I received my colorized version today and it got me to thinkin' about my father-in-law. Frank died back in 1999 just shy of 80 years.........curmudgeon? Yeah, but I was the guy who married his daughter, so he had a genuine beef. Still, he had a right to be grumpy surviving WWII. I don't know how many ribs the doctors removed to save the 'old salt' but they went in there with a vengeance trying to patch old Frank up. But old Frank pulled through........spent some time in the Hospital at San Francisco but he pulled through.
Here's what I got today and God Bless and keep all of you men and women who have shed blood for this great nation of ours........
Great story. We appreciate your Father-in-law. My wife's uncle was in the USMC, and, to the best of my remembrance, he was on Bougainville. I am still researching he duties.
Thank you Frank for your service. The same gratitude to all those who served, and were wounded or gave everything for us to have our freedom. I think this would have been an even more highly sought after coin if they'd have made it bi-metal, with the heart perimeter surrounding the purple, and the portrait being gold.
He drove landing craft off of that barge. Thanks for posting that picture of the 'Liggett Lord M. I omitted doing so in my haste to get this thread posted.
It's stories like this that cause me to pause while all the memories flood in. The US Army was a big part of my life. I was "born in khaki diapers"; 1941 at Ft. Jay, Governor's Island, NYC, NY. My father served during both WWII and Korea. He and my mother are both now together in Arlington National Cemetery. I served during the early part of Vietnam. Because of our military specialties neither my father nor I were in combat.
