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My dad was in the navy in ww2 and fought against the Japanese on a destroyer escort.

He absolutely hated them. But over time, he mellowed. He was a ford guy too, but his last car was a Subaru.

I said they actually made the planes in ww2. He shrugged. He didn’t care anymore.

He had let go, I think.

(Plus he did give me a love for Godzilla movies… somehow they were on the table)


Very few people carry a resentment like Dr. Tyler.
 
Ot does... my mom has macula degeneration and her brain is slowing down a bit.. I love love love her and she asked me to drive her to Minnesota to visit her remaining siblings and to see her patents Graves etc...... I feel like we r on a farewell tour....... we are going in may


You may be. Please help her to make the most of it.
 
One of my dad’s friends left his left arm on Iwo Jima. When the 50th anniversary of the battle was coming up, the VFW reached out to him to see if he’d be interested in going back for the commemoration. His quote…”I ain’t going back over there and shaking their hands. Those bastards tried to kill me!”



I knew a guy - dead now - who turned 19 on Iwo. I think I told his story here a few (hundred) pages back.


They took on a shitty job and faced it head on and got it done.
 
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