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<p>[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 3839524, member: 100459"]I understand the difference between the historic significant coins and the horror that occurred in NAZI held Germany and other countries. I was very fortunate to see a great deal of things gone wrong in the country during WW II. Many of you or your families served in the military during WW II. My father was a medic corpsman during WW II in a submarine in the South Pacific. I had several uncles serving and dying during the invasion. My father joined the army after WW II as a medic. His next war was in Korea and then Vietnam. My father, brother and I served in Vietnam together. My father earned his 3rd Purple Heart running to a bunker during an attack. My brother was in the navy off the coast of Vietnam thinking he was safe, when his shipped got hit by mortar shelling...his Purple Heart. I was the lucky one. I was never hit by enemy fire, but I did see the horrors of that war. I was a Law Clerk for the Staff Judge Advocate's Office. I recorded over 300 courts martial while I was there. Many were related to drugs where our men (and women) got a little escape from the war by smoking or shooting up. As far as NAZI coins and anything else related to it, my father would not let me have anything with the symbol. One other hobby is building airplanes. I didn't like the war, but I loved their airplanes. The same goes for coins. I lived in Germany from 1953 to 1957 when my father worked in Landstuhl. I saw Germany's destruction after all of our bombing and fighting. Children with cigarettes in one hand or mouth and the other with a bottle of beer because their families were all dead to teach them the way to live. I loved the people, but not their history. In 1964, we returned to France where I finished my senior year of high school living in a dormitory and seeing my parents on weekends. President Charles de Gaulle decided not to renew the U.S. leases on military bases, so the night I went to my graduation, we moved to Mannheim, Germany. You could not tell that there had been a war in Germany, although, France was still getting aid from the U.S. to build up the country.</p><p>Sorry for the history. I lived a lot of it. I love coin collecting. I love you guys. And, I love the United States. We are a proud nation and every other country wants our "riches", so they make war or destroy anything American. Keep up the great work![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 3839524, member: 100459"]I understand the difference between the historic significant coins and the horror that occurred in NAZI held Germany and other countries. I was very fortunate to see a great deal of things gone wrong in the country during WW II. Many of you or your families served in the military during WW II. My father was a medic corpsman during WW II in a submarine in the South Pacific. I had several uncles serving and dying during the invasion. My father joined the army after WW II as a medic. His next war was in Korea and then Vietnam. My father, brother and I served in Vietnam together. My father earned his 3rd Purple Heart running to a bunker during an attack. My brother was in the navy off the coast of Vietnam thinking he was safe, when his shipped got hit by mortar shelling...his Purple Heart. I was the lucky one. I was never hit by enemy fire, but I did see the horrors of that war. I was a Law Clerk for the Staff Judge Advocate's Office. I recorded over 300 courts martial while I was there. Many were related to drugs where our men (and women) got a little escape from the war by smoking or shooting up. As far as NAZI coins and anything else related to it, my father would not let me have anything with the symbol. One other hobby is building airplanes. I didn't like the war, but I loved their airplanes. The same goes for coins. I lived in Germany from 1953 to 1957 when my father worked in Landstuhl. I saw Germany's destruction after all of our bombing and fighting. Children with cigarettes in one hand or mouth and the other with a bottle of beer because their families were all dead to teach them the way to live. I loved the people, but not their history. In 1964, we returned to France where I finished my senior year of high school living in a dormitory and seeing my parents on weekends. President Charles de Gaulle decided not to renew the U.S. leases on military bases, so the night I went to my graduation, we moved to Mannheim, Germany. You could not tell that there had been a war in Germany, although, France was still getting aid from the U.S. to build up the country. Sorry for the history. I lived a lot of it. I love coin collecting. I love you guys. And, I love the United States. We are a proud nation and every other country wants our "riches", so they make war or destroy anything American. Keep up the great work![/QUOTE]
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