It's long but I have to share this story:

by lee jurras , hagerman,NM, Thursday, May 09, 2013, 17:25 (4220 days ago) @ Cherokee

So many are quick to forget, I still remember Pearl Harbor. Met many of the 442nd survivors when I was in Hawaii. Was in Jr. High in Santa Monica, CA when they relocated many of the Japanese Americans living in CA. In 1947 met twin sisters in Key West I knew in Jr. High. Said their Dad was a Naval Aviator stationed at Boca Chica. Had a very good friend and Leather worker whom was seriously wounded at Peleliu, sent him to Ruidosa, NM to rehabilitate. Said the clear air and no humidity would help, Married a Nurse he met there and they bought 5 scres of prime real estate for $500; Turned down over a million on several occasions. Made the trek to a VA hospital once a month for the ret of his life. Died with shrapnel still in him, at the VA hospital he practically lived at. He made many custom holsters for Colt Presentation guns.Andy Haddox was his name. Silver Star, Purple Heart. A one of a kind gentleman. Was 19 when he was surveyed out of the Corps.\Semper Fi...