[Magdalen] thinking about my mid-twenties

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

"There were lots of stories.  My nephew and niece don't strike me as  the
type to be interested in war stories, so I suspect I'm the only one left
holding on to some of these memories."
W
​rite them down.  Do a little every day and you'll be surprised how much
gets done so long as you don't try to do it all "now."  Your descendants
will bless you.​

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 8/19/2017 10:39:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> I'm  reading my dad's privately published WWII memoir right now,
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> Quite a story to tell.  Please do keep us posted as other sections
> of this come out.
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> So many of "The Greatest Generation" have stories to tell, and
> most of these stories will disappear as the last of these veterans  pass
> on.
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> Both of my older brothers (George, b.1916 and James, b. 1923)
> were in what was then called the US Army Air Corps.  George
> was a flyer, and James was a physician who was one of those
> drafted as he entered UW-Madison Medical School, and elevated
> to captain upon graduating in 1946,  James was going INTO  the
> Army - a required payback - as most were coming OUT of the Military.
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> There were lots of stories.  My nephew and niece don't strike me as  the
> type to be interested in war stories, so I suspect I'm the only one left
> holding on to some of these memories.
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> David S.
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