Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "American Veterans Center" channel.

That's REALLY AN AWESOME STORY. I would have liked to hear the stories of how he got his medals & what all happened to him at Bastogne. BUT, Idk, it's kinda like he didn't like having to talk about killing people & seeing people killed & THAT to me is very understandable, and no way would I ask him anything about the war. If I had the chance, I would just listen to him & let him tell me what he had to say. Truly a pleasure to hear the man speak.
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Wow. If he or anyone else had been in that foxhole they would have been killed by the shrapnel that cut his rifle in two. Good thing he was picked for the nightshift!! And like he said "there is a God!" A lot of guys that see war don't believe that God could let stuff like that happen. But I believe there is a God.
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When I first read about Easy Company & found out they had trained in Toccoa, GA it kinda freaked me out. I have been in Toccoa, GA many times. Didn't live there but I worked there & lived nearby. Just across the SC line there is a little town called Westminster. And if you leave Westminster on Hwy 76 going North the next little town is Long Creek. Well, in 1991 I helped my stepdad Billy build a house in between Westminster & Long Creek. It was off of Old Hurricane Rd. If the driveway still bears the same name its Chevis Mtn Rd. Chevis was the name of one of our dogs. He was a black lab & he was the smartest dog I've ever know. And our family had a lot of dogs at different times but Chevis you could talk to like he was a person. Of course he couldn't talk back but you could always tell he understood what you were saying. But anyway, while we were building the house I was also working nights in Toccoa. I worked thru a temp service at a plant named Dempster. They built garbage trucks. Or the rear end part of the garbage trucks if you get me. We got the cab & chassis part already built & added the rest. So they did a lot of welding. But I wasn't part of that. I worked with whole bunch of others getting them cleaned up to be painted & then after they were painted we did touch up painting & put all the safety stickers on 'em. Greased all the bearings & the "recycle trucks" got a rubber mat that had to be riveted or secured with gun type fastener that used 22 short blanks to shoot the rivet thru the rubber mat & into the metal. This was by no means an easy job & you had to know & learn a lot of things to be able to do everything that needed doing. But anyway, when I think of Toccoa, there are so many things that come to my mind. And when I Iearned Easy Company trained there for special ops in WW2, idk why, but it made me proud that I know the place. Even though I knew the place 50 years later, they were a big part of stopping Nazi Germany from taking over the world. And as soon as Germany was defeated & surrendered then the US could concentrate solely on the war with Japan & considering their brutal attack at Pearl Harbor they were a much hated enemy. Probably more hated & more feared cuz of not only Pearl Harbor but cuz their culture was so different & didn't seem scared at all to die in battle. And felt they gained more honor by dying in battle rather than suffering a defeat & withdrawing & living to fight another day. And Kamikazes didn't help either. And some of the most brutal fighting was between the US & Japan. It's sad & says a lot when an American soldier shoots an enemy soldier that is trying to surrender for fear that the enemy soldier is attempting some type of sabotage. Or Kamikaze on foot so to speak. But also when I think of Toccoa, it's not the Falls I think of but Lake Hartwell. There is also a river right there too. Tugaloo if I remember correctly. But everyone there pronounced it different from the spelling. Most that I heard say it, said it as though it were Tagula instead of Tugaloo. Idk, I never argued but thought it strange.
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The very last point he makes about how people that live in countries such as our own where we have the freedom to do as we wish, that he thinks people don't appreciate their freedom as much as he does cuz he had his freedom taken away. And people don't realize that there are places where freedom, such as we have here, doesn't exist in a lot of countries. Many thanks & much love for the greatest generation!
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I had a Great Grandma on my Dad's side of the family. We called her Mama Spann but she was always mean as hell to us. Both of her brothers were pilots in WW2. One was in Europe and the other in the Pacific. Both died during the war. And that is all I know. I was still really young & never understood why she was so onry. But my Mom said it was because she loved her brothers so much & lost them both during the war. I remember she had pictures of them both in uniform on the wall. My Mom also said that her father had gone to WW2. That he had thick brown hair when he left & it was totally white when he came home. He died before I was ever born but my Mom said he never talked about the war. And she rarely seen him after he came back. When she was still a child her Mom was hanging out clothes and lightning struck the tree that the clothes line was attached to & it killed her. She had 3 older brothers & 2 sisters. There Grandma ended up taking care of them & raised them.
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Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1925. My Mom was born in Birmingham in 1941. I was born in Montgomery 1967.
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By the way he talks at the beginning, he didn't get his wings until 1944. The Battle of Midway was in 1942, so I don't get how or why he is talking about Midway cuz it's my impression that he was not at the Battle of Midway. Am I wrong? Did I miss something?
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Wow. The man just passed away not even a year ago. God Bless him and honor him for being a wonderful human being. Thank you for the freedom that we enjoy today.❤❤❤ May your loved ones be at rest for having lost you.
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I think Robin Williams was one of the most creative persons/ performers I've never met. The thing he said about Robin was always "on". That he was always doing a bit or what not so that people never got to see the "real" Robin Williams. Idk, for him to commit suicide, he must have gotten really lonely doing that. Also, this is just me thinking but in text, I think he was bi-polar. And most of the time he was doing his thing & on a high but other times when he FINALLY RELAXED he would fall into a low and it developed into depression. And everytime he eventually relaxed and went into a low, the depression of the low got deeper & deeper. And ultimately the depression was so low he couldn't find a way of climbing out. It's really sad how we can think we know a person & end up finding out we didn't really know them at all. And all the characters he created just off the top of his head, although very creative was him blocking people out of getting to know him. It makes me wonder who hurt him so bad for him to constantly put up such a front. It must have really gotten exhausting hence the deeper & deeper lows. I saw my wife struggle with bi-polar depression for 8 years before dying of complications from COPD. And with her being diagnosed as terminal with 2-6 years to live, her being bi-polar & menopause was wreaking havoc with her hormones, OMG, but I did everything I could for her. Was extremely patient with her. And caring for her 24-7 got me to where I was falling asleep standing up. Many times I fell & hit the ground simply because I was so tired & would fall asleep on my feet.
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I don't believe that for a minute! Yeah, we have stupid politicians that when they are in the limelight say & do stupid things. But behind all of that there are people working & trying to do the best they can. And having children & raising them. There is not a day that goes by that I don't see a child happy, healthy & smiling. And, for me, there isn't nothing more beautiful & precious than another generation growing up happy & healthy. And that is what those men were fighting for, so that other generations wouldn't have to go through that kind of hell.
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Wow. Sounds like he just needed a better English teacher. I had that exact same problem but at an age too young for the Marine Corp to be an option. The very last of my 5th grade year we had moved from South Alabama to Stone Mtn, GA(Suburbs of Atlanta). And the main teacher I had was Mrs Breiner. She taught English & Math & at this point in my life I had never really had a teacher that I completely & hopelessly despised anywhere even close to the point in which I despised this woman. I tried to like her, I really did. But the more I tried to like her the more she would stomp & beat on my last frickin nerve! I had NEVER encountered a person I truly hated more & what was worse I couldn't explain it, even to myself, why I hated this woman so much! And finally, finally the summer vacation! Whew! Was never happier for summer vacation. After summer was over, I had to go to see what teacher I would have for home room & stuff. And when I saw Mrs Breiner at the 6th grade booth, I almost became physically ill! OMG, the last 2-3 months I had with Mrs Breiner in 5th grade was a cake walk compared to having her as my "home room" teacher for the entirety of my 6th grade year. 6th grade was really what made me hate her! And still to this day, there is nothing specific that I can say made me hate her. The closest I can explain it is, imagine getting taught by a person that should be teaching 1st or 2nd grade. Her teaching English & reading was sub par. She didn't explain stuff well. She was a better math teacher than an English teacher by far. It wasn't until I reached 7th grade & Ms Jones started explaining English do's & don'ts that I really started grasping things. However, I didn't get a better Math teacher than Mrs Breiner until High School. In GA high school started at 8th grade. My first 2 quarters I had Pre-Algebra & it was taught by the soccer coach. I didn't understand it a bit. We moved & I got Ms Henderson for the last of Pre-Algebra & Algebra. After failing my first 2 quarters of Pre-Algebra I aced my last quarter & Ms Henderson told me to take Algebra 1 & she would take care of me. When I signed up for Algebra 1 they gave me a different teacher. I told my Mom & my counselor Both that I wanted Ms Henderson & refused to go to the other math class until they changed it. She made them redo my schedule. BEST MATH TEACHER I ever had!!! Math was my best subject cuz of her. It's just such a shame this guy went to war in the Marines & became a hero because he had a crappy teacher. That is such a sad story but I praise the fact he made it through!! I guess the Good Lord has a path for us all, whether you know it or believe it.
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He tried to describe the CONCENTRATION CAMPS in Europe and is still brought to tears about seeing humans treated that way! Seeing people that are starving to death and the smell of death. And it makes me mad that YouTube blurs footage that people show of what the camps looked like. Cuz people do need to see & understand what happened so that we NEVER let such evil happen again. Over 9 billion people in this world and because the way people look the other way & ignore what they see that is right in front of them is scandelous!!! I know because at the moment I'm homeless & I panhandle in order to get by. And I know that 99% of the people that pass me by never help & try not to look at me. But I still get by thanks to the 1% of the people that do help. A lady asked me tonight why don't you just go in & steel what you want if your hungry. And I didn't want to preach to her but steeling is a sin. And I believe that the Lord will shine on me & help me get by. And even though I could do it & ask for forgiveness that is not my way. But I understand what this man is talking about too. A rotten corpse is such a horrible smell & I really can't imagine how bad it would be to be in the vicinity of hundreds of corpses. And see hundreds of people that are starving down to the bone.
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My Great Grandma(Mama Spann) on my Dad's side of the family, from the general vicinity of Georgiana, Alabama, had 2 brothers that were both pilots & both died in the war. One in the Pacific & one in Europe. Or at least, that is what my Mom told me when I was a kid back in the early '70's.
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