Originally Posted by
Downwind.Maddl-Land
101 - not a bad innings. Fair winds and blue skies dear chap, you served your country and people well. The epitome of the Greatest Generation.
Hear, hear! But I suspect he would be the first to reject such an epitaph. We were always brought to order by Danny42C for putting his generation on any sort of pedestal. "It simply happened on our watch, any others would have done the same. It just had to be done". With due respect to them all, they were special, very special, and thank heavens that was so!