WWII German Enveleope

[Reinhard Hardegen]

Originally Posted by K-61

Amen, brother.

Military service in my family that I am aware of goes back to WW1, when my great grandfather served in the Royal Navy, as a Newfoundland seaman. Newfoundland was a British colony then. In WW2 one grandfather was in the merchant marine and the other fished to help produce food. I had various uncles who served in the air force and such, again under the Union Jack. In the late 40's Nfld joined Canada, and eventually I served as a reservist infantryman under the red Maple Leaf.

It is nice to look back in family albums and see my forbears in uniform, and alongside them the women who loved and waited for them. As a child I heard some of their stories, and others they never shared.

This generation [certain countries, not all] have never known war. That is the outcome that was hoped for them. I feel it is too easily taken for granted. As the saying goes, freedom isn't free. May we show our appreciation for the sacrifices of past generations by preserving the peace and freedom they bled to achieve.