My 91 year father fought the Japs at Guadacanal, guarded the ship transporting the atomic bomb headed for Hiroshima and grew up and went to school in the small New Jersey town of Raritan with the Medal of Honor winner John Basilone USMC. My dove hunting buddy who is 93 served aboard a mine sweeper clearing the beaches at Normandy and Sword the night before the invasion. They really were the greatest generation. Listening to their stories and what they endured is humbling. God bless them and all who served from Lexington to Kabul.
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