inyati13
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They are almost gone. My sister put this on her timeline this week. She has all the family pictures. I don't hold on to the past like some folks do so I don't get interested in old pictures. I was caught by this one. Would have been about 1942 when dad enlisted in the Army. Dad went down one day and signed up. Grandma got so upset that her baby (youngest of 9 children) had joined the war that she had a "spell" that night. Uncle Joe was not going to let dad go alone, so the next day he went down and enlisted. Joe had a tough tour of duty. Was left on one of the islands of the pacific and was lucky to come home.
Dad served 3 and a half years. He never left the mainland due to bad behavior (that is not a joke, he struck a superior officer).
Dad served 3 and a half years. He never left the mainland due to bad behavior (that is not a joke, he struck a superior officer).