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Old December 7th, 2011, 10:59 AM
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Colonel Potter passed away today. He was 96. RIP Colonel.

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Old December 7th, 2011, 11:18 AM
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Old December 7th, 2011, 11:23 AM
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yeah...that's a bummer

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Old December 7th, 2011, 11:29 AM
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I always remember him first as Officer Bill Gannon.

He was also Pete on the TV show "Pete and Gladys." He appeared in many other tv shows as well as in over 100 movies.
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Old December 7th, 2011, 11:31 AM
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yeah...that's a bummer
Bummer? Hell, the guy was 96. Nobody lives forever. We should be cheering his long, productive life!
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Old December 7th, 2011, 12:02 PM
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i always remember him first as officer bill gannon.
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Like WWII vets we are losing great americans of the past every day..from TV and movie stars to great American heroes we all grew up with are now fading away. I miss 'em all
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Old December 7th, 2011, 03:08 PM
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Like WWII vets we are losing great americans of the past every day..from TV and movie stars to great American heroes we all grew up with are now fading away. I miss 'em all
Marshall Dillon and Colonel Potter in one year. Great guys. Today was the last gathering of the Pearl Harbor Vets. The remaining ones are too feeble and too old to make the trip. The youngest are in their late 80's. God Bless Them.
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Old December 7th, 2011, 03:27 PM
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Read in the paper this morning that the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is disbanding - not many of them left, and passing on daily. They truly were the Greatest Generation, my Father among them. I can only hope, somehow, that our great Nation gets back to the ideals of those folks..... God Bless them all!
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Originally Posted by Aron Nance
Read in the paper this morning that the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is disbanding - not many of them left, and passing on daily. They truly were the Greatest Generation, my Father among them. I can only hope, somehow, that our great Nation gets back to the ideals of those folks..... God Bless them all!
Agree with this 100% That generation made this county Great

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Once a month I eat Breakfast with a vet from Iwo Jima I just sit there in total awe!
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They truly were the Greatest Generation, my Father among them. I can only hope, somehow, that our great Nation gets back to the ideals of those folks..... God Bless them all!
+1 (but substitute "grandparents" [except in my wife's case - her father and my grandfather were the same age - can you say "Whoops!"?]).

Their times, their world view, and their mannerisms will always be inside me, because of all the stories they told me over the years, from the Depression, the War, and even the years after.
I have their wisdom to help guide me in my life, but I worry for the next generation.

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