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11-22-2017, 07:13 PM
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Jamming with a WWII B-24 pilot
Here's a buddy I've made at a nursing home I play at each week. He was a B-24 bomber pilot in WWII. This guys loves to sing! Here he sings IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG TIME and afterwards talks about how the song impacted soldiers at the end of the war.
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11-22-2017, 08:24 PM
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Love it ... thanks for posting. There aren't many vets still around from that era. Most of the ones who came home and blended into normal life ... and raised a new generation... just didn't really talk about their wartime experiences freely.
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11-23-2017, 06:18 AM
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What a great and fun thing to do!
Bob
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11-23-2017, 07:30 AM
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That was the coolest thing I've seen in many moons. And his answer wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting, "I'd just gotten home from the war and wanted to kiss my girlfriend/wife". But his answer was more about how the war had just gotten over and it had been a really long time.
His answer is right of course! He was there! There was many reasons they were the greatest generation.
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11-23-2017, 07:54 AM
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What an honor for you to jam with a member of the greatest generation!
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11-23-2017, 09:52 AM
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this is just awesome
thank you both
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11-23-2017, 05:28 PM
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That's awesome. Not many WWII vets left. Had a neighbor who was a Marine in WWII. Fought in Okinawa. Wouldn't talk about it much until toward the end of his life. Came to find out he was highly decorated for bravery.
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11-23-2017, 05:57 PM
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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