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In response to "wow. You mentioned your dad was a Navy vet. Was he deployed at the time? -- nm" by loosilu

yeah. he was....middle of 44 in the navy. -- nm

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Sep 2 '10, 18:30

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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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