Comments on: Go with God, Old Soldier… https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/ from AccurateShooter.com Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Bruce Duncan https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:38:09 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-330 Paul-

I really enjoyed our time at the range, and was impressed with your intelligence, knowledge, enthusiasm… and good manners.

Hard not to think that at least some of this came from your father.

Meagre words of condolence seem so inadequate.

Nonetheless… I am so very sorry to read this.

Bruce

]]> By: Greg Harman https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:13:38 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-331 Sorry for your loss. Lost a Friend and Mentor and an Uncle Veterans of the same conflict, over the years. A great loss to us all. My Condolences. Greg

]]> By: Editor https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:03:34 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-332 Folks,

I want to thank you all for the many kind words, prayers, and condolences.

It is hard for me to comprehend the fact that a good, kind, creative soul has left us.

Just Sunday when I saw my Dad, he noticed I’d arrived on my motorcycle and he was scolding me a bit. Then he said, “You know, when I was in North Africa, I had a motorcycle.” He paused for a bit, drawing a breath. Then he said proudly “A BMW… with a sidecar. Captured from the Krauts. AND (he raised his hand in the air for emphasis) it had REVERSE gear.”

I replied. “I never knew you had a motorcycle. Did you like it?”

“Like it? I loved it. I’d ride it at night in the desert, like Laurence of Arabia. I was young and foolish then I think.”

. . .

The lesson for all of us is to take time to really get to know your father, if you are fortunate enough that he is still here. After 52 years, I was still learning something new about him, and enjoying his wartime stories of adventure…

Here’s another one of his paintings, done in 1958. The little boy at the right is yours truly.

Image Link: http://i16.tinypic.com/688wz08.jpg

]]> By: Scott Elliott https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:59:28 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-333 Paul,
I’m sorry for your loss. Your dad was quite a strong individual! What a well rounded and talented man.
Scott

]]> By: 6BRonwheels https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-336 Paul, please accept my condolances. My father was an “old soldier” also. The people of that generation were truley great.
Jack

]]> By: Kelvin https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:43:39 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-335 I’m fighting back tears as I read your story, my dad is a US Army WWII vet, still with us, although in failing health.
I need to get to know him better and just talk.
Kelvin

]]> By: Gary Eliseo https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:21:44 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-334 Paul, you honor your father well,
Gary

]]> By: Fred Bohl https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:08:34 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-337 Paul

My sincere condolances on the loss of your father and a fine example for all of us of the greatest generation our country has known.

Fred

]]> By: D2shooter https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:35:12 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-338 All my condolences, You are in our prayers…
Laurent.

]]> By: Ray Meketa https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2007/08/go-with-god-old-soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:23:11 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/go-with-god-old-soldier/#comment-339 Paul

It sounds like your dad had a full and exciting life.

Take care of yourself. That’s the best thing you can do for him now.

Ray

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