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be here now
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: somewhere. not here.
Posts: 2,544
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Greatest Generation in so many ways.
I've said many times that I'm amazed that I'm even here and amazed that my Dad made it through WWII.
He flew a TBF Avenger (torpedo bomber) and was taking off on a mission from the USS Wake Island when about halfway down the flight deck lost power. His plane went down right in the path of the Wake Island coming full speed ahead. Six months later his new plane was shot down.
He hardly ever talked about anything that happened back then but I have his locker with everything....flight books, medals, uniform, goggles, boots, etc. A total time capsule from 1945!
We have no kids to at some point pass all these things on. I've talked to a couple air museums about donating everything and was told that his things would not be on display but would be stacked up with other lockers in the warehouse. It sounds like museums are being inundated with similar donations as the WWII Veterans pass on.
My Dad
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Rob....
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