Its awful to hear how many of our soldiers were treated after the war. So many stories of young men who fought for their country only to be refused benefits, awards, etc... because of administrative errors that nobody seemed to care about.
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: 60 Years Ago This Sunday ... My maternal grandfather was in the army in France, along with his brother-in-law. He never talked about the war, but we did learn a little about what happened afterwards. He was in a unit in France that was told it would be as long as a year until they could ship home, or they had the option of joining the Merchant Marines and leaving immediately. My grandfather took that option, and ended up serving 4 years in the Merchant Marines after the war. When he finally got home (Colorado), he found out he had been listed as AWOL in France, and had been given a dishonerable discharge (which at the time was a very damaging thing). He couldn't get regular work, couldn't get any welfare, GI benefits, federal housing or bank loans. Nor could he get anyone to care (even though he had documentation from the Merchant Marines which included his discharge info from the army in France). We finally (2000) were able to get that dishonorable discharge changed to honorable posthumously. (His brother-in-law stayed in camp, was home in less than seven months, and had no such problems.) Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169192 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
