Hey my friend, Thank you for the support and great comment! I just wanted to hold it here and then if over the years people stumble across it then it's a story that will continue to live.

Yes there are so many stories to tell my friend and much bravery in the roots of many of our families, indeed roots that run deep. They really were a special generation and the last in a dying breed, strong, self reliant and with a sense of justice a mile wide. Sadly as time moves on I fear people forget and with forgetting we become doomed to walk the perpetual cycle of war & peace. Thanks again @tremendospercy