Ponsdorf posts a photo tribute to his Father-in-law, Dan Leffler, who passed away this morning. I’m pretty sure Ponsdorf, who served in the Navy, put up with a lot of guff from Mr. Leffler, who according to Posdorf parachuted into Sicily and rode a glider into Holland.
Blue skies, SSG Leffler…keep your feet and knees together.
My sympathy and prayers go out to Ponsdorf and his family.
Thanks for our freedom SSG Leffler.
“All the Way” SSG Leffler. It was you and your peers that we tried so hard to imitate. Quoteing Ray, Thanks for our freedom….”
Airborne!
Honor and Courage
“The one thing about the few is, we keep getting fewer”.
No, no guff. He did regale me with stories though. Many his family had never heard?
One I’ll be posting about when we find all the documents. We have his Bronze Star citation, and some Stars and Stripes(?) clippings, or rather someone else in the family has them (now).
For now: He said that he’d rather have jumped into Holland than semi-crash land in that glider.
And he had 8 kids!
Thanks for posting this.
Our WW2 heros are passing away in far too many numbers too fast now. Sorry to hear of your loss, Ponsdorf.
“All the way and then some. Airborne”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgTlK1Qu1jQ&feature=related
We forget that war is a messy and awful business sometimes and what our WW2 Vets went through. You think of this and then look at some of the cry-babies in the anti-war movement today and wonder what happened to some of our generation.
“The Greatest Generation” indeed.
My condolences on the passing of your father in law, Ponsdorf, and prayers for you and your family
JonP: I don’t think the rest of the family is quite ready for “Blood Upon the Risers”, but I thought about the song after we got the call this morning. Thanks for the link.
AATW!!!
Ever see film of the 82nd Airborne 1946 Victory Parade??? All the 82nd Guys on the sidelines on crutches & in slings ‘cuz they were too shot up to march in the parade from line time in WWII… Color me humbled…
Man. More heroes than we’ll ever know came from that generation. Prayers to the family…
No offense meant, Ponsdorf. I can’t think of an Airborne soldier without thinking back to jumpschool and the first time I heard the song. Gallows humor has always been the way for troops to deal with death. Sorry if it seemed a little out of line.
Stand at ease, SSG Leffler, you’ve served well. God bless, and rest in peace.
Our loss, the skies’ gain- again.
Godspeed, and my condolences, Ponsdorf.