Both were a wealth of information (my father's dad served in the Merchant Marines in the Atlantic in WW2 and had his liberty ships sunk out from him a number of times, my mom's father is a Pearl Harbor survivor and served on destroyers in nearly every major Pacific battle). Be it German, Japanese, American, Canadian, Chinese, Australian, New Zealand, Russian, French and the dozens and dozens of other countries whom gave too much to make this world a little better than it was.īoth my grandfathers are still alive, but both are in the hospital, both with serious Alzihmers and not expected to live another year or two at the most.
People readily forget exactly what all the Vet's of WW2 sacrificed for us. Its estimated by 2012 nearly 99% of all the WW2 vets will have passed.
The loss of Tibbets means there is one less primary source about WWII (and about one of the most significant events in the war). There is one surviving WWI vet who saw action in the trenches (Harry Patch).
