tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post947245187990171366..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Veteran's Day, 2010Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50930417397189581752020-10-08T19:51:12.543-04:002020-10-08T19:51:12.543-04:00You were indeed fortunate. You were indeed fortunate. Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39490346267914182602020-10-08T19:46:17.052-04:002020-10-08T19:46:17.052-04:00I thank him for his service, especially given the ...I thank him for his service, especially given the indignity of his questioned loyalty because of from the country of his origin. Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-82868955203097533092010-11-19T09:31:19.012-05:002010-11-19T09:31:19.012-05:00No book, folks. The blog is my book in progress.
...No book, folks. The blog is my book in progress.<br /><br />Believe me, I wish I had time for such a thing, but that's the way it it.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18741132912620334522010-11-19T02:33:55.089-05:002010-11-19T02:33:55.089-05:00when you write your book please include this ... i...when you write your book please include this ... it was one of my favorite posts of yours ever.<br />you tell a story that touches my heart. thank you<br />and thanks to all our veterans, past and present. i have dear friends serving in afghanistan and korea at this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73221072578961399512010-11-16T00:50:53.197-05:002010-11-16T00:50:53.197-05:00WOW!! What a story!! Very sad part of history. I...WOW!! What a story!! Very sad part of history. I'm sorry that the rest of the family didn't make it over. Thanks for sharing that with us.Joannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873298945787016849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-60159063783670780992010-11-15T18:31:38.254-05:002010-11-15T18:31:38.254-05:00AH! Loved this story. Thank You!AH! Loved this story. Thank You!SECRET PEPPER PERSON:https://www.blogger.com/profile/06434583043459305729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50848431633483894592010-11-12T23:30:39.765-05:002010-11-12T23:30:39.765-05:00My dad's a WW II vet. Joined up at age 17.. ne...My dad's a WW II vet. Joined up at age 17.. never been out of his home state in the midwest and all of a sudden he's puking on a ship leaving out of San Francisco Bay. I can't imagine it. My father-in-law wasn't in the military but fled Czechoslovakia, alone, as a teenager during the war also. It's a time that the rest of us can't even begin to fathom.Frantic Pharmacisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804872250102867314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34316439540426104542010-11-12T14:08:29.885-05:002010-11-12T14:08:29.885-05:00Great Post Grumpy! My dad served on the aircraft ...Great Post Grumpy! My dad served on the aircraft carrier that plucked one of the mercury missions out of the water. I need to get more details about that :-)pharmacy chickhttp://pharmacychick.blogpharm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-49077783693567864712010-11-12T11:38:28.533-05:002010-11-12T11:38:28.533-05:00Ok, I want to hear some of the WWI Blackwatch tale...Ok, I want to hear some of the WWI Blackwatch tales from The Mother, there are some amazing stories of Scottish regiments at D-day in the second world war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-49751772869997361392010-11-12T11:15:54.554-05:002010-11-12T11:15:54.554-05:00Thank you for this. It's a great immigrant sto...Thank you for this. It's a great immigrant story and a great American story.thegooddrlaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435755211517374081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91326874038439460352010-11-12T10:30:57.151-05:002010-11-12T10:30:57.151-05:00Great story, Dr Grumpy. My grandfather was blown i...Great story, Dr Grumpy. My grandfather was blown in a shellhole while bits of his beloved artillery horse, Ginger, rained around him. I did know him , but he was in and out of mental hospitals all his life (PTSD) and the gentle , bewildered man I knew was not the man he had been before 1914. He had repeated electronic shock therapy to "help" and of course they didn't and he was utterly terrified of them. Don't just remember the dead, let's remember the walking dead, too.Fiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72951649936414469052010-11-12T06:25:01.603-05:002010-11-12T06:25:01.603-05:00AMEN!
I had to make a tribute yesterday as well. ...AMEN!<br /><br />I had to make a tribute yesterday as well. <br /><br />I sent letters to both of my brothers. It's gotta be a day of mixed emotion for vets and soldiers. <br /><br />Last time my brother Russ returned from Afghanistan he had to be the one to deliver the horrible news of soldiers deaths to three families. I don't think he'll ever get over that.Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8993011732497516472010-11-11T23:04:57.568-05:002010-11-11T23:04:57.568-05:00Reading your post reminded me of the first part of...Reading your post reminded me of the first part of the book "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay", where the family pools together to send a Jewish kid over to the USA near the start of the WWII to live with a distant cousin.Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204635978443190089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5210785282254844162010-11-11T21:41:09.217-05:002010-11-11T21:41:09.217-05:00and flags of our fathers.and flags of our fathers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47789186803851849132010-11-11T21:35:49.765-05:002010-11-11T21:35:49.765-05:00hail grumpy... hail martin...hail grumpy... and st...hail grumpy... hail martin...hail grumpy... and stephen ambrose has a way of telling the intimate individual story. john keegan too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20173217497039937742010-11-11T20:52:32.677-05:002010-11-11T20:52:32.677-05:00What an interesting story! I'd like to hear a...What an interesting story! I'd like to hear about Irving too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7635721267438339352010-11-11T19:12:09.659-05:002010-11-11T19:12:09.659-05:00Always remember.Always remember.Crazed Nitwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433413927453925851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37291497916059547002010-11-11T18:32:02.885-05:002010-11-11T18:32:02.885-05:00Wow. Are you Jewish?
My great grandparents died i...Wow. Are you Jewish?<br /><br />My great grandparents died in Auschwitz.<br /><br />Wonderful story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-6107013213929746552010-11-11T16:26:15.406-05:002010-11-11T16:26:15.406-05:00I hope you do tell the story of your grandfather&#...I hope you do tell the story of your grandfather's courage and determination. Too many historical revisionists out there have very loud voices, and keep trying to obliterate even the memory of the millions (my family too!) who died in the Holocaust. Attention must be paid...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66085831753131862032010-11-11T15:23:17.191-05:002010-11-11T15:23:17.191-05:00What an amazing family! Thanks for the story, Dr....What an amazing family! Thanks for the story, Dr. G. It would be great to hear Irving's story, too.Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2927428527959741412010-11-11T15:11:00.405-05:002010-11-11T15:11:00.405-05:00My father, my friend's fathers, every house in...My father, my friend's fathers, every house in my suburban neighborhood housed a veteran when I was growing up. My father used to say that WWII was the first and last war that the US had to be involed in. Would it be an honor to our veterans to never again squander the lives of young people in some ill conceived fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-62872580109790010062010-11-11T14:52:50.061-05:002010-11-11T14:52:50.061-05:00Thanks for remembering, Dr. Grumpy.Thanks for remembering, Dr. Grumpy.Former Navy Corpsmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47980794674164442592010-11-11T14:51:14.567-05:002010-11-11T14:51:14.567-05:00Both my grandfathers were at the Somme in WWI. On...Both my grandfathers were at the Somme in WWI. One was lucky enough to take a bullet in the shoulder, the other lucky enough to catch leptospirosis from the rats in the trenches. So they both survived!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5079463066634876132010-11-11T13:15:07.325-05:002010-11-11T13:15:07.325-05:00What a nice tribute - thanks for that!
We owe a ...What a nice tribute - thanks for that! <br /><br />We owe a lot to our vets. My brother was Army Infantry and was deployed to Iraq. I'm grateful for his service and that of all veterans and all military personnel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83316643858833550522010-11-11T12:45:50.860-05:002010-11-11T12:45:50.860-05:00What a brave soul...Thx Dr.G.What a brave soul...Thx Dr.G.Reality Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00078087201358056618noreply@blogger.com