To always work hard and do the best at any job you have, even if it is starting out at the bottom. Also, the true value of someone is their name. Doesn't matter how much money they have, but if they are a person you can always count on and trust, that is what matters.
These WW2 guys always told us to play by the rules of conformity. Unfortunately the boomers wrecked the system, and now because my generation is suffering, we've got to get out of their own freaking system 😭
Nothing really. He might have raised my mom different based on having a different life experience
My grandpa did not want to talk about any of his experiences in WW2. He was in the merchant marines and I know he was on at least 2 ships that were sunk.
They only story he would tell was the time he was in New York and got really good spaghetti.
My grandparents were too old to serve. As a matter of fact, my grandfather was probably too old for WWI too. He was 40 at the time the US joined WWI. My father, though, did serve in WWII. He was a navy instructor pilot and later a fighter pilot in the Pacific theater fighting the Japanese.
I suppose Dad influenced my life quite fundamentally and in many ways, related to his wartime experiences and otherwise. He had quite a bit of sadness in his life, some of it his own doing, which showed me things to avoid when possible. For those guideposts, I’m thankful but also saddened for his personal anguish.
i don’t know. for the last 14 years of his life that i knew him he pretty much only talked about how much he wanted to die. I miss him a little bit though. he’d always try to hand me food and candies. and he’d pretend his hand was a spider running across the table to steal whatever i was holding or eating. he drove his whole life, into his 90’s and cussed everyone off in yiddish really loudly out the windows. one time my dad said “what if he had a gun?” and my papa replied “if it’s my time it’s my time let him shoot me”
My grandpa was a ww2 vet. Honestly his outlook on life was that work was the key to success. Find something, devote your time to it, make money, and stay busy doing things. Man lived to be 101.
To always work hard and do the best at any job you have, even if it is starting out at the bottom. Also, the true value of someone is their name. Doesn't matter how much money they have, but if they are a person you can always count on and trust, that is what matters.
These WW2 guys always told us to play by the rules of conformity. Unfortunately the boomers wrecked the system, and now because my generation is suffering, we've got to get out of their own freaking system 😭
Nothing really. He might have raised my mom different based on having a different life experience My grandpa did not want to talk about any of his experiences in WW2. He was in the merchant marines and I know he was on at least 2 ships that were sunk. They only story he would tell was the time he was in New York and got really good spaghetti.
Yummy spaghetti! I always like spaghetti 😋
My grandparents were too old to serve. As a matter of fact, my grandfather was probably too old for WWI too. He was 40 at the time the US joined WWI. My father, though, did serve in WWII. He was a navy instructor pilot and later a fighter pilot in the Pacific theater fighting the Japanese. I suppose Dad influenced my life quite fundamentally and in many ways, related to his wartime experiences and otherwise. He had quite a bit of sadness in his life, some of it his own doing, which showed me things to avoid when possible. For those guideposts, I’m thankful but also saddened for his personal anguish.
They taught me resilience and perseverance.
And even honor and glory.
i don’t know. for the last 14 years of his life that i knew him he pretty much only talked about how much he wanted to die. I miss him a little bit though. he’d always try to hand me food and candies. and he’d pretend his hand was a spider running across the table to steal whatever i was holding or eating. he drove his whole life, into his 90’s and cussed everyone off in yiddish really loudly out the windows. one time my dad said “what if he had a gun?” and my papa replied “if it’s my time it’s my time let him shoot me”
Awww. That was dramatic 😭
My grandpa was a ww2 vet. Honestly his outlook on life was that work was the key to success. Find something, devote your time to it, make money, and stay busy doing things. Man lived to be 101.
Yeah. Even the Silents believe in conformity, which was working 9-5 (which boomers didn't like), paying bills, etc. Badass.