Gonna meet ya half way Ranger.
Going to use a photo of Lt. Al Brody, USAAF as my avatar. Al is still MIA. I spent a decade researching his loss along with the rest of the B24 crew he was a part of. He was a co-pilot on a B-24 shot down February 14, 1945
6 of the crew managed to bail out and were POWs although one died in captivity. 6 are still MIA.
Al shares the same birthday as my son, December 3rd. Al was born in 1923. Andrew was born in 1983.
In talking to Al's younger brother, he talked about how that loss affected their family for the rest of his parents lives, and how it still affected his life. I often wondered what that felt like.
While I didn't lose my son in combat, I did lose him in a car accident. Like Al, Andrew was 21. So I now have a pretty good idea of what it must have felt like to have that knock at the door with that telegram saying their son was not coming home.
I still hope to find Al and bring him home.
It's important we don't forget those guys.
