yeah would have been cool, but he died

he got dementia

years b4 he died

my granfather was drafted into the 101st during korea, but since he had a degree in textiles he instead helped devople gas proof fabrics

or resistance i should say

pretty interesting

Rip

he then went to dupont and help work on pretty much every single fabric they had between 1965-1990

my best friends grandpa was in pearl harbor, on one of the boats that were sunk

he saved multiple men

even cut some out of the ships

nylon, kevlar, tyvek, Nomex,

wow nice

god damn, sounds like the Oklahoma

one that capsized

yeah

Oklahoma

he was honored every year till his death

they made parks and fields named after him

what was his name??

in my area

not sure of his first name

but last name Wright

Art Wright

but the Art is short for something

Artill

i think

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/27376

no artil wright

you sure?

no

i think its paul wright

ardel

that discribition in that citation sounds like what you said

trying to think of spelling

no he was outside the ship

went on top with torches and cut people out

ah

while they war was happening

also, that guy died in the attack

i can text him and ask what the name was

one min

👍

my boss is texting me

lol

>:l you have more important things to do right now

no im good

i had to download an app

lol

i texted my friend but who knows when he will text back

>:l better be soon

i think this was him, after a searcg

https://newsok.com/article/2982415/veteran-recalls-his-ship-was-hit-without-warning

ive held his medals

looked at many letters and pictures

he cut a hole in the keel of the utah

looks like he only saved one man from the cut

>only

lol

he bares resemblence of my friend

USS Reighly

with USS Utah in the background to the right

would have been a crazy day

sipping a bit of coffee and then flying throgh the air 😃

and the understatment of the month goes to Z

😃

oh my grandfathers train he kept thinking the planes were going to bomb him but they never did

let the train go

as if they didnt care about it

aparently

but still would be freaky everytime you heard a plane

lol

and the 2ndd unerstatement of the month award goes to Z

my grandmother was playing house with a few of her cousins and brother and her house was bombed and aeveryone died except them

playing house under the kitchen table

like a fort with blankets draping the side of the table

strong table aparently

survied the bomb

damn table stronk

she was working building houses with her brother b4 she left germany

accroding to her she worked harder than the guys

her brother fell of scaffold and died

damn gravity

😛

when she was older, she got dementia and used to say, oh i cant wait for dinner, my brother is coming over tonight

then she would look at my grandpa and say, "Who are you?"

he would say im your husband, Joe.

😦

and she would reply "you're not Joe, my Joe is young and handsome."

LOL

kinda sad

yeah it was

they met in austria when they were like 4 or 5, and were together till they died about 81 or so i think

lotta years

together

wow, that is a long time

do you look at the youtube, twitter or reddit feeds i linked?

or u ignore them?

i been seeing some ok things down there sometimes

pretty much ignore them