Be it German, Japanese, American, Canadian, Chinese, Australian, New Zealand, Russian, French and the dozens and dozens of other countries whom gave too much to make this world a little better than it was.īoth my grandfathers are still alive, but both are in the hospital, both with serious Alzihmers and not expected to live another year or two at the most. People readily forget exactly what all the Vet's of WW2 sacrificed for us. Its estimated by 2012 nearly 99% of all the WW2 vets will have passed. The loss of Tibbets means there is one less primary source about WWII (and about one of the most significant events in the war).
There is one surviving WWI vet who saw action in the trenches (Harry Patch).
