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In reply to the discussion: Check in if your dad was in The Big One! [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)My Dad joined the Marines on Dec. 8th, 1941,
and fought his way across the Pacific with the 1st Marines.
He came out of WW2 as a Captain,
and later retired from the Reserve as a Lt Colonel.
My MOTHER joined the Women's Army Corp (WACs) in 1942,
achieved the rank of Captain,
and served throughout the war.
My mother taught us (myself and two BOOMER brothers) Close Order Drill
and the Manual of Arms when we were very young.
I'm very proud of both of my parents,
and inherited my Liberalism from them.
In our house, in the Dining Room, in a prominent place,
was a portrait of FDR,
that was later joined with the official portrait of JFK.
Thank You for this thread,
and thanks to the Greatest Generation,
and thanks for the Wealthiest, Largest, and most upwardly mobile Working Class
the World had ever seen
that they built following the policies of FDR!