![]() ![]() Elvis, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston & the like. I think that it is amazing how the " media" chooses our "heroes" these days. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Let's give Shifty his own memorial service, online, in our own quiet way. No wall-to-wall, back-to-back 24x7 news coverage. Make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it.Īnd mine are brimming up now as I write this. Still some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to Get him and said that I wanted to switch seats When Shifty cameįorward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back inĬoach while I was in First Class. Was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. Left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart And it's real sad because, these days, so few of the guys are I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said Īnd then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. " I was standing with a genuine war hero. I told him "yes, I know exactly where Normandy is, and I know what D-Day was." At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem. Where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped. Jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy. " at which point myĪt that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945. Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served,Īnd how many jumps he made. He said quietly that he had been in theġ01st. Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne I offered to help, assured him that he wasĪt the right gate, and noticed the " Screaming Eagle ," the symbol of I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. His character appears in all 10Įpisodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with EasyĬompany of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101stĪirborne Infantry. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.Think of the media circus, flags at half-staff, and all the things that were said of Whitney Houston when she died and Michael Jackson when he died. > Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, > No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage. > Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer. > And mine are brimming up now as I write this. > make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up > still some who remember what we did and who still care is > forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him > I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized ![]() > was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. > left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the manga, fictional Character png 1024x1119px 334.38KB Eren Yeager Mikasa Ackerman Attack on. And it's real sad because, these days, so Flippy Flaky Lifty Shifty, Chuck Versus The Gravitron, manga. > I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from > and then I realized that it was June, just after the > I was standing with a genuine war hero. > D-Day was." At that point he said "I also made a > At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the > Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up I thanked him for his service, then asked him when > Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in > at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming > I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport > himself is interviewed in several of them. > Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of ![]() > Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with > I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial ![]()
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