I have done a few models for friends whom I've looked up to and tried to create a model or dio of what they did in the service.
One was the man responsible for getting me to join the Marine Corps. He was a purple heart recipiant and a survivor of the Chosin Resivoir in Korea. I sat and listened to him talk and created a dio to show his family that didn't really know just what it was like for him in the war. It brought tears to his eyes when he saw it and he took it to many Marine Corps League and Chosin Few functions. After losing his battle with ALS it still sits on his mantle for friends and family to remember him by.
The other one was my own grandfather. Confined to a hospital bed and very slowed down mentally by a series of strokes, he immediately and loudly proclaimed "My Ship!!!" when I presented him with a waterline of his LST from WWII this Christmas (Special thanks to all on Model Shipwrights! Without your advice I couldn't have done it!) We all cried...
So to the point. What about a campaign where we build whatever, whatever scale, whatever subject so long as it incorporates someone we know who served in the military in any timeframe as long as they are still alive and present it to them as a show of our thanks, and respect.
In my mind the point is to first thank them for thier sacrifice, but to also learn and appreciate what they actually did in the service. What it was like for them on a day to day basis? What are the things they most remembered?
I don't know what do you think?
Hellbent
