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The Bing page has a very nice tribute today. Unfortunately, it isn’t available for download.
The late Igor went to the recruiting station on Monday, December 8, 1941, and wanted to enlist in the navy. He didn’t pass the minimum weight requirements, so he ran down the street to the grocery store, bought three pounds of bananas, ate them and went back to the recruiting station. The recruiter said that anyone who would eat three pounds of bananas to get into the navy should be able to do so, and signed him up.
My great-uncle Howard joined the Army two days after Pearl Harbor, having gotten married to Miss Norma on December 6.
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