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My father was in Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Ray 81 years ago . .
US lost 2500+ persons that day .
I can only remember 1 time growing up that he spoke about it .

Thanks to your father and all the others that served to keep the USA free.
Terry

Amen to that.

mtblah wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:16 pmI can only remember 1 time growing up that he spoke about it .

Most of those guys didn't talk about their experiences openly. You were lucky if they gave you more than a one sentence answer when queried. My grandfather was in WWII and Korea. He never said a word about it. I wish now that I had attempted to interview him. I was young tho, with young people priorities.

I agree Paul my father was in the Korean war and never talks about it to this day, he's 94.

Dad gave me nuggets of information through the years, mostly when he got older. Quite interesting tidbits. There is one verteran here in town that went through the war years. He's 98 I think. The veterans have a decent memorial and museum here.

My brother served in the 2nd World War and upon his safe return
he never wanted anything to do with any reunions Etc. Said he saw too much
and did not want to be reminded. He was a gunner in a tank.

Joe , your right , those guys saw way toooo much "stuff " , things no one should ever see , it will stick in your mind forever .

I'm reading a book titled Patton's Panthers. About the 761st Tank Battalion. It was a Black Battalion. Some of the story's about the fighting pretty gruesome. They called the Sherman tank a Sears and Roebuck Coffin. It would start burning in a short order.