Comments on: To My Grandson, Elder Ferry Curtis Hadlock http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/02/12/to-my-grandson-elder-ferry-curtis-hadlock/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/02/12/to-my-grandson-elder-ferry-curtis-hadlock/comment-page-1/#comment-420968 Mark B. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:15:18 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14313#comment-420968 His grandpa couldn’t have known in 1940 that the U.S. would ultimately enter the war, or that Elder Hadlock, home from his mission, would join the Army. In particular, he couldn’t have known that Elder Hadlock would join the Army Air Forces, and not have to do any “digging in” at all.

All that digging was reserved for the men in the infantry. And, as a famous cartoon* by Bill Mauldin shows, they were happy to be able to dig in–it saved a lot of their lives.

*Not famous enough, apparently, to be retrievable on any Google search. It showed Mauldin’s two G.I.s, Willie and Joe, on board a ship, asking a sailor where they could find some dirt–they wanted to dig a foxhole.

]]> By: Stan http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2013/02/12/to-my-grandson-elder-ferry-curtis-hadlock/comment-page-1/#comment-420893 Stan Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:33:29 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=14313#comment-420893 This is absolutely beautiful. Sometimes we all need a good reminder to just keep a-digging in.

Thank you for sharing this Ardis.

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