Really mundane and pointless, but I was just watching a documentary on the Pearl Harbor attack. There is was, engraved on the marble wall that lists those killed on that day: “T.L. KIRKPATRICK, CAPT.”
Captain Chaplain Kirkpatrick was my great-great-uncle.
That’s not mundane or pointless at all. Fascinating actually. Did you happen to record the program?
It is amazing what one can find on the 'net, isn’t it? When my uncle died recently, I Googled the name of his tank unit(WWII) and found, amongst other things, a picture of a small, pyramid shaped monument to the exploits of his group in Europe. They were ashore less than 24 hours after the Normandy invasion began, and I think they were in Amsterdam later.
