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To: ColdOne
thank you for sharing.
my uncle landed at Normandy D-Day +1 (June 7) and was killed somewhere outside St. Lo on July 28, 1944. Will never forget. And I honor my brave father who passed less than a month ago at age 90. He wanted to go fight after his older brother was killed, but was colorblind. He failed the eye test in every major branch of the military. He finally found and memorized the eye test, making it into the Merchant Marines. He was a radio operator on the SS Laurel Hill in the Pacific Arena. He was always ashamed of his service because he wasn't a soldier. When I learned of what he did, he became a hero to me. <3
2 posted on 06/06/2017 11:26:13 AM PDT by GOP_Thug_Mom (Iibera nos a malo)
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To: GOP_Thug_Mom

Your father is a hero, let no one tell you otherwise.


3 posted on 06/06/2017 11:33:31 AM PDT by exnavy (long live the .45 colt, the original handgun cartridge.)
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To: GOP_Thug_Mom

;)


4 posted on 06/06/2017 11:35:38 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: GOP_Thug_Mom

Wow. Your dad was a hero. How proud you must be.


6 posted on 06/06/2017 11:44:23 AM PDT by FES0844 (G)
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To: GOP_Thug_Mom
You father was a hero...took a lot of brass to ride a lightly armed
merchantman in the Pacific with Nip Subs looking for them.
13 posted on 06/06/2017 1:28:59 PM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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