Put my mother in a nursing home last couple of weeks. I was going through her stuff and came across an affidavit that my grandfather had given in the 1920s along with eye witness affidavits claiming he was gassed in WWI. He was applying for what amounted to the beginning of disability claims as we know it. The language went something like this...
The problem was he contracted the 1918 influenza as well as was gassed. As you can imagine it took several years before he saw a penny in disability. Nevertheless, he was right there for the grand opening of the American Legion Hall in Cleveland, Texas. Was posted every general election, 100 feet from the poll, carrying a shotgun. Escorted the ballots, armed with the same shotgun to the courthouse to be counted. He did this every year as long as he could breath. He was the real thing. A true Citizen Soldier Yellow Dog Democrat. Wonder what he would say if he was alive today.
Question: How have you been getting along these last several years.
Grandfather: I just rock on.
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