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A while ago when I was younger he actually died he was kind of old but, he died of valley fever which he got from the camp. Bro.spring talked a little about the 4424 regiment which one of my grandpas brothers was apart of he got a purple heart for being wounded and another metal for some kind of act of bravery. I really enjoyed the talk today because it is apart of my family’s history and its nice to learn things that people of my family that passed on cant retell but others can. My grandfather is still alive and he still reminds me how fortunate we are to live today because those times during the war were vey tough him being a grad of saint Louis class of 53”. Wow! hat grat series! Thanks for shoreng. Are odose lar femilys pistes? Man T shart ths with Br Tor;a= Guest Speaker Reflection First and foremost, I really enjoyed listening to Brother. He was very enthusiastic and had many experiences to share with us. For someone who is 80+ years old, he was very energetic and had an amazi ig memory. Some people questioned whether he was making things up or telling the truth, but I knew he was telling the truth. You could just tell by the smile on his face, and how all his memories seemed to come back to him as he spoke, He could have gone on for much longer but the class period was too short. It would’ ve been fun listening to some of his other experiences. I think most of us felt a connection to Brother because he was a 1951 graduate of Saint Louis School. It doesn’t matter how old he is. Because he graduated from Saint Louis, he is a fellow brother of ours. One thing that was cool about his talk was that he ‘was telling his experiences from the view of an eight-year-old boy, rather than a soldier on the front line. Because of this, we were able to experience World War II through an innocent little boy’s perspective. Of course Brother discussed key facts and dates, but he also made it interesting with some funny/cool facts. One funny fact was that Brother started smoking at the age of eight, and quit by the age of ten, It was even funnier when he mentioned that he didn’t do drugs because there was no pacalolo. One thing that I found very interesting is how everyone was required to have their gas mas with them at all times, Brother couldn’t use a proper gas mask because he couldn't find one that fit his head. Instead, he had to use awet cloth to breathe through. Another cool thing that Brother talked about is how his family would take in soldiers and take care of them. His mom even managed to get over 2,000 signatures in her booklet of people that she helped. It was also cool to hear that the buildings at Saint Louis used to be all connected by metal walkways.