Neat story I'm sure! God Bless your dad.
My grandmother passed away last month, and when we were cleaning out her house, I discovered a journal she had kept from 1942-1947, when she was a young girl. It was neat. The first entry began "We are at war with Japan..." and then a footnote added "Manila fell at 1:00 a.m." It was cool and eerie at the same time. Another of my favories...May 7, 1945: "The war is over in Europe! But we still have the Japs to fight and whoop."
Priceless.
Damn, but I love that kind of stuff.