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To: Gaffer

“I remember as a very young toddler getting packages from my dad in someplace called Aniwetok”

You might mean Eniwetok. Major Marine battle there and Kwajalein. Feb ‘44 I believe.


22 posted on 08/06/2010 8:47:17 AM PDT by Holen1
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To: Holen1

Also very near the site of some pretty serious H-bomb testing after the war.


28 posted on 08/06/2010 4:51:09 PM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: Holen1

BTW, I’ve been to Kwaj twice...there and Roi Namur also...went touring around some of the remaining bunkers there. They really got blasted.


29 posted on 08/06/2010 4:52:44 PM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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