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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
My uncle was off the coast of Japan when they dropped the Atomic Bomb and he verified that it was good thing as he mentioned that an invasion would cause countless lives.
One of the reasons I made a donation to wwiimemorialfriends.org is that my uncle and the Greatest Generation would be taught to the present and future generations. We should never forget what it takes to preserve freedom and our way of life.
WW eleven is a woeful excuse for a principle. I would think he was old enough to know history.
I belong to a veterans club where the members had a good time and loved to kid around with each other.. They had such a joy for life that I found very appealing. I guess after they went through, regular everyday problems seems to be miniscule. We had a lot of of good times and laughs.
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Were you in the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York?
They are also the guys who built the "huts" up in the Colorado Rockies, where they trained........which the younger crowd enjoys today for their "out of bounds skiing".......meaning NOT downhill. You really need avalanche training to go out of bounds, I would think..........
My retired WWII cousin was from Queens, New York but lives in Colorado now.