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nitpicked

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8. I was so young they hid the newspapers from me

Reply to MrWowWow (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:35 AM

Nov 2024

This was in England.

They let me watch the funeral for Churchill.

When I got taken out to Runnymede later that year, it was "memorial to a past president".

Only when I got to the states did I understand the trauma.

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I was too young to be aware etc. Meowmee Nov 2024 #4

I was 19 and home on leave after 1 year in Japan. Ping Tung Nov 2024 #5

;-( elleng Nov 2024 #6

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I was so young they hid the newspapers from me nitpicked Nov 2024 #8

The memories of that terrible Friday afternoon are seared into my memory. John1956PA Nov 2024 #9

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I was a junior in high school... GiqueCee Nov 2024 #13

I had just turned 13 five days before PlanetBev Nov 2024 #14