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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1192356" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Just found out today my grandma died last week at 98 years old.. Grampa passed away about 6 years ago. Being Swiss they weren't directly involved in the war, but they still were affected by the depression, and it's not like war was far away.</p><p></p><p>I knew one WW2 vet as a kid, he lived 2 doors down, "Parky" was the only name I ever knew him by.. had one stiff knee, always gave kids ice cream when they came to visit (certainly a good way to be popular with 7 year olds!), and drank a bottle of rye and a 6 pack every day. I don't know where he served.</p><p>The other vet in the area had served in North Africa, and was known as "Limey John" (John Garrett)... One day while sitting at the pub (where else) in this town of about 40 people, he noticed a fellow at the bar who kept looking at him. After a while the fellow came up to him and hugged him, and said "You took me as POW in North Africa and saved my life"!</p><p>That is one of the most fascinating 'Small world' stories I've ever heard</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1192356, member: 9096"] Just found out today my grandma died last week at 98 years old.. Grampa passed away about 6 years ago. Being Swiss they weren't directly involved in the war, but they still were affected by the depression, and it's not like war was far away. I knew one WW2 vet as a kid, he lived 2 doors down, "Parky" was the only name I ever knew him by.. had one stiff knee, always gave kids ice cream when they came to visit (certainly a good way to be popular with 7 year olds!), and drank a bottle of rye and a 6 pack every day. I don't know where he served. The other vet in the area had served in North Africa, and was known as "Limey John" (John Garrett)... One day while sitting at the pub (where else) in this town of about 40 people, he noticed a fellow at the bar who kept looking at him. After a while the fellow came up to him and hugged him, and said "You took me as POW in North Africa and saved my life"! That is one of the most fascinating 'Small world' stories I've ever heard [/QUOTE]
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