My family and I met a very interesting person tonight. Before I get into talking about him, let me tell y'all exactly how we met him:
My dad and my sister wanted to go to Sea Island for some fish, so mom and I agreed and went, just like normal. After the buzzer that they gave us activated mom and dad, since they were the closest, went up to pick up our meal. Not long after doing so an old man walked up to my dad and asked him about his shirt (my dad was sporting one from my university). The reason why he asked was because he an alumni of my school, and when he went his mom was paying somewhere between $200 or $280 dollars a year. Mind you, this gentleman graduated in 1939. (After I heard this figure I pratically freaked, thinking how much I would LOVE for that to be how much I pay instead of the actual sum. Thank God I have a scholarship that covers 2/3rds of the tuition.)
As it turns out he's a veteran of WWII. (Truthfully he's not the first one I've met, but I think it's still amazing to meet them.) He told us that he mostly worked in supplies--or lack there of as he humorously told us--and that he was promoted by General Patton himself. I don't think he actually got to meet the man though because at the time Patton had to leave early for something.
I managed to get his contact information, so I'll be getting in contact with my history professor tonight because I'm hoping the two can schedule a time to have him show up and talk to us about the war from his perspective. So far I've got three things going in my favor:
1 - the history class that I'm taking is a military history class
2 - our last test, which was this past Thursday, ended off on WWI
3 - my teacher is a WWII buff
Either way, I just find this totally cool. Have a good evening, and wish me luck! X3
As a side note, I'm also going to start using this as a means to announce when I have updated my story Tides of Fate or anything else related to it.
