The RIP Thread

[olroadbeech]

Hershel "Woody" Williams died
Last WWII serviceman who received the Medal Of Honor
Iwo Jima 1945

"Greatest Generation "

 

[rod]

There can't be many of the Greatest Generation left.

 

[rod]

This was as of 2021.

 

[badpal]

There can't be many of the Greatest Generation left.

My dads 90 and he served in Korea, was too young for WW2. I know that some guys lied about thier age and served. But wonder how old the youngest of those left would be now?

 

[olroadbeech]

There can't be many of the Greatest Generation left.

I have the book on tape. pretty good.
Studs Terkel has an excellent book on this generation as well. Love most of Terkels books.

 

[Covemastah]

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My dads 90 and he served in Korea, was too young for WW2. I know that some guys lied about thier age and served. But wonder how old the youngest of those left would be now?

i would say ,, 94 , born in 1928 , serve at 17 in say 1945 , puts you at 94 today , two of my uncles served under Patton , my uncle Jack born in 20 , was in the infantry, was in Africa then Europe , my uncle Bill born in 22 drove a mash ambulance in Europe , my uncle Bernie born in 28 w signed up at 17 , trained but war ended before he was shipped out , the youngest uncle , born in 30 ,, went to Korea ,

 

[Covemastah]

My dad is gone now , but served at Fr Drum , was born in 23 , was made a mail clerk because he could read , many guys couldn't read and write , came from farms in mid west and quit school young to work the farms , well my dad fell off a mail truck , dr looked at his broken ankle and noticed he had flat feet , 4f him and sent him home ! He was upset the rest of his life that he didn't go overseas to fight !!

 

[olroadbeech]

My Dad was at Pearl Harbor in 1944 . He was only 17-18 at the time. He never spoke about Pearl.
I asked him one time about what Pearl Harbor was like when I was around 18 and he said he didn't want to talk about it..

His career was as an aircraft mechanic. Worked on everything from C130's, helicopters, etc for the Air Force as a civil servant. They would send him all over the country for special jobs like emergency engine replacements and such.

From 1971-73 our family was in the Peace Corp in Malaysia where he taught the locals farm equipment mechanics.
He passed 6 years ago and I miss him every day.

 

[rod]

Sonny Barger, figurehead of Hells Angels, dies at 83

 

[rod]

Lived life the way he wanted to.

 

[UnionStrong]

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Lived life the way he wanted to.

Should’ve quit smoking…

 

[olroadbeech]

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Lived life the way he wanted to.

Met him in Merced, CA around 1984 at the Harley Dealership there.

 

[UnionStrong]

Met him in Merced, CA around 1984 at the Harley Dealership there.

I call this the BS Post of the Year! Priceless!
Did you give him a lap dance too? SMH

 

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Lived life the way he wanted to.

Looks like Franky , minus the salt N pepper goatee

 

[Mutineer]

I worked at a Harley dealership in the early 90's.

As customers the Hells Angels were polite, agreeable, reasonable, and down to earth.

The exact opposite of a typical Harley enthusiast.

 

[olroadbeech]

I worked at a Harley dealership in the early 90's.

As customers the Hells Angels were polite, agreeable, reasonable, and down to earth.

The exact opposite of a typical Harley enthusiast.

agree and they always had plenty of money.......Sonny came to the Merced dealership to buy bikes that J.S. Storey ( the dealer ) gave them a pretty good deal on. Rumor had it they had other business as well.

 

[UnionStrong]

agree and they always had plenty of money.......Sonny came to the Merced dealership to buy bikes that J.S. Storey ( the dealer ) gave them a pretty good deal on. Rumor had it they had other business as well.

Or not…

 

[Mutineer]

agree and they always had plenty of money.......Sonny came to the Merced dealership to buy bikes that J.S. Storey ( the dealer ) gave them a pretty good deal on. Rumor had it they had other business as well.

One day while at work, a member I was very familiar with mentioned an event or party that was happening soon and offered me an invite. I thanked him for the offer and said something like "I will consider it." One of my co-workers had overheard this, and very quickly everyone working at the dealership had heard of the invite. Throughout the day, my co-workers offered their theories as to the reasoning of why I was invited.

The theories widely ranged that they were considering me as a prospect or, they were going to set me up to take a fall for a sketchy drug deal or, they were going to use me as a human sacrifice to the devil.

Throughout the day, I pondered the invite. And I remembered reading one of Hunter S. Thompson's books and his experiences with the Hells Angels.

I came to the conclusion that I am overall mostly a law-abiding citizen, wished to remain so, and that no good could come from following up on the offer.

 

[olroadbeech]

One day while at work, a member I was very familiar with mentioned an event or party that was happening soon and offered me an invite. I thanked him for the offer and said something like "I will consider it." One of my co-workers had overheard this, and very quickly everyone working at the dealership had heard of the invite. Throughout the day, my co-workers offered their theories as to the reasoning of why I was invited.

The theories widely ranged that they were considering me as a prospect or, they were going to set me up to take a fall for a sketchy drug deal or, they were going to use me as a human sacrifice to the devil.

Throughout the day, I pondered the invite. And I remembered reading one of Hunter S. Thompson's books and his experiences with the Hells Angels.

I came to the conclusion that I am overall mostly a law-abiding citizen, wished to remain so, and that no good could come from following up on the offer.

You were probably smart. A buddy of mine was going to the Oakland club house to do some business and invited me along and I said no.

I knew some of them vaguely.Of course can not mention names. Went on the Yuma Prison Run with 15 guys around 1984 or so. 3 of them were Angels but they did not fly colors. Most of the guys were Hispanic . Before we crossed the border we stopped at some guys house and the head guy said store the guns and drugs here because we were not going into Mexico from Yuma with them. About 12 of the guys had guns and drugs.

As soon as we crossed the border the Federales on Harleys stopped us and laid down the law. Basically behave ourselves which we did. Most of the riders were older than me, Vietnam vets that did not take any guff from anyone. Since most spoke Spanish they were able to talk to the feds.

It was a fun trip. About 7 days total. I had a hard time keeping up since most took pep pills and I did not . Very little sleep but hell of a good time. Wherever we stopped we got a lot of attention. Nice thing about Mexico at that time was beer and steaks were real cheap.

All the Angels I ever made friends with were pretty cool . Some were dangerous when drinking and taking pills. The prospects are the worse because they are trying to always impress.

 

[UnionStrong]

You were probably smart. A buddy of mine was going to the Oakland club house to do some business and invited me along and I said no.

I knew some of them vaguely.Of course can not mention names. Went on the Yuma Prison Run with 15 guys around 1984 or so. 3 of them were Angels but they did not fly colors. Most of the guys were Hispanic . Before we crossed the border we stopped before crossing at some guys house and the head guy said store the guns and drugs here because we were not going into Mexico from Yuma with them. About 12 of the guys had guns and drugs.

As soon as we crossed the border the Federales on Harleys stopped us and laid down the law. Basically behave ourselves which we did. Most of the riders were older than me, Vietnam vets that did not take any guff from anyone. Since most spoke Spanish they were able to talk to the feds.

It was a fun trip. About 7 days total. I had a hard time keeping up since most took pep pills and I did not . Very little sleep but hell of a good time. Wherever we stopped we got a lot of attention. Nice thing about Mexico at that time was beer and steaks were real cheap.

All the Angels I ever made friends with were pretty cool . Some were dangerous when drinking and taking pills. The prospects are the worse because they are trying to always impress.

Cool story….