doyler Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share #51 Posted December 25, 2020 Merry Christmas Johnnie... Welcome home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crow 1986 Posted December 25, 2020 Share #52 Posted December 25, 2020 Thanks for Trooper Wrisberg's memory alive. Bless'em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted December 25, 2020 Share #53 Posted December 25, 2020 Powerful story. Thanks for sharing! Haven't seen this before. So sad for his parents. Reminds me of another story . . . the belly gunner who died with Uncle Harold when their plane was shot down over Kiska in 1943 . . . He had been home to Texas on leave in January of 1943, and a short three months later he was gone. Well, when he was home, he had arranged with a local florist to have flowers delivered to his Mother on Mother's Day. He had written a card and left it there to be included with the flowers. He was KIA in April, and they found out the week following. A month later . . . the flowers and his note arrived at his parents' house. His death hit his mother so hard that she put everything of his away and even hid all his pictures. His Dad wore his son's ring forever but never told his wife whose ring it had been. Here is a picture of him with his Dad and sister during the January visit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted December 25, 2020 Share #54 Posted December 25, 2020 Thank you Doyler, for this poignant reminder. There are tens of thousands more stories like his, just in Vietnam - with hundreds of thousands in WWII. Each one deprived of a life of maybe marrying their sweetheart, raising a family, and just growing old. Whenever any of my buddies complain about getting old, I remind them that it’s worse not to. RIP Specialist Wrisberg, we remember you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 25, 2020 Share #55 Posted December 25, 2020 Thank you for keeping the memory alive once again. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share #56 Posted December 25, 2020 2 hours ago, stratasfan said: Powerful story. Thanks for sharing! Haven't seen this before. So sad for his parents. Reminds me of another story . . . the belly gunner who died with Uncle Harold when their plane was shot down over Kiska in 1943 . . . He had been home to Texas on leave in January of 1943, and a short three months later he was gone. Well, when he was home, he had arranged with a local florist to have flowers delivered to his Mother on Mother's Day. He had written a card and left it there to be included with the flowers. He was KIA in April, and they found out the week following. A month later . . . the flowers and his note arrived at his parents' house. His death hit his mother so hard that she put everything of his away and even hid all his pictures. His Dad wore his son's ring forever but never told his wife whose ring it had been. Here is a picture of him with his Dad and sister during the January visit: Thanks for commenting and adding the story the pain these families endured lasted a life time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share #57 Posted December 25, 2020 18 minutes ago, mikie said: Thank you for keeping the memory alive once again. Mikie Thanks for looking. This is what keeps the memory alive, the veteran not forgotten. I can across this a long time ago and often see its relevance “When a man dies,” ..... “if nothing is written, he is soon forgotten.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 25, 2020 Share #58 Posted December 25, 2020 I stopped by yesterday to wish my Nam vet neighbor Merry Christmas. He was wounded when a helicopter he just jumped out of exploded. A guy 5 feet away was killed on the spot. Your story made me think that if just for a matter of inches, that other guy maybe would be with his family this Christmas, and I never would have known neighbor Jim at all. Life is strange and we should all be thankful for every day it gives us. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 26, 2020 Share #59 Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 10:20 PM, stratasfan said: Powerful story. Thanks for sharing! Haven't seen this before. So sad for his parents. Reminds me of another story . . . the belly gunner who died with Uncle Harold when their plane was shot down over Kiska in 1943 . . . He had been home to Texas on leave in January of 1943, and a short three months later he was gone. Well, when he was home, he had arranged with a local florist to have flowers delivered to his Mother on Mother's Day. He had written a card and left it there to be included with the flowers. He was KIA in April, and they found out the week following. A month later . . . the flowers and his note arrived at his parents' house. His death hit his mother so hard that she put everything of his away and even hid all his pictures. His Dad wore his son's ring forever but never told his wife whose ring it had been. We had a Marine killed in Afghanistan a couple of days before Valentines Day...he had ordered his girlfriend flowers to be delivered on V-Day. They were delivered to her the day after she was notified. From what I heard, she just cried and cried. Our snipers caught up to the sh*thead who killed him the morning of Valentine's Day. While it eased our pain, I doubt it healed hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share #60 Posted January 16, 2021 53 years ago today he gave all he had..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted February 20, 2021 Share #61 Posted February 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted February 21, 2021 Share #62 Posted February 21, 2021 Have walked by this many times over the last few years and was walking out on Clear Lake this afternoon as they are having a kite flying on the lake today and I happened to have my phone with me today. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share #63 Posted August 7, 2021 Honoring John on National Purple Heart Day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share #64 Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas Johnnie...... https://youtu.be/AoN4y7JFkEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 25, 2021 Share #65 Posted December 25, 2021 Once again, thanks for keeping this going. And once again I stopped in to wish my Vietnam Purple Heart veteran neighbor a Merry Christmas. Thank you to all who served, and Merry Christmas. And God Bless those who served and didn't return. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share #66 Posted August 20, 2022 8/20/2022 John would have been 75 today but remains forever young. Happy Birthday John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share #67 Posted August 21, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share #68 Posted December 26, 2022 Merry Christmas John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 26, 2022 Share #69 Posted December 26, 2022 My annual tradition for years has been reading the original A Christmas Carol by Dickens on Christmas Eve. Rereading this post as well every Christmas has become my new tradition. It’s a powerful reminder of the cost of war that we all need to be reminded of from time to time. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share #70 Posted December 30, 2022 On 12/25/2022 at 11:36 PM, mikie said: My annual tradition for years has been reading the original A Christmas Carol by Dickens on Christmas Eve. Rereading this post as well every Christmas has become my new tradition. It’s a powerful reminder of the cost of war that we all need to be reminded of from time to time. Mikie Thanks Mikie for the reply and for keeping Johns memory alive by reading the topic.. I am in contact regularly with his friend and fellow medic who was with him that fateful day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougO Posted January 4, 2023 Share #71 Posted January 4, 2023 Thanks for bringing this back up to the top. I just read it for the first time. Very moving story and a great reminder that our freedoms are not free. So many brave soldiers like John Wrisberg have paid the ultimate price for them. May he rest in peace. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share #72 Posted August 20, 2023 Happy Birthday John... today would have been number 76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share #73 Posted December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas John... I spoke to Doc today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 26, 2023 Share #74 Posted December 26, 2023 Merry Christmas Ron and everyone here. Reading this has become a personal Christmas tradition for me. It makes the times I share with family and friends at Christmas time all the more cherished. mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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