Yesterday, I had the good fortune to meet and talk with Fred from Arizona. He is the boyfriend of one of our friend's mother. They met in Arizona, where they live and were here visiting for Christmas.
Fred is 92 and a veteran of World War II and the Cold War as a member of the FBI. Now, that is one interesting life.
He was in the tank corps and was on a half track under Gen. George Patton. He met the general on several occasions and said the guy was definitely crusty, but rough on soldiers as his casualties can attest. He did most of his fighting in Italy.
After the war, using the GI Loan, he went to college in his home state of West Virginia and got a law degree at Washington and Lee and joined the FBI where he met J. Edgar Hoover many times. He remembers tracking Soviet spies many times in the New York area.
I stayed after him the whole time to please write down his memories before they are lost forever.
Sure Hope He Does. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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