Stitchalong

Thanks Ditter for sharing this wonderful gift of history and reminding us once again, our freedom comes at a very high price.

ree-nee

Oh Ditter, I am sitting here crying my eyes out. What a wonderful story. My oldest son has been in the army his entire adult life, did two tours in Iraq and has to deploy to Afghanistan in October. I cherish every moment with him because I don't know if i could handle bad news any better than Mrs. Sously did.
Thank you. Let us always pray for the American soldiers and all of the coalition forces fighting together for our freedom.

MerryQuilter

Amen and thank you, my son is a Marine! My husband served in army in VN and my bother in Navy also Viet Nam and my Dad in Navy WWII. How very grateful to all those who sacrifice so much.

terry leffler

Thank you Ditter - made me cry. I will pass it on & now I want to read the book!

Ziva

Thank you so much for sharing! Our freedom is precious and has been sacrificed by precious men! We at home need to fight for our freedom as well by being informed and keeping our rights in tact. It is all slipping away day by day and moment by moment. We should not let these men die in vain!!

butterflies5518

As I sit here reading this wonderful piece of history I am looking at a man that went to Korea and Vietnam to this day will not speak of his time there, but makes me proud none the less, of him and many others.

galvestonangel

Thank you , so true the losses in war are great.

milikaa1

My moms uncle is/was Micheal Strenk, I am very proud and to see the pictures and hear the stories makes my heart feel warm.

dljennings

my late fil was also one of the few that made it off iwo..he never talked about any of it, not even to dh when he went into the marines..

the only stories we ever heard from him was when he was coming out of anestisia (spelling) after surgery..

he was wounded on iwo, called his purple heart the "i forgot to duck medal" to all the grandkids.. after our kids were older, they were amazed when they studied wwII in high school, that he made it off in one piece...

they are called the greatest generation.. and truer words cannot be spoken.

quilterpam

I am really touched! My father died in France a week or so past D Day