Okay, now this is a weird story.  As I tell it you will be thinking, "Marion, what the hell does this have to do with WWII?  Well just keep reading, then tell me it ain't a sign!   

Two days ago I was working in our store. I was back in the storage area and putting away our 7UP order that was just delivered. I was sitting on the floor and placing the 20 oz Squirt and Diet Squirt into a plastic crate. Sometimes some of the soda pop comes in cardboard boxes and it drives me up the wall. Not real easy to deal with, so if I have extra 20 oz crates, I transfer it for storage.
Anyway...
I got down to the bottom layer in the cardboard box and saw what I thought was a piece of dirt. No surprise, all this comes from a warehouse and sometimes things get dirty. They also are hauled around in a truck, so another dirt factor gets added in.
I'm just about done transferring the last few bottles and for some reason I reach into the box and try to pick up the piece of dirt.  Well, it wasn't a piece of dirt.  No, no it wasn't a bug or anything gross.  It was a teeny-tiny little dark green figure.  A WWII GI.  I swear to God.  It's an inch high figure with helmet and the guy even has a teeny-tiny mustache.    He has one arm in the air and the other on his hip.
   He has one arm in the air and the other on his hip.  
Well he now has a happy home and place of prominence on my desk.  Now that you've heard the story, don't you think he was meant just for me?  God, I love it.  My very own WWII GI.  He's a good listener too.   
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"

 
 

 

