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tblue37

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8. My father was a 19-year-old airman at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 04:30 PM

Apr 2016

He died in 1992, at age 71. The previous autumn he had made a trip to visit the last living members of his WWII squadron, and then made an long road trip to visit all 6 of his kids in the many different states we had settled in.

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Brave men! K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2016 #1

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Rest in Peace, shipmate. keithbvadu2 Apr 2016 #5

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It's fascinating that this.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2016 #7

My father was a 19-year-old airman at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. tblue37 Apr 2016 #8

How brave he had to be at such a young age! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #9

K&R! What a remarkable life he lived, we must always remember... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #10

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