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re: The latest National Geographic Magazine cover is very sad; the story is worth a read
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:08 pm to The Boat
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:08 pm to The Boat
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Any indigenous tits in the article?
Indigenous tits from dad's National Geographic got me in trouble in 4th grade with the nuns. I took it to noon recess and one of my classmates eyes popped out of his head so a nun spotted him, then me with the magazine.
Mom was pissed, dad not so much.
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Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:10 pm to mark65mc
My Grandpa is 94
I love hearing stories about him growing up
He doesn’t talk about the war much
I love hearing stories about him growing up
He doesn’t talk about the war much
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:28 pm to GetCocky11
This issue was much more powerful.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:29 pm to GetCocky11
In 70 years there’ll be a magazine celebrating the veterans of the antifa war against fascism fought in the streets of Portland.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:31 pm to mark65mc
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My wife’s grandfather, who was a medic in the Pacific theater during WW2, is still with us. He is a great man. I am glad that my kids are getting to spend quality time with him.
That’s awesome. Hope you and the kids make the most of the visits y’all have with him.
My grandfather who passed way 20 years ago served in the Southern Pacific as well.
He rarely talked about the war. He would talk every so often how beautiful some of those islands were but never went into detail about combat. I did hear him say on several occasions “those GD japs were evil little, ruthless.”
The men who served in the South Pacific weren’t talked about as much, nor the battles because most focus was on the European front. Over the last 30 years more information in detail has came out about SP Front. A lot of it may have to do with how secluded things were in the South Pacific.
It is a somber feeling knowing that generation is almost entirely gone. Those dudes were legit.
Posted on 5/28/20 at 2:22 pm to LSUJML
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He doesn’t talk about the war much
He's told my wife and I a few things. He did get a medal for saving someone's life. He won't go in to much detail. We did convince him to go to the WW2 Museum and he was honored and humbled by how the welcomed him and treated him as a VIP.
He fought in the Philippines.
Most of the stories he tells are about camp life. As the medic, he had a steady supply of grain alcohol for sterilization and the chaplain, who was an officer, had a supply of sacramental wine. On the chaplain's suggestion, they traded bc the chaplain tired of the wine. They would then mix their powdered grapefruit juice into the grain alcohol and have salty dogs.
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