Old timer/ history

[Geosnookery]

Obit of one of my dad’s war buddies. I used to play pool with him and my dad about 30 years ago at the Legion. The third paragraph caught my eye…I had no idea of his earlier life. Makes one wonder about how much billiards history is out there.

 

[ChrisinNC]

Obit of one of my dad’s war buddies. I used to play pool with him and my dad about 30 years ago at the Legion. The third paragraph caught my eye…I had no idea of his earlier life. Makes one wonder about how much billiards history is out there.

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Very interesting - you should have posted the remainder of the obit as I assume that wasn’t the end? 100 and a WW2 vet is quite something. My dad, 97, passed in September 2021 as a WW2 vet - not many of them still with us.

 

[Geosnookery]

Very interesting - you should have posted the remainder of the obit as I assume that wasn’t the end? 100 and a WW2 vet is quite something. My dad, 97, passed in September 2021 as a WW2 vet - not many of them still with us.

Congrats to your father. Not many of our allied WW2 vets around.

 

[mikemosconi]

Thanks for the story! I just finished reading. new book called The Rifle. - a guy interviewed about 20 still surviving WWII COMBAT vets about their war experience and they all signed an M1 Carbine from the war- great stories- their heroics and their endurement of situations during the war are almost beyond belief and no doubt, the greatest generation. Thank you, John Zetaruk!

 

[measureman]

The last paragraph says it all.
I played pool with a vet in the early '60's and he said he mostly walked from Sicily to Germany carrying a Thompson.

 

[sjm]

The last paragraph says it all.
I played pool with a vet in the early '60's and he said he mostly walked from Sicily to Germany carrying a Thompson.

Cool story. Thanks for sharing. Back during the Crusades, it was even worse, as people walked from places like France to Jerusalem. That's a long walk in my books.

 

[Geosnookery]

Cool story. Thanks for sharing. Back during the Crusades, it was even worse, as people walked from places like France to Jerusalem. That's a long walk in my books.

True. I like reading Roman history. One of the strengths of the Roman Military was the discipline to March an army half way across Europe in a couple months without 80% of the troops deserting if not promised pillaging rights at the destination.

 

[sjm]

True. I like reading Roman history. One of the strengths of the Roman Military was the discipline to March an army half way across Europe in a couple months without 80% of the troops deserting if not promised pillaging rights at the destination.

Yes, I also love Roman history. You'll not be surprised to learn that my favorite Shakespeare play is Julius Caesar.

 

[Chip Roberson]

My Dad was stationed in Australia under MacArthur. He was with MacArthur when going to the Philippians where an Uncle was still alive after being captured at Corregidor. One of my great friends that I played a lot of pool with , from my early 20's , almost 40 years was in the battle of the bulge. Said he almost froze his ass off while the Germans had them surrounded.
Deafness in one ear kept me out of Namn , back in 72. Miss so many of the folks from that time period and wonder what they would have to say to the events taking place in this country today.

 

[DynoDan]

When I was a preteen, a ‘Battle of the Bulge’ vet who worked for my father had brought home some of his worn uniform/equipment and gave it to me. So, I played ‘army’ with my schoolmates, wearing a helmet liner, shoulder holster, etc. (armored corps) that likely traveled with Patton!
The only other WW2 vet I remember well was a ‘tin can’ (destroyer) sailor, who told me wild stories about draining the alcohol from torpedoes to mix up homemade hootch. I often think about him whenever watching some WW2 sea movie that would have the cliche’d scene where the early U.S. torpedoes fail to explode!