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Originally Posted by Les Paul
My father in law was 17 when he joined the navy in ww2 and was in on the last 3 major invasions in the Pacific. He started going to reunions of his old shipmates probably 15 years ago. They would have them every year spread across America. The first one had over 200 people attending. There are only 16 left and this year was the last one and he didn't go because his wife can't get around anymore. Kind of sad. He lived to go to those things. My wife told him she would go with him but he declined. It was only after he started going to the reunions that he would talk about what he saw.
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Same story with my dad, but he passed in 93
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Not to be too cynical, but how old was that parking lot attendant? He would have to be around 80 or so to have been in WWII.
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My father would have been 80 this year if he was still alive.