Comments on: There Were D-Day Heroes Next Door In Those Days http://blogging.la/2009/06/06/there-were-d-day-heroes-next-door-in-those-days/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: WILL CAMPBELL http://blogging.la/2009/06/06/there-were-d-day-heroes-next-door-in-those-days/comment-page-1/#comment-38454 WILL CAMPBELL Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:34:55 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29087#comment-38454 Thanks fraz! @ flowerofhighrank, I like that idea but since the house is privately owned something like that would be at the discretion of the owner. Thanks fraz!

@ flowerofhighrank, I like that idea but since the house is privately owned something like that would be at the discretion of the owner.

]]> By: flowerofhighrank http://blogging.la/2009/06/06/there-were-d-day-heroes-next-door-in-those-days/comment-page-1/#comment-38453 flowerofhighrank Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:55:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29087#comment-38453 IS there any way we can mark the house with a plaque? IS there any way we can mark the house with a plaque?

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2009/06/06/there-were-d-day-heroes-next-door-in-those-days/comment-page-1/#comment-38452 frazgo Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:14:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29087#comment-38452 What a great story Will. Nice to see this mans story preserved in one more spot for everyone to see. What a great story Will. Nice to see this mans story preserved in one more spot for everyone to see.

]]> By: bikinginla http://blogging.la/2009/06/06/there-were-d-day-heroes-next-door-in-those-days/comment-page-1/#comment-38451 bikinginla Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:59:14 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=29087#comment-38451 You didn't mention whether he's still living, so I did a little more research and found this photo of the now 87 year old Walter Ehlers taken just last month: http://tiny.cc/walterehlers. And I found this website, which fleshes out the story of Walter and his brother Roland a little: http://www.homeofheroes.com/brotherhood/ehlers.html. It never ceases to amaze me when I meet a little old man or woman, and learn they had stormed the beaches of Normandy or the Pacific, fought dogfights over enemy soil, shuttled planes or built B-17s during the war. When this generation is gone, we will have lost an irreplaceable treasure. Thanks for the reminder. You didn’t mention whether he’s still living, so I did a little more research and found this photo of the now 87 year old Walter Ehlers taken just last month: http://tiny.cc/walterehlers. And I found this website, which fleshes out the story of Walter and his brother Roland a little: http://www.homeofheroes.com/brotherhood/ehlers.html.

It never ceases to amaze me when I meet a little old man or woman, and learn they had stormed the beaches of Normandy or the Pacific, fought dogfights over enemy soil, shuttled planes or built B-17s during the war. When this generation is gone, we will have lost an irreplaceable treasure.

Thanks for the reminder.

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