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Old 05-24-2013, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by whell View Post
I always think of my dad this time of year, more often than I usually do. He was just a 19 year old kid when he saw his first firefight, and took incoming enemy fire, in the Pacific during WWII in the Navy. I'm sure he was scared shitless, but he hung in there because he knew it was the right thing to do.
Mine, too. He was in the 10th Armored, 3rd Army. (Gen. Patton commanding)

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