So sad that all the vets of that day are almost all gone. I've been lucky enough to be the recipient of several personal conversations with some of those guys. They are "the greatest generation", indeed. Originally Posted by bbkidTrue enough Bbk,my dad flew B17's , was involved in fire bombing of dresden and berlin, never talked much about it, or his friends that flew with him. The only thing they would say a lot of brave men never came home.