That's racist!

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0nelilreb said:
We are soft . Mentally stunted and filled with emotional insecurities . There’s a reason why my grandfathers generation was called the greatest generation . I just got though watching documentaries on WW2 and if those 17, 18,19 , 20 year old kids were as soft as we are today ... we’d all be speaking German and still giving the one arm salute to the concurring German .
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Here, here. My grandfather wasn't a Combat Veteran, but he was out there in the Pacific as a Seabee engineer (Capt'n). Followed by a second career as a TVA Eng. He was a tough old bird. And shot as straight as the suns rays. As stand up as a man can be. Active in East TN outdoors and conservation. Tennessee Conservation League. Full page almost in the KNS when he died. And there were many like him of his generation. Man at church growing up was in a tank in Europe. couldn't go to firework shows and stuff. Lifelong shell shock afterwards. Saw him dive under a table when a fire cracker went off. I tip my hat to anyone that ever served in combat, or close to it in support, whether drafted or freely. Takes a different kind of person to say they'll do that for others.
 
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GVF said:
Here, here. My grandfather wasn't a Combat Veteran, but he was out there in the Pacific as a Seabee engineer (Capt'n). Followed by a second career as a TVA Eng. He was a tough old bird. And shot as straight as the suns rays. As stand up as a man can be. Active in East TN outdoors and conservation. Tennessee Conservation League. Full page almost in the KNS when he died. And there were many like him of his generation. Man at church growing up was in a tank in Europe. couldn't go to firework shows and stuff. Lifelong shell shock afterwards. Saw him dive under a table when a fire cracker went off. I tip my hat to anyone that ever served in combat, or close to it in support, whether drafted or freely. Takes a different kind of person to say they'll do that for others.
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My Pappaw and my dad both passed in the last 18 months. Both 26 years USAF.

My Pappaw also came back and worked for TVA for over 20 years and got a full retirement. Then volunteered for Remote Area Medical til the day he died pretty much. When he got to where he couldnt pile in the plane and fly off to south america or south Dakota with RAM anymore because of his health, he still drove down to the old school off Henley st sorta where their "headquarters" is, and cut all the grass, took care of the dog, and did whatever he could for anyone who needed help.

Far and away the greatest man I ever knew...i will never be half the man he is. Thank God, he was always proud of me anyway, and loved me just the same. God rest his soul
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
My Pappaw and my dad both passed in the last 18 months. Both 26 years USAF.

My Pappaw also came back and worked for TVA for over 20 years and got a full retirement. Then volunteered for Remote Area Medical til the day he died pretty much. When he got to where he couldnt pile in the plane and fly off to south america or south Dakota with RAM anymore because of his health, he still drove down to the old school off Henley st sorta where their "headquarters" is, and cut all the grass, took care of the dog, and did whatever he could for anyone who needed help.

Far and away the greatest man I ever knew...i will never be half the man he is. Thank God, he was always proud of me anyway, and loved me just the same. God rest his soul
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When he was at TVA, was he in the main office downtown?? They both might have been there same time range.
 
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GVF said:
When he was at TVA, was he in the main office downtown?? They both might have been there same time range.
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Yessir. Downtown. We used to go walk from his work and cross the big bridges downtown. Gay street and ? His name was Ken Webb. Greatest man I have ever known
 

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Master Sergeant retired 26 years. Korea and Viet Nam. Stationed in Phillipines, etc.

Taught me everything I know about how to be a man. He never got the last stripe..chief master sergeant, which is the highest rank an NCO can get in the AF...it hurt him til the day he died. He got full retirement from service and TVA though. Never had a mortgage, never financed a car in my lifetime. Always cash. Smart man never paid interest
 

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Good one Mizzou 😂
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tennvols77 said:
She'll work for a bank at some local branch and work with smaller businesses to issue credit lines as an "account manager". She will be a paper pusher and have no authority to approve anything. Fancier to say corporate financer than bank employee.
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Sounds like Bowel Brother 85.
 
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