My Mom was a walking family history book, and my next older brother Danny was always fascinated by her stories. The rest of us (5 brothers) didn't bother to pay attention, because whatever we wanted to know, we knew that Danny would remember. Mom died in 1984, and Danny died suddenly of a massive heart attack in 1990. Dang. I wish I'd paid more attention to her stories. . .
One of my good old neighbors was in the nursing home. Once around Veteran's Day I happened to be visiting him and noticed a little hand written sign that said, "I'm A Vet!", put there by the N.H. staff. I said, "Russ, I didn't know you were a Vet - were you in WWII?" "Yep" "What theatre?" "Europe" "What was your duty?" "Gunner on a tank". From there he had me spellbound for hours that afternoon, telling about the worst situations he'd been in - how the tank operated, what kind of engine, how and why to latch the carbines down, flipping hand grenades back out of the hatch net as they passed through the little villages, outrunning their supplies and then getting trapped and nearly running out of fuel and ammo, the little "Maytag?" engine that ran a generator to keep the batts charged so they could swing the turret and show that they were still a threat. He had me on the edge of my seat. At his wake, I mentioned to his son how I had enjoyed his stories that day. Son said, "He never said a word to us about his war experience."
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