OMG! The weirdest thing just happened...Pic Added #26

[daschoo]

i went to dachau a few years ago. even all these years later the atmosphere of the place is incredible. don't normally buy into stuff like that but the place just feels evil if you know what i mean. air feels so heavy and going through the huts, exhibits and just grounds in general is a difficult and emotional experience. can't imagine what it must have been like for the folk liberating it never mind the people who were there.

 

[ArmyCowboy]

That's awesome, Cajun.

My dad was in the 30th Infantry Regiment during WWII and they liberated Buchenwald.

Small world.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Is this it man?

http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=290344&v=All&fbst=12

If it is ..... order it for your family for Christmas.

Yep Zrin, that's it. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[zrinkill]

Yep Zrin, that's it. Thanks for the heads up.

That is such a great moment for you man ...... I agree with Hos .... gave me chills just thinking about how you must have felt seeing that.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

That is such a great moment for you man ...... I agree with Hos .... gave me chills just thinking about how you must have felt seeing that.

Sure was a trip, I'll tell ya that.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

For those interested, here is the screen shot. I took it with my Blackberry.

http://i6.***BLOCKED***/albums/y220/Cajuncowboy/Dad.jpg

 

[ologan]

Have you ever felt like you were going to pass out and everything around you kinda gets hazy?

Well, I didn't feel like I was going to pass out but when I paused the picture and looked right into my dad's eyes, everything else around me got hazy like that. Like there was nothing but him and I.

What a wonderful visit for you,and a wonderful Christmas present! I am happy this opportunity presented itself,and you could take advantage of it.

I watched the series myself,and it was first rate,IMO.

 

[Hostile]

For those interested, here is the screen shot. I took it with my Blackberry.

http://i6.***BLOCKED***/albums/y220/Cajuncowboy/Dad.jpg

This is so cool.

 

[WarC]

Awesome story! It's unbelievable that something like that could happen, you won one of the lotteries of life sir. I also have a great deal of respect for the greatest generation and what people went through during those times. More than that, it serves as just more proof to fly in the face of holocaust deniers out there.

I've got immediate family on both sides of that war, and have posted a little about that here in the past. I've gotten to sit down with one of my grandfathers, a Wehrmacht veteran and ask him questions about his life, his service, and living in Germany at that time. On the other side of my family there were many great uncles and my other grandfather serving in the US in both the Army and Navy.

No matter what happens during our lifetimes, I think we are each and every one of us lucky to have been given the oppertunity to walk in the world they're leaving us. Veterans are a class apart.

 

[Go Big D!]

This story gave me chillbumps! I'm also a huge history buff and watch all those shows on the History & Discovery Channel. For years I've said it would be so cool if I spot my grandma and granddad in the old WWII footage. I am thrilled for you. It must have been an amazing feeling to see your dad appear like that. I will continue to scan for my grandparents as I now know that I could really find them!

Thanks for sharing

 

[MetalHead]

Simply amazing,Cajun.

 

[Joe Realist]

just wow

 

[Idgit]

Awesome thread, Cajun. What a cool find.

 

[MapleLeaf]

I am going to save it. Both my kids saw it and were thrilled. Also, my dad would be to the left of the guy with the glasses.

...you need to plan a trip to Europe one of these days and follow in your father's path as a tourist.

That's great you happen upon this show.