"A retired postal worker, living not entirely at peace in an adult community called Leisure Village West, recently sent remember-the-date notes to large newspapers and television networks, then followed up with calls that often bounced to voice mail. The 14th of August; remember the date. "He was not asking so much as he was demanding. "Friday is the 14th of August: a dog day to many but always V-J Day to some, including this man, Albert Perdeck. It is the 64th anniversary of the surrender by Japan to end World War II. Attention must be paid, he says with urgency. He is 84." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/us/14land.html?_r=1&hp
What can I say but "Thank You " to Mr Perdick and his comrades. His duty has meant that in my 60 years I have never had to stand on the deck of a shattered vessel, a wartorn battlefield or wait for planes and friends never to return. Mr Perdick and company has more than paid the price for my peace of mind and easy life. I think it all to easy on such forums as this to forget the truly tragic cost war entails. The majority of us deal in statistics, strategies and What Ifs. The Vets amongst us however know different. War is a very personal thing. Let us not forget if it was not for gentlemen like our Vets , Mr Perdick and friends we would have nothing to pontificate on .
