Hi Chuck:
Congratulations indeed! There should be enough pride to burst the
hearts of three generations. I had a moment like that last summer. My
third son was in a diving competition in Montreal, the city where my
father grew up. We were walking from our hotel to a restaurant and as
we went down the street we came across an old and small armory. It was
the Royal Canadian Black Watch Armory. We were walking the street and
standing at the arched wooden doors that my father had walked through
into the horrors of the second world war. It was a very moving moment,
totally unexpected, and so lucky to be able to be shared with my boys.
Gord
On 26-Feb-08, at 4:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Awfully glad he made it back. Your note rings a bell since my father
> was also AWOL when I was born... although he claims not deliberately.
> Got busted from Tech. Sgt. to buck private... but only once. Made it
> back to Tech. Sgt. when he shipped to England to work on P-38's and
> P-51's at Honington (Chris will remember that) and retired from the
> Air
> Force Reserve as a Lt. Col... which also happens to be the rank my son
> was just promoted to last week. Dad's sending him his silver oak
> leaves
> for his promotion ceremony as he also did when he was promoted to
> major.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Gordon Ross wrote:
>> Hi Chuck;
>> My father was a Sargeant-Major in the Black
>> Watch (WW2) three times- I believe due to AWOL but it wasn't crops it
>> was my mother. He was with the Canadians who liberated Holland, he
>> was
>> one of only 3 survivors from his whole regiment.
>
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