Veterans Day
Nov. 11th, 2023 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenIf you served, thank you.
A few years ago, I was able to write about two surviving veterans of World War Two whom I had the privilege of knowing, but they are no longer with us. I remember Walter Rybeck and Mason Gaffney, who served in the United States Army during World War Two, and also my own maternal grandfather, Roger Harlepp, who fought in the French Army when he could have remained in America, who did his best to halt the German Blitzkrieg, and then escaped from captivity, made his way to Vichy France, and then managed to rejoin his family, including the little girl who would become my mother. After these adventures, he worked as an engineer in a munitions factory during the later stages of the war.
A few years ago, I was able to write about two surviving veterans of World War Two whom I had the privilege of knowing, but they are no longer with us. I remember Walter Rybeck and Mason Gaffney, who served in the United States Army during World War Two, and also my own maternal grandfather, Roger Harlepp, who fought in the French Army when he could have remained in America, who did his best to halt the German Blitzkrieg, and then escaped from captivity, made his way to Vichy France, and then managed to rejoin his family, including the little girl who would become my mother. After these adventures, he worked as an engineer in a munitions factory during the later stages of the war.
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Date: 2023-11-17 03:29 pm (UTC)