Littleton Computers Salutes Our Veterans

Thanks Vets From Littleton Computers

I just want take a brief break from our normal discussions of computers and thank all our veterans for their service this Veterans Day.

Today is Veterans Day in the US and in Canada it is Remembrance Day. 

I got the idea to post a thank you to all our Veterans from my Canadian friend Colin McDougall who dedicated postings on his website today to Veterans.

He gave the opportunity for me and others who wanted to post remembrances of veterans they know on his blog.

You can share thanks to our vets on his site as well.

And please… if you would like to share those same thoughts of your veterans here at Littleton Computer as well please do in the comments below.

Today I would like to acknowledge my late father for his service to his county.

My Dad was a Sargent in the US Army during WWII and he is the one that got me into this crazy computer business when he was tinkering around with the earliest versions of the PC back in the late 70's and early 80's.

This is my post on Constant Conversation about my Dad's service:  

I would like to acknowledge my late father’s service in WWII as a Sargent in the US Army.

My dad was a brilliant man who after leaving the Army, ran a barber shop with his brother while earning a bachelors degree in fine arts and starting a family.

He then went on to receive a master degree and finally after 21 years of study while he worked he received his PhD.

During WWII he served on an army hospital ship as a pharmacy technician, but was often pressed into service as surgical assistant as casualties were brought aboard from the battle fields of Europe.

He volunteered for service as soon as he could, but had been warned that his eyesight was so bad he could be classified 4F and rejected.

After completing a physical at the recruiting center, Dad was told to move to shorter line near the exit. He figured he was out.

His disappointment did not last long as he soon found all the men standing in the short line were being expedited to basic training and then would be assigned to the medical corps.

I never heard my dad tell many stories about the war. My uncle would only tell me he saw a lot. Not many men of his generation did have much to say. They just did their jobs, severed their country and came home to live in the freedom they helped secure.

Thanks Dad!