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In response to "sitwap: 65 years ago today World War 2 officially ended with Japan's surrender. -- nm" by Remlik

wow. You mentioned your dad was a Navy vet. Was he deployed at the time? -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Sep 2 '10, 18:30

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Meg was telling me about how her Mom lived through the bombing of Britain. - I'm Bacon Sep 2, 18:31 1
- The area where I lived in London took a great many hits, apparently. It's shocking and amazing what they went through. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 18:34
yeah. he was....middle of 44 in the navy. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 18:30 17
- Wow. I'm older than you, but my dad was just getting out of basic training (Marines) when the war ended. -- nm - mara Sep 2, 18:43 1
  - well my brothers are 53 and 55. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 18:52
- It's very possible that you are here because we dropped those 2 nukes. - I'm Bacon Sep 2, 18:37 6
  - and we'd all be speaking Japanese! OK, I am a dumb science major. What was Japan's ultimate objective in WW2? - loosilu Sep 2, 18:43 4
    - This gives a good summary. -- (link) - mara Sep 2, 18:46 1
      - thank you. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 18:47
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    - control of the Pacific. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 18:44
  - same with Gerald Ford being President. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 18:38
- also, psssttt ... surrender was in 45. ;) -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 18:34 3
  - he went into the navy in 1944. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 18:35 2
    - gotcha. was he enlisted? -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 18:41 1
      - I don't remember. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 18:53
- where was he stationed? -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 18:33 3
  - on a destroyer escort as an engineer. His ship was glanced hit by a kamikazee plane & he kept a piece of it... - Remlik Sep 2, 18:34 2
    - really? just a chunk of metal? -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 18:40 1
      - all the guys got a piece I believe. -- nm - Remlik Sep 2, 18:54

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