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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor,
and my husband was an FDNY 9/11 survivor.
Today is a day I count my blessings.
babylonsister
(170,960 posts)Thank them from a fellow NYer.
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)but I have a great photo of him as a young soldier in Hawaii in 1939. He had a full head of hair and a HARLEY (!!!). He was awarded four purple hearts, saw action in Europe as well as in the Pacific, and was transported back to NY on the luxury liner The Queen Mary which had been converted into a hospital ship.
My husband is well, thanks mostly to the efforts of former Senator Clinton who fought for medical monitoring and at-cost medication for first responders who wound up with unusual 9/11 medical conditions that were not covered by the original insurance legislation.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)I hope hubby is fine and well today.
msongs
(67,193 posts)lapucelle
(18,037 posts)so there aren't many left.
Fla Dem
(23,344 posts)To think what your Dad and mine, Navy WWII, fought for and then to see the baboon in the WH. Disgrace to all veterans.