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In reply to the discussion: Check in if your dad was in The Big One! [View all]benld74
(9,904 posts)41. my father was in New Guine during WwII, great grandfather fought for France in WWI
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My dad was army air corp too. All i recall was that he was an aircraft mechanic in Africa
geckosfeet
May 2013
#4
both parents, grandparents and just about everyone else who could hold a weapon or carry a message.
loli phabay
May 2013
#12
My father was in the Navy..and ISLANDS REALLY HAD TOPLESS MAIDENS WITH GRASS SKIRTS!
angstlessk
May 2013
#18
my father was in New Guine during WwII, great grandfather fought for France in WWI
benld74
May 2013
#41
My dad was a college graduate, and a second year dental student when the war broke out.
bmbmd
May 2013
#116
my dad was a Merchant Marine during WW2... He is buried in the veterans cemetery in
secondwind
May 2013
#67
My dad was in the old Army Air Corp and switched when they went to the Air Force.
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#85
Yesterday my 93 year old WWII vet dad told me this story about how he went around the world
wellstone dem
May 2013
#86
My dad was a MSgt airplane engine mechanic, who rode a Harley all over Europe in order to
patrice
May 2013
#90
not my Dad, but my Uncle was signalman on the ship that the Japanese signed the surrender on.
dionysus
May 2013
#97
My Dad served in the Army . . . The Philipines! An 18 year old who had never been away from North
Liberal In Red State
May 2013
#112
My father and his brother both tried to enlist. My father was too deaf to make it in, which
dimbear
May 2013
#142
My dad attained the rank of Captain in the Army, 3rd Armored Division under Patton
steve2470
May 2013
#167
My dad served in the US Air Force on a small base on some tiny island near Okinawa.
DCBob
May 2013
#172
My Dad was a WWII Navy Vet, served in South Pacific on USS Montrose -- Survived Kamikaze attacks
whathehell
May 2013
#173
Yup. He was a Marine Raider, 1st Marine Division first wave on Guadalcanal. Dropped out of HS
catbyte
May 2013
#186
The only thing my dad ever told me was that it "was hotter than hell in the jungle."
catbyte
May 2013
#195
My Dad is 93. A Marine in the Pacific - Saipan, Tinian, IeShima, Okinawa, Occupation Nagasaki
Zen Democrat
May 2013
#204