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In reply to the discussion: I could really use a hug... My Dad died a number of years ago..He was regular army in WW2 [View all]chowder66
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I could really use a hug... My Dad died a number of years ago..He was regular army in WW2 [View all]
Peacetrain
Sep 2020
OP
Gulf.. Dad really on only started talking about his experiences the last couple of years of his life
Peacetrain
Sep 2020
#36
Trump is the loser...I was a military brat myself...name. My entire family served...
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#8
My Dad was the same...thought he went into the Navy because it was safer...than at the end of his
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#45
The enemy figured out if you take out the medic in a unit wounded soldiers can be patched up.....
usaf-vet
Sep 2020
#68
You know, I would just love to sit down and have a cup of coffee with him one more time
Peacetrain
Sep 2020
#23
Your beloved Dad is the true hero! Please do not allow that POS in the people's house
cornball 24
Sep 2020
#28
Dad was a hero to us.. but in the larger scheme of things he was just like a million other men
Peacetrain
Sep 2020
#33
My Father and Uncle served in WW2 also. But mine died in the 1970s from being exposed to the
demigoddess
Sep 2020
#46
Sending hugs, Peacetrain. My dad, uncles and brothers all served (WWII, Korea, Vietnam). They
highplainsdem
Sep 2020
#52