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Originally Posted by afterhours
my wife's grandpa was on omaha...and came home. that WAS the greatest generation imho. my dad and uncles were in the pacific theater..
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My grandfather was on Guadalcanal as a Seabee.
Makes me feel guilty that I blew off SSgt. Jerry Jones USMC for two years. Never joined. (How can you forget that name?)
The Greatest Generation. Ever.
Period.
When my grandfather went overseas he was 170 pounds. Came back less than 100.
(This is one of the great stories my grandmother has. She's still around; 94; die-hard Sox fan)
They had two choices before he went.
Football game;Holy Cross V. BC or a club.
They went to the game. The club was the Coconut Grove.
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1942-1943?