I was curious how many BT'ers have been watching "The War" documentary by Ken Burns on PBS. I find it facinating and helps me appreciate the men and women who have sacrificed for our countries freedom. I think this is very well done.
I had an Uncle (my dads only brother) who was part of the 517th PIR who was killed in the Ardennes/Alsace area in France. No one in our family knew the circumstances. My dad was only about 8 hours away from him at the time and refused to talk about it. The only time my dad ever answered any question about the war was when I asked him if he ever killed anyone with his rifle? He said " The only thing I killed in the war was a rat with my shovel." He was an Engineer. I have been having some success researching his unit on the Internet and corresponded with a guy who was with him when he was killed by Mortar shrapnel that landed in front of a tank and my uncle was walking behind. I even found a scanned copy of his Commanders handwritten KIA log. Spooky stuff.
I had an Uncle (my dads only brother) who was part of the 517th PIR who was killed in the Ardennes/Alsace area in France. No one in our family knew the circumstances. My dad was only about 8 hours away from him at the time and refused to talk about it. The only time my dad ever answered any question about the war was when I asked him if he ever killed anyone with his rifle? He said " The only thing I killed in the war was a rat with my shovel." He was an Engineer. I have been having some success researching his unit on the Internet and corresponded with a guy who was with him when he was killed by Mortar shrapnel that landed in front of a tank and my uncle was walking behind. I even found a scanned copy of his Commanders handwritten KIA log. Spooky stuff.
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