tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555963699911004826.post5877454102109473451..comments2023-11-26T07:55:14.324-06:00Comments on Room 235 The Underground Bunker...: THANK YOU VETERANS...Kevin McGintyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14164308652737418093noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555963699911004826.post-20204580196877274512009-11-11T19:05:14.014-06:002009-11-11T19:05:14.014-06:00You know, Hawk, I really miss Ray. He was a good g...You know, Hawk, I really miss Ray. He was a good guy and he was always good to me. <br /><br />I never had a chance to talk to him about the war. I did have a conversation with Glen about his war experiences. Evidently, he was a paratrooper and talked about it a little bit. He talked about how they'd jump out of a perfectly good plane in the middle of the night right on top of the Germans as they were shooting everything they had at them. <br /><br />I asked him if he was afraid of being shot as they drifted to the ground. He just kinda laughed and told me the Germans were terrible shots. First off, he said they didn't just drift to the ground. Because of the little parachutes they had back in those days, it was more like a plunge to the death. He said he was more afraid of the fall than anything the Germans could throw at them. <br /><br />Hawk, I'm glad you brought Uncle Ray up. I'm working in Concordia this week and pheasant season starts this weekend. No matter where I am or how old I get, I'll always remember the hunts you guys used to have and how much fun we had at Grandma's house in Claflin. I think about those days often. <br /><br />And, Shawnee, don't worry there'll be plenty of time to get up on that soap box of yours. I'm looking forward to it...Kevin McGintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164308652737418093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555963699911004826.post-57061335492384285082009-11-11T18:29:26.001-06:002009-11-11T18:29:26.001-06:00Your Uncle Ray was in the D Day Landings. We hunte...Your Uncle Ray was in the D Day Landings. We hunted together until he was too old to hunt anymore as cancer took him out after Nazis couldn't. He waited until the 50th anniversary to tell me some about it. He ended up the war in Patton's army and said that if ol' Blood & Guts had told them to do it they would have kicked ***damn Russians back to Moscow. God rest Ray's soul.SDHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183984187058415289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555963699911004826.post-40357007076136812622009-11-11T10:23:57.334-06:002009-11-11T10:23:57.334-06:00Freedom is not free.
Many thanks to those who hav...Freedom is not free.<br /><br />Many thanks to those who have fought and died for the very freedom I enjoy each and every day.<br /><br />I'll save my soap box on tolerating the intolerant for another day as well.Shawnee Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09725380411112497297noreply@blogger.com