<p>Bill, I had the same experience in Italy BC (before children) the older folks seem to love Americans while those in their youth were NOT very friendly. So true how quickly people forget.</p>
<p>BTW, Bill I love what you wrote, you just sit at your desk and tip-tap away at a computer and think that you, somehow, contribute to solving the world’s problems, when, in fact, you have contributed nothing and taken very much. Like buyers remorse… middle age regret! Perhaps that is why I am so enamoured of all these young people who have chosen to serve our country! </p>
<p>Flusna… wow your dad was a POW. Betcha he has some incredible stories!</p>
<p>My father-in-law, a Pole, was sent to a slave labour camp in Siberia when he was 17. This occurred shortly after Stalins troops invaded Poland from the east, while Hitler invaded from the west. Later, he and some other men escaped and met up with the Brits. He finished out the war fighting with the Polish regiment of the British Army…fought at the Battle of Monte Casino. What a life!!!</p>
<p>Z… Thanks for the post honoring our military on the anniversary of D-day.</p>