The dumbest question

A little something different:

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There were several important rules a soldier had to live by. An important rule was never volunteer for a combat patrol. We knew the Germans were well dug in on the east bank. We had heard a patrol from Company "E" of our 2nd battalion had crossed the river early this morning and had suffered several casualties.

Our initial, almost lighthearted, response to Lt. Jones was words to the effect, "Throughout our lives we have heard a lot of dumb questions, but to ask us at a time like this if we wanted to volunteer for patrol across the Rhine was no doubt the dumbest question we had ever heard." To this day I still remember it is the dumbest question I have ever been asked.

—War Stories by EO Swain.

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Morning, Glories. Hope everybody is as well as can be expected for a Monday.

I went looking for something entirely else this morning when Uncle Ed's book leapt off the shelf at me. Ed is my only true Uncle, and a wonderful man, with some amazing stories.

I've mentioned on here before, after trudging across Europe, Ed was readying for the invasion of Japan. Instead, he gets to see his great-great grandchildren. Thank you, Professor Oppenheimer!