greatest generation

To all of our grandparents and great-grandparents who answered the call….we salute you! You will always be our heroes!

In honor of Veterans Day or Remembrance Day

Send us a photo, a story, or anything you want to share about a veteran who you would like to honor. It can be someone you are close to, or someone you admire. We will post them on Friday.

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greatestgeneration:

An R.A.F. pilot with the signature hipster haircut

This is Albert Gerald Lewis, a South African volunteer and the best British flying ace. Apparently he was shot down, burned head to toe, returned to the Brits because of his injuries, and went right back to blowing German Luftwaffe out of the sky. BAMF? I would say so. 

Read this Life Magazine article about the pilots who saved England. No wonder these dudes got all the ladies! 

England’s most important young men are the several thousands who fly the Hurricane and Spitfire fighters in the Battle of Britain…

A great page detailing Lewis’ squadron. 

Wow! One of my favorite posts from almost a year ago. Time flies!

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Witness To War is a non-profit committed to recording stories of WWII veterans before the greatest generation passes away. Only a million will be alive by 2014

"When we’re gone, it’s gone. A lot of people are going to want to know about (our stories),” he said. “Old timers like me are getting too old, we’re dying off."

— A World War II veteran dies every 90 seconds in the United States

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