Hi!
I am so sorry I have not had a chance to reply to so many posts that I have wanted to.
This is so egregious that I had to comment.
The piece above was wonderful Marion and it would be great if you could get it on national news. What a travesty - if only he had flown Delta. They would have probably announced the presence of Connie's Dad on the flight and given him a round of applause! And they would have gone out of their way to get him to the event!
On all of my travels on Delta for WW2 research I am typically so keyed up that I tell the gate agents and the flight crews about the purpose of my trip. They love it and some I have even had to contact after the trip to tell them the results.
This is a travesty. For so many years these men did not talk about the war and when they did, they always referred to the real Heroes being the men that did not return. The men that returned were also Heroes - they just didn't look at it like that.
This gentleman is a true Hero and I am so sad that he had to experience what he did plus miss a chance to have his service recognized by others who knew he was a Real Hero!
Connie, please tell your Dad on behalf of all of us on this site and all of the folks we all know, that we are sorry and also Thank him for his service to this Country! He is a Hero!
Jean