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MarineCombatEngineer

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6. I salute you for dealing with the stress of not knowing whether or not your father was coming home,

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 20, 2024, 05:26 PM

Jun 2024

I can't even imagine what that felt like.
Compared to what emotions you went through compared to mine, I think that you were more stressed out than I ever was.
Thank you for the kind words, they mean more to me than you'll ever know.

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The price of war is never paid by those responsible [View all] hueymahl Jun 2024 OP

Old men send young men to die. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #1

So true and we've seen it up close and personal. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2024 #4

Yep, starting when I was four years old. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #5

I salute you for dealing with the stress of not knowing whether or not your father was coming home, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2024 #6

For God's sake MCE. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #11

Thank you for the kind words. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2024 #13

I'll take sitting in a school quonset hut with guards and barbed wire Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #14

Putin is what happened to him and Ukrainians 🤬 Deuxcents Jun 2024 #2

And who is responsible for this Ukrainian soldier's suffering? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2024 #3

Thank You, MCE Cha Jun 2024 #8

FUCK GD Asshole Invader of Ukraine, Vlad Putin. Cha Jun 2024 #7

Oh wow Cha, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2024 #9

Mahalo, MCE 💙 Cha Jun 2024 #10

Reparations for WWII GreenWave Jun 2024 #12