This Is Mainly for Joe21...

Aug 30, 2019, 4:30 PM

And any veterans that served during WWII.
Joe21,
This is something you may be interested in. My 90 year old dad just gave me a small pocket-sized Bible that belonged to my uncle Virgil, who died approximately 30 years ago. Uncle Virgil served in World War II, and before he was shipped overseas, his mother-in-law gave him this small pocket sized Bible and told him to keep it with him at all times, that it would protect him.
Uncle Virgil was part of the landing force at Pointe du Hoc, a promontory situated to the west of the main troop landing site near Omaha beach in Normandy.
My dad told me to read this Bible and skim through it and look at the notes that Uncle Virgil made. He made notes as he left the United States, during his journey, before they made landing, and before they scaled the cliffs. As you knew they were successful in knocking out the guns that set atop the cliffs.
When Uncle Virgil returned home, he found that he and his wife we're unable to have children. Uncle Virgil started up many children sports leagues in the Greer, South Carolina area. When he wasn't coaching he was umpiring or helping the children at his church in some way. When I was 10 years old, he took me to his barn in the backyard, which was always locked. He opened the barn and told me to go through and pick out anything that I wanted. It was packed full of everything you can imagine. Of course I picked out sporting equipment. I wish that I would have gotten some of his World War II items so that I could pass them on to my children. But most importantly, I have his Bible to pass along to my son, who will be starting Clemson next year.
Thank you Joe for your service to our country in so many ways, and thank you to all the other veterans which served in World War II. Your generation was truly the greatest.

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I was given a small pocket Bible which I had with me at all times. I don't remember if this was a GI Issue or it was given to me by my home town church. It's located in a box with some other "stuff". My oldest grandson is a history buff and will probably get most of my "stuff", including my medals. I even have a cigarette lighter painted that horrible Olive Drab. I have my Dad's sword from the late 1890's that he will get plus a photo of my Dad with his sword and his company officers. He was a Captain, the Commander of his company. I showed Lightbulbbill the sword and the photo when he was here today.

There were a lot of other items I now wish I had saved but we had a lot of other "stuff" to carry around and didn't want to add to that load.

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