, for the most part, are in their 20's now.....Sure, they're young and still around.....But, in 1950, so were the WWII Vets, and, now, we wish we had more of their stories.....My point is: record as much as we can of the recollections of our brave men & women who have served in Iraq/Afghanistan so that, 50 years from now, we are not sorry that we didn't do that sooner......

Just to brag a little, my 9 year old son has a WWII Vet for a grandfather....How many 9 year-olds, let alone 40 year olds, can say that???!!!!!....Unfortunatley, he passed away when my wife was a little girl (in the '60's), so my son will never hear his stories.....But, me & my son will bond together when we do research......