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Friday Reblog – Pacific Paratrooper
We all have blogs we read all the time and Pacific Paratrooper is one I always look forward to reading. Here’s the current post: June 1942 (3) gpcox covers a lot of ground on history of WWII in the Pacific … Continue reading
Day Trip – Castle Air Museum
It’s been sitting on the floor near my desk for several weeks – my father’s flag. When he died in 2001, the VA gave me his flag and we displayed it at his memorial service. Then we bought one of … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Castle Air Force Base, Castle Air Museum, WWII, WWII airplanes, WWII history
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The Memorial Day Post
My father served in WWII as a radar technician in the Army Coast Artillery Corps. He didn’t see combat and did nothing heroic. He spent three years siting on a rock in the Aleutian Islands polishing his radar set and … Continue reading
Posted in General, Writing
Tagged coast artillery corps, Father, Memorial day, WWII, WWII story
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The Memorial Day Post
On memorial day my thoughts always turn to my father. I am not going to claim he was a great man or a brave hero. He was just my father and taught me much about life. Tomorrow after breakfast I’ll … Continue reading