Great news for my father who's been selected for the Honor Flight program. He has been looking forward to this trip the past couple months. One of his church members obtained the application, helped him fill it out and sent it in. Honor Flight Network has given many of the surviving World War II Veterans much happiness by flying them to see the Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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We've grown up listening to him talk about serving in the Pacific theater. He has graciously filled me in on specifics which I've included in his biographical notes section of our family tree. I was able to research battles and stations in and near New Guinea/Phillipines with a different perspective from the history courses in school. Children don't appreciate these stories when they're first hearing them. I, for one, am glad that I finally got to write some of those stories down. I looked at the maps and reports at the military history site with a new vision. I could hear my father, see the waves, feel the heat.
I think of my uncles who've passed and regret that I didn't think to get their stories. Yes, they'd sit and talk once in awhile. My father's told me of what he can remember about their service years. It's not the same as getting the stories from their perspective. All I know is one was a pilot and went to Europe.
