Post #739447 by MadDogMike on Mon, Mar 16, 2015 1:25 PM

Is it wrong of me to want to know more about people like this? Who were they? What made them tick?

"Charles Bisol was the eighth child of a family of ten. He was born on August 18, 1924 in Leominster, Massachusetts.His parents were from Italy and spoke only Italian when they came to America. He attended a Catholic school which was run by French Nuns and he was basically taught French as the nuns pretty much spoke only French. As a child he was speaking three languages; Italian, French and English.During the Great Depression, he had a part time job at the age of ten to help his large family survive. Most times he was working and unable to go to school, like so many children during this horrible time.Charles worked until he was eighteen, which is when he was drafted into the U.S. Army as the United States of America had gone to war. He was sent to Europe where he fought in WWII driving a two and a half ton truck. He was wounded and survived The Battle of the Bulge and served his country for over two years.After the war, he married his beautiful wife, Jewel and had three wonderful children. He is now almost 90 years old and lives in Lake Park, Florida. A few years ago he was finally diagnosed with PTSD and is now recovering from it. He recently wrote this book to try to help others and Life is Good."

In 2008 he received the French Legion of Honor medal for his service to France during WWII. Wrote a book in 2014 entitled "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Begins with a Bang" He would now be 91 years old