Still Trucking, thanks for that poem by Jim Turner. I think he's the same Jim Turner, a veteran,
and a retired Lodi, California newspaper editor, who died on June 1, 2013.
Some of Turner's works & a memorial page can be found on "Algonquin's Table" poetry site at the bottom of the page, if you scroll down. He posted on some of my poetry, before he
died, with an excellent review.
In my case, both my granddads fought in World War One & my Dad was old enough to remember the later times of that war. (Dad fought in World War 2 & Korea. My mom
served during World War 2.)
My Russian paternal granddad died in the last Czarist Russian victory in a section of Poland (once part of Russia) against the Kaiser. He's buried in a mass grave in the salt marshes of Poland.
My American paternal step granddad fought with the US Army in WW1(*) the Maritime Provinces in Russia, against the communists & also served in the Merchant Marines during World War 2.
(*)Granddad was on the side of the "mensheviks" or the Czar. It was called "the forgotten war".
My American maternal granddad, drove ammo trucks & ambulances for the US Army in WW1 & stayed in France after the war to go to the University of Poitiers to study French & French history & culture. My American grandpa also served during World War Two in the quartermaster corps.
Hey, my family is complicated.
Makes Iraq look like a cake walk.