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re: Start Seeing Seniors (3 minute video)
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:07 pm to Will Cover
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:07 pm to Will Cover
Old people are awesome. I'd love to sit down with some WWII vets one day and hear their stories. I would be entranced..
Sadly, there aren't many of them left to listen to.
Sadly, there aren't many of them left to listen to.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 3:28 pm to CocomoLSU
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Sadly, there aren't many of them left to listen to.
I heard (not sure if true, probably can be verified with a quick search) that nearly 1000 WWII veterans die every day.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 4:00 pm to CocomoLSU
My GF was a later in life baby, and her dad was a naval officer in WWII. I've seen pictures of him in his dress whites, and others in his flight jacket on the deck of a carrier, and he was a
I looked up the war diary of his ship, and they saw some combat, but the thing that struck me was how tedius a lot of it was. Day after day where the only entry was "steaming on same course as before," or "anchored as before."
I looked up the war diary of his ship, and they saw some combat, but the thing that struck me was how tedius a lot of it was. Day after day where the only entry was "steaming on same course as before," or "anchored as before."
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