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braddy

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12. His ship was later at Operation Dragoon, fighting Germans, I thought about that when I was

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #11)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 12:29 PM

Oct 2019

parachuting out of Luftwaffe C-160s earning my German wings, also the time when I was touring an active duty Japanese destroyer. Life, war, the times, nations, alliances, sometimes it is weird stuff.

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78 Years Ago Today; Destroyer USS Reuben James sunk by U-Boat; 1st US Navy ship sunk in WW2 [View all] Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP

I was going to post the Guthrie tune panader0 Oct 2019 #1

I think more people remember the tune than the actual incident Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #2

Those who lived learning about it and never forgot have been Hortensis Oct 2019 #3

That's a point of sadness for me. Everyone of my parent's generation are dying or already dead Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #4

Yes, ours from before WWII also. What they saw and lived through! Hortensis Oct 2019 #5

Great Churchill quote! Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #6

That isn't how vets and the military vote, it seems to be the opposite. braddy Oct 2019 #8

Maybe those inclined to political silliness whose world Hortensis Oct 2019 #13

My dad's ship was reported sunk by the Japanese about 3.5 months later. braddy Oct 2019 #7

What ship was he on? Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #9

The Marblehead, FDR later mentioned it in one of his fireside chats. braddy Oct 2019 #10

Ah! Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #11

His ship was later at Operation Dragoon, fighting Germans, I thought about that when I was braddy Oct 2019 #12