WW2

Today in 1939 Germany faked a Polish attack on one of its radio stations. This scam provided the supposed justification for Hitler's decision to attack Poland the next day, thereby beginning World War II. The battle would rage relentlessly for another 2 years and three months before Pearl Harbor brought the USA into the war.

My Grandpa Hill was already 45 years old when Pearl Harbor happened. He immediately volunteered to be a chaplain, but was told he was far too old. He kept pestering them, and finally they took him in the army. He was soon on his way to France, where he had served in World War I as a soldier boy under John Pershing.

My Grandpa always said his years as a chaplain were the best years of his ministry. He felt maybe the most fulfilling part of it was writing dictated letters from wounded soldiers that they wanted sent to their family members.

After the war, Grandpa was briefly assigned to the VA hospital in Memphis. When he mustered out of the service, he took a Pastorate and moved his family to nearby Luxora, Arkansas, which is where my dad lived. The rest is history.

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