D Day Veteran..

[WILMASBOYL78]

We have a neighbor who is a veteran of the Normandy landing. I see him and his wife quite often at the local supermarket. We met Friday afternoon and took some time to chat...thought you folks might like to see a photo.



His name is Ralph Avery...he was a Navy gunner aboard a landing barge bringing ashore Sherman Tanks on Omaha Beach! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] He enlisted at 17 years of age...his wife carries around a photo of him in his Navy sailor suit...they have been married 71 years [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img] I have asked him to join us next month for our annual Wounded Warrior Project ski weekend...I'm sure the modern era vets will really get a charge out of meeting this guy! He was recently awarded with his service medals...lost for over 70 years in the 'red tape' of Washington [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] Our Congressman Chris Gibson worked for about 6 months to make it happen...it was covered by the local news outlets.

http://ksn.com/2015/10/15/world-war-...ts-his-medals/