June 6, 1944, 65 years later....

[tomahawk kid]

Originally Posted by PhillyChiefFan

Thing is, he himself, probably didn't feel it necessary to detail his career. Probably just figured he was doing his job, nothing more. Even though what he was doing was heroic. That's what always amazes me, they fought and died before they would have been old enough to drink a beer legally today.

I think that was very much the case AND I think he probably had some undiagnosed post tramatic stress disorder.

Mom remembers him going into the house during fireworks time on the 4th of July when she was a kid. He just couldn't take the sound. Firecrackers apparently bothered him the most, probably for obvious reasons.