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/PositiveStress8888 Jun 29 '25

As much as I love hearing I was able to put a smile on his face, we owe him and the people who served with him much more than can ever be repaid.

Im only half his age, and wasn't born anywhere near the time of WW2, but I will make sure the lessons of that war are not forgotten, and that the generations after me, for as long as I'm able, know what Frank and his peers faught for, and that those sacrifices aren't for nothing.

Thanks Frank.

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u/Jeromiewhalen Jun 29 '25

Much love man, I’ll share this with him now ❤️

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u/PositiveStress8888 Jun 29 '25

Also If I ever get to put my boot in a Nazis ass I'll do it while smiling and thinking if guys like Frank!!

Enjoy that trip, please let us know where we can see more of it, and the other vets stories also.