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calimary

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22. Thank you, my dear Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #16)

Mon May 29, 2017, 06:18 PM

May 2017

It felt mighty good to this gun-resister. I've often marveled at the irony - that BOTH of 'em served during WW2, active service and NOT safe desk jobs back on the home front, and yet neither one did any killing. How 'bout that.

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For Memorial Day: My dad's tombstone. [View all] panader0 May 2017 OP

Thank You & Yours furtheradu May 2017 #1

Thank you. CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #2

Your dad is a hero GitRDun May 2017 #3

50 bombing missions, 25 from England, 25 in North Africa. panader0 May 2017 #4

My father in law flew bombers (I believe B17's) out of England GitRDun May 2017 #5

Nice tombstone. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #6

My father is in Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island, later joined by my mother. George II May 2017 #7

Where on Long Island? n/t Thanks. busterbrown May 2017 #19

Near Brookhaven on the north shore. George II May 2017 #23

Thanks for posting this, panader0 Ptah May 2017 #8

He's nearby in the cemetary on Ft Huachuca. (Az) panader0 May 2017 #11

I have my father's triangle wooden flag case. Ptah May 2017 #12

That was a very tough gig in New Guinea and the Solomons. panader0 May 2017 #14

Thank you for sharing this with us luvMIdog May 2017 #9

Thank you for posting flibbitygiblets May 2017 #10

Thank you for posting... Ilsa May 2017 #13

My father stunned me one random day calimary May 2017 #15

And you should be proud, my dear calimary... CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #16

Thank you, my dear Peggy! calimary May 2017 #22

RIP Alt-Orange May 2017 #17

Thank you volstork May 2017 #18

Lasting peace to you, Lt. Col. Baker. democrank May 2017 #20

My dad is buried in the Veteran's Cemetery in Bushnell, FL. Merchant Marine, WWII secondwind May 2017 #21

.... shenmue May 2017 #24

Wow. A pilot. "Never have so many, owed so much, to so few" applegrove May 2017 #25

My dad was also Air Force Lt. Col LeftInTX May 2017 #26