Happy 4th of July - Price of Freedom

Hi, Everyone, wishing my best to you for a fun and relaxing 4th of July.
This post was inspired by a very inspiring young lady and one of my favorite bloggers, Sara that reminded me to reflect on the personal sacrifices made for our freedom including the death of her Grandfather in World War II and buried in the American Military Cemetery in France.
I would like to honor my Uncle Buddy, age 83 y/o who served in World War II in the First Army, Infantry, as a gunner on a army tank in Europe. He liberated the death camps, Dachau and Treblinka in Eastern Europe. He talked about how you could smell the camps from miles away. He earned a purple heart in Normandie when he was injured with schrapnel. When he was recovering, he said he couldn't wait to get back to his battalion. The tank he served most of his tour was blown up with no survivors one day after he was reassigned to another tank. My uncle wrote down his stories (75 plus pages worth) of his experiences about 10 years ago. It took him decades to share with us.
I'm privileged to know him and Thank him and all of our veterans from too many wars and battles on lands both far and near, Thank you, God Bless, and God Speed Home to your loved ones.