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Re: Tom Sizemore, Sgt. in Saving Pvt. Ryan is dead
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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03/04/23 10:39 PM
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New York border
Cragar
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New York border
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Right on Cragar. My Gpa was boots on the ground. Army, 14th Tank Battalion 9th Armored Division, The Phantom 9. He was in France, Belgium, mostly the Rhineland. His Unit took the Ludendorff bridge over the Rhine river. He was a bad*** over there and a sweet caring man here.
I'm truly sorry that ole boy passed and may he rest in peace. However I'm more concerned with our actual Vets who served, not acted. Just a reminder, March 29th is National Nam Vets Day. Go find one, play cards, listen, buy them supper and love on them. They are our hero's. My uncle was wounded taking that bridge. Your uncle is my hero. His name ? Needs to be known and remembered.
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Re: Tom Sizemore, Sgt. in Saving Pvt. Ryan is dead
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
#7813188
03/04/23 10:56 PM
03/04/23 10:56 PM
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OH
Catch22
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Right on Cragar. My Gpa was boots on the ground. Army, 14th Tank Battalion 9th Armored Division, The Phantom 9. He was in France, Belgium, mostly the Rhineland. His Unit took the Ludendorff bridge over the Rhine river. He was a bad*** over there and a sweet caring man here.
I'm truly sorry that ole boy passed and may he rest in peace. However I'm more concerned with our actual Vets who served, not acted. Just a reminder, March 29th is National Nam Vets Day. Go find one, play cards, listen, buy them supper and love on them. They are our hero's. My uncle was wounded taking that bridge. GT, it would be so cool if there was a connection with your Uncle and my Gpa. There's books wrote and a movie about that bridge. The Phantom 9 hung a sign that said your crossing the Rhine with dry feet thanks to the 9th.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Tom Sizemore, Sgt. in Saving Pvt. Ryan is dead
[Re: Catch22]
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03/05/23 12:51 AM
03/05/23 12:51 AM
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Idaho Falls, ID
Grandpa Trapper
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Idaho Falls, ID
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My uncle was wounded taking that bridge. GT, it would be so cool if there was a connection with your Uncle and my Gpa. There's books wrote and a movie about that bridge. The Phantom 9 hung a sign that said your crossing the Rhine with dry feet thanks to the 9th. Yes, it is always a possibility they knew each other. My uncle was an army engineer so I guess the reason his was at the bridge. He was hit with shrapnel which I believe was from a mortar. Some of the shrapnel stayed in his leg unto he died in 1980. The story goes the Germans were shelling the area and he crawled under a Jeep. A Sargent yelled for him to get out from under it since they were aiming to hit vehicles. The Sarge saved his life since the Jeep was eventually hit and destroyed.
An old man roaming the Rockies
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Re: Tom Sizemore, Sgt. in Saving Pvt. Ryan is dead
[Re: Catch22]
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03/05/23 02:07 PM
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McGrath, AK
white17
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Right on Cragar. My Gpa was boots on the ground. Army, 14th Tank Battalion 9th Armored Division, The Phantom 9. He was in France, Belgium, mostly the Rhineland. His Unit took the Ludendorff bridge over the Rhine river. He was a bad*** over there and a sweet caring man here.
I'm truly sorry that ole boy passed and may he rest in peace. However I'm more concerned with our actual Vets who served, not acted. Just a reminder, March 29th is National Nam Vets Day. Go find one, play cards, listen, buy them supper and love on them. They are our hero's. Thanks !! I'll do that!
Mean As Nails
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Re: Tom Sizemore, Sgt. in Saving Pvt. Ryan is dead
[Re: white17]
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03/05/23 05:52 PM
03/05/23 05:52 PM
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Right on Cragar. My Gpa was boots on the ground. Army, 14th Tank Battalion 9th Armored Division, The Phantom 9. He was in France, Belgium, mostly the Rhineland. His Unit took the Ludendorff bridge over the Rhine river. He was a bad*** over there and a sweet caring man here.
I'm truly sorry that ole boy passed and may he rest in peace. However I'm more concerned with our actual Vets who served, not acted. Just a reminder, March 29th is National Nam Vets Day. Go find one, play cards, listen, buy them supper and love on them. They are our hero's. Thanks !! I'll do that! 
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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