Stay updated with breaking news from Malcolm l george. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Captioning performed by vitac it would open up again, so they felt the only way i would get better and get it healed was to send me back to england, which i did, i went back. They operated on me again and they just had to let it heal normally, and then eventually sometime in in november i went back, and naturally the army sent me to the wrong area, they sent me to belgium. I was supposed to go to france, but they sent me to belgium. We used to watch the buzz bombs coming over, and in those days they were all lit up and as they would come then everything would stop and thats where it would crash. Thats what we did. Eventually they sent me back to my outfit. Can you tell us about your mom . We often forget that people at home on dday were waiting like your mother for news of their loved ones. What was the war like for her . Did she talk about what it was like to be at home and away from your father much . No, she didnt talk much. She was just like the men, you didnt talk about those thin ....
I may say, of the extent to which that history is being taught in our schools and colleges. Particularly in our schools. The ignorance of the history of our country and particularly of its military history is being widely ignored and thats got to be fixed. And one of the best people to fix it, of course, is our speaker this morning, alex kershaw. We feel in this 75th year of the anniversary of dday, particularly close to what we call the greatest generation, on memorial day we honored americans who had paid the supreme sacrifice in all of our wars. But weve always felt a particular closeness to what we call the greatest generation many of whom are slowly passing from the scene. Steven ambrose, biographer said the quality of character that we impute to them is one which has grown increasingly rare in our culture. Namely, modesty. More than one of these gentlemen is said to me that when people thank him for his service, he is embarrassed. He thanks them for their thanks. But what else wo ....