Big Bill (WWII picture)

[32vfromhell]

Just figured I would share this. This is a picture of my grandfather and a notation by my father at the bottom.




He left the army as a Major, i believe, but I could be wrong and it was Captain. I'll take a look at his uniform sometime soon.

[Denny]

That's simply awesome to be able to directly link yourself to one of America's finest in one of the world's more dire times of need for him.

[32vfromhell]

I sadly never met him, and I know it was one of the wishes of my father for my grandfather to meet his grandson.

In my humble and biased opinion, he was a hero in every since of the word. My grandmother got MS when she was fairly young, and was an invalid in a wheelchair for most of her life past the early 20s. He took care of my father, my aunt, and my grandmother running and owning a full service station.

[03trubluGT]

Men of that caliber these days are rare indeed.

[JP135]

Those men (WW II veterans) literally saved the world.

[sc281]

No amount of pride you have in your heritage could ever be considered 'too much'.

He was a hero. Plain and simple.

[SS Junk]

Bad motherfuckers.

[helosailor]

Damn Ryan, that's awesome! I'd be super proud too if I was you.

[YALE]

That's cool, man. I need to go dig up some of my grandfather's stuff. My grandma served, too. She was a part of the civil air patrol, and once had to land a plane on a golf course after she lost power.

[scootro]

I sadly never met him, and I know it was one of the wishes of my father for my grandfather to meet his grandson.

In my humble and biased opinion, he was a hero in every since of the word. My grandmother got MS when she was fairly young, and was an invalid in a wheelchair for most of her life past the early 20s. He took care of my father, my aunt, and my grandmother running and owning a full service station.

what an honor to have a grandpa like that!

[scootro]

btw have you seen "The Pacific"? its pretty good but Band of Brothers is still my fav

[bpawl]

awesome,

My father was wounded on Omaha beach during the D-Day invasion. 146th combat engineers. He was shot around noon, remembers another soldier giving him his sulfur tabs(?) since he had to remove all his gear to keep from drowning going in. Was wounded again in a later campaign. Him and my mom are still alive and well today, own and operate a farm and raise cattle. He's 86 and will still out work your ass any day of the week and twice on sunday lol.

Ive got a few pics of him in war gear, I'll try to post later

[bubbaearl]

my dad lost one of his brothers in the ardennes forest fire . after 3 weeks of battling they finally got some relief after liberating St. LO france. sadly they died from friendly fire while resting in the forest . my dads other brother was wounded in the Philippines and later died. pop was in the Aleutian islands and was pulled from combat and sent to anchorage. many of todays young will never know or understand what these men went through. each and every one of them are my heroes .

[ELVIS]

thats badass ryan.

god bless.

[SS Junk]

Not sure if this has been posted already...

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/01/dick_winters_of_band_of_brothe.html

Rest in Peace you bad bad motherfucker you.