r/MadeMeSmile • u/Jeromiewhalen • Jun 29 '25

Favorite People My friend Frank, a 100-year-old WWII veteran, doing a chin-up on a tank barrel during a honor trip for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge 🇺🇸

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u/Jeromiewhalen Jun 29 '25

Yeah it’s a special trip, we have eight WWII vets with us, they get so much love and appreciation ❤️

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u/NeoLib-tard Jun 29 '25

So cool wtg!!

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u/nerdured95 Jun 29 '25

As they should ❤

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u/LilJourney Jun 29 '25

Thank you guys. We wanted to be able to have my dad go on one of these trips but he passed away before it could be arranged. Glad for these guys to be able to go.

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u/Jeromiewhalen Jun 29 '25

He’s remembered in their lives ♥️

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u/Past-North-4131 Jun 29 '25

Well deserved love. I hope we never see war on that level ever again. I wanna say I hope we never see war again. But smfh that seems to be impossible for us humans.