04-13-2004, 01:48 PM
don't point it out for them
*ahem, back on topic.
My grandfather just died about 10 days ago and I didn't realize how much I didn't know about him until he died. Mostly the stuff from WWII I didn't know about. He was one of the few survivors of the battle of the bulge. Out of 250 people in his platoon (or whatever) only 12 people survived. He also served in Eisenhower's office before finishing his tour of duty. He ended up meeting my grandmother, who was a german citizen, and taking her back to the US and eventually marrying her (she wanted nothing to do with germany because of the holocaust).
as kids we were never allowed to talk about the war to either of my grandparents because it was so traumatic for them. Looking back, i just wish i could have spent at least one afternoon listening to old war stories.
*ahem, back on topic.
My grandfather just died about 10 days ago and I didn't realize how much I didn't know about him until he died. Mostly the stuff from WWII I didn't know about. He was one of the few survivors of the battle of the bulge. Out of 250 people in his platoon (or whatever) only 12 people survived. He also served in Eisenhower's office before finishing his tour of duty. He ended up meeting my grandmother, who was a german citizen, and taking her back to the US and eventually marrying her (she wanted nothing to do with germany because of the holocaust).
as kids we were never allowed to talk about the war to either of my grandparents because it was so traumatic for them. Looking back, i just wish i could have spent at least one afternoon listening to old war stories.
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