Posted by Steve@Advance on June 06, 2017 at 08:18:23 from (24.182.105.179):
In Reply to: D-Day posted by Nicholaus Sowder on June 06, 2017 at 05:40:01:
I had an uncle that served in that, went ashore, went further inland.
He came through with no physical injury, but had some life long memories he refused to share.
He was one of the nicest people I have ever known, a Godley gentleman in every way, never heard him say a negative word.
I made the mistake of asking him about D Day. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to ask, only time I ever seen him get angry. He told me there aren't words to describe the horrors he saw, stormed out, slammed the door.
About 15 minutes later he came back, acted like nothing was wrong.
He's been gone about 20 years now, I still think of him often. He was a true servant, lived in North Carolina, knew the back woods like few did. He was sometimes called on to go in looking for lost hikers and hunters.
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