THIS STORY IS ABOUT MY ADOPTED UNCLE JOE. JOE HAS LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM US ALL MY WIFES AND MY 40 SOMETHING YEARS. HES LIVE THERE MOST OF HIS 92 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. WITH HIS RECENTLY DEPARTED WIFE (AUNT) CHRIS. WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH ONE SUNDAY AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS TIME IN THE SERVICE. I KNEW HE SERVED IN WW 2 BUT DIDNT KNOW ANY DETAILS. SO WE SAT AND ATE LUNCH AND HE TOLD ME ABOUT HOW HE JOINED THE ARMY BEFORE THE WAR HAD STARTED AND WAS STATIONED IN PANAMA GUARDING THE PANAMA CANAL. WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT HE WAS THERE FOR A SHORT TIME THEN HIS UNIT WAS SENT TO BURMA WHERE UNCLE JOE SAID THEY WERE SUROUNDED FOR 9 DAYS BY THE ENEMY UNTIL HELP CAME . HE SAID THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO TO SURVIVE. WELL TURNS OUT HE WAS ONE OF MERRILLS MAURADERS.UNCLE JOE GOT ME TO JOIN THE VFW IN TOWN SINCE I HAD SERVED IN VIETNAM ITS NICE TO GO AND HANG WITH THESE GUYS THAT ARE STILL HERE AND REMEMBER ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED THEN. GOD BLES HIM AND ALL OUR VETERANS ,REMEMBER FREEDOM ISNT FREE.

Anonymous
lodi, NJ