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To: Frank_Discussion

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My parents were 2 and 6 when Pearl Harbor was attacked. My grandparents did all they could, but they were too old to enlist--worked in shipyards in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and on air bases in New Mexico.


77 posted on 12/07/2004 10:05:56 AM PST by Betis70 (I'm only Left Wing when I play hockey)
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That was a big difference of that war compared to today. Every citizen was involved in the war effort. No one was exempt.


78 posted on 12/07/2004 10:09:34 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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