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Posted by Roy Brown
on May 28, 2009, 7:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Another Shipmate Gone"
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Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support for me, AND for those who have passed away. I was 83 on 12 May this year and as some of you may have read in my book, my first combat was on 11 May 1944, the evening before my 18th birthday. I NEVER forget that one!
My health is slightly improving as far as my heart is concerned...I think.
I take Plavix and a whole bunch of other pills as I'm sure many of you do. I call them my "survival pills"!
It really is amazing what modern medicine has been able to do. In combat the terribly wounded troops have lived whereas they would have died in other wars. They also have marvelous prosthetics that allow them to get around pretty darned well.
I'm afraid we are headed toward a MUCH bigger war now and I predict it will change things in the USA FOREVER! Perhaps we old guys won't live to see all of this but our kids and grandkids will.
{ersonally I have always been in favor of Universal Service, of some type, to our country. I do not believe the military Draft was ever fair when huge numbers of people were exempted. I never signed for the draft until I had come home AFTER the war!
I also think MANY people who are disabled could serve and thousands of them would be HAPPY to do so. My own parents were deaf and my dad would have been VERY happy (and able) to perform in several kinds of slots in the Army, etc.
God Bless all.
Roy Brown
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