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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:13 AM Original message |
We're in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month right now. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. My grandpa was a captain in the war, |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. My Uncle John died at Guadalcanal. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I have a friend whose dad was on the Murmansk runs. Yes, he lost a ship |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. My Uncle John and his flying cat. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What a joy to find something like this. Thanks for sharing the 'human' side of the war. nt |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Should have been called ' Arms is us ' day ,a big jump toward NWO |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. K & R |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R - nt |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. My grandfather was a messenger..rode a motorcycle |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Did you see the obituaries for Adm. Morrisson? They were interesting. nt |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No I didn't...where are they? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He got some detailed ones that discussed his relationship with Jim. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It was a strained relationship because of a criticism of Morrison's musical. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. "The War to End All Wars". If only it had been true. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. For that reason, my grandfather cried when my uncle joined the USN after Pearl Harbor. nt |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Technically, you may have been about six hours late |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. One grandfather was an army engineer; went into Germany. The other was a marine, fought at Tarawa. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Tarawa, and the fighting in the Pacific was a mindfuck. Exposed on the beach, flamethrowers, etc. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yeah. He went through hell; suffered a lot of guilt because his buddies died and he didn't. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oh, dear. At least the military recognized 'survivor's guilt' a long time ago. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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