What historical event fascinates you the most? – An interesting thought-provoking question from the Daily Writing prompt.

I guess it would have to be World War 2. My father and both uncles were part of that conflict. My father and Uncle Frank were in the Navy. My Dad enlisted about a year before broke out and I believe my uncle Frank went in around the same time.

My Dad was on the destroyer USS Converse in the Pacific. Uncle Frank was on the USS West Virginia when Pearl Harbor was attacked and served on a heavy cruiser after that. If I remember correctly my Uncle Bob was a B-17 pilot or co-pilot over Europe.

All survived in a way I guess. You don’t come out of those situations and not be changed. And having been too young to know them before, all I knew was the after. This was a generation that grew up in a depression era and then through WWII and Korea which my father also served in.

Below are a few shots of the WWII Memorial in Washington DC that I took over a decade ago if my memory is correct. I have some more in my WWII Memoria portfolio for this.