Ron Goldstein 1923 - 2021

Discussion in 'Veteran Accounts' started by bexley84, May 30, 2021.

  1. sanchez

    sanchez Patron Patron

    :poppy: RIP RON :poppy:
     
  2. Philip Reinders

    Philip Reinders Very Senior Member

  3. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    Just came across this bit of sad news. When I first came to the Talk we PM'd back and forth on several issues occasionally. He was always gracious enough to explain things in a understandable and educating way as to not make me feel ignorant of the subject matter (I was seriously lacking in knowing things WW2 British/Commonwealth oriented a great deal back then). He always set me straight. Tough to know that he is gone. He's still here in spirit though.
     
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  4. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Strange to note a year has passed.
    The place has changed without him.

    Raising a glass.
    ~A
     
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  5. Just dipping back into the forum after several years absence (I couldn't remember my login details so had to re-register!) and was saddened to read of the passing of Ron Goldstein. He helped me with several enquiries I had regarding my Dad's service in the 11th Field Ambulance, 78th Divn. As others have said, he did indeed have that gentle patient touch in dealing with questions from folk who have zero knowledge of military matters.

    Later this month I will be undertaking the final leg of my journey following the last steps the 11th Field Amb took when they crossed from Italy into Austria. (This is one of the few things left on my bucket list). I have already done the journey from Taranto to Udine back in 2013.

    My Dad hardly ever talked about the war and there are so many things I now wished that I had asked him. After he died I discovered that he had kept a lot of memorabelia from his army days including postcards from Austria (with written commentaries on the back), various photos of his unit and lots of miscellaneous stuff like German propaganda leaflets, army kit bag with his service number, service records etc.

    I'm putting together a bit of a biography of his life for my grandchildren who never knew him and although his time in the army represents just a small fraction of his lifetime, it had an enormous impact on his future, indeed life changing.
     
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  6. Jeffrey0830

    Jeffrey0830 Member

    RIP Ron:poppy:
     
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  7. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    RIP Ron.
     
  8. Just received a reminder tonight that there were some new posts in this thread. Conscious that I never reported back on my visit to northern Italy and Austria. Far too much to write everything down here but just to say that I had a wonderful and nostalgic trip. Most of the time was spent travelling from Kötschach to Villach and all points in between, with a few touristy excursions like the Grossglockner glacier. I guess the highlight was finding the school in Kötschach where my dad was stationed and viewing it from the exact same spot on the mountainside which he had highlighted in a picture postcard he sent to my mother. He would never have imagined that one day his son and daughter (my sister joined me for a few days as she and her husband were doing a grand European tour) would be walking the same area nearly 80 years later!

    Unlike my experience in Italy it appears there is very little remembrance of WW2 in Austria but lots of WW1 stuff. A case of not wanting to remember I guess.
     
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  9. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Two years gone.
    Still missed.
    ~A
     
  10. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

    Another one of my heroes.
    RIP Ron
    Stefan.
     
  11. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Hands up who still thinks of Ron a surprising amount.
    Any mention of Italy, Stukas, tech-savvy older people, even bishops and certain other arguments etc.; and his laid-back 'decency' springs to mind.
    That thing he always said about not being forgotten until people stop speaking of you...

    A solid wake left behind, still rocking the boat in the gentlest of manners.
     
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  12. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

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  13. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    Ehre seinem Andenken!
     
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  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Honeys
     
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  15. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Especially the turretless ones.
     
  16. bexley84

    bexley84 Well-Known Member

    Walked past the pub yesterday where Ron bought me lunch after visiting the Field of Remembrance in November 2016… I did pause to reflect on his friendship and the fact that he might have bumped into my Dad near Argenta in April 1945.


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  17. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

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