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Originally Posted by Joe
Imagine having lost one arm and having the discipline not to talk about it, and the strength to move on. He must have deflected innumerable idiots asking how he lost it. What character.
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My dad was and still is my hero. We had a great relationship.
After he died we found out from a guy in his division (79th Infantry) that he was running a radio up to a Company that was pinned down and the Nazis were trying to stop him. Apparently he dove behind a tree and an 88mm shell hit the tree dead on and took his arm off.
Those guys were truly the greatest generation.