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I sit and think what I did in Iraq and during the GWOT and it just doesn't scale to WWI and WWII. Very different kinds of wars.The Greatest Generation.
I remember coming home from Vietnam and being in a VFW and told my "war" wasn't shit!
And they were absolutely right......
Don’t be too hard on yourself. I stood at a checkpoint stateside waving in cars for 2 years.I sit and think what I did in Iraq and during the GWOT and it just doesn't scale to WWI and WWII. Very different kinds of wars.
My Dad, Sgt Leon Padell USMC, Roi Namur, Saipan (Bronze Star), Tinian and Iwo Jima. Dad used to tell stories about his time on Iwo. We had some of his ashes scattered on Mt Suribachi.
Pic was at the pre-Iwo inspection on Maui. Video is the ash ceremony on Mt Suribachi
Final Tribute for Iwo Jima Marine
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