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To: Rebelbase

118. He was the oldest man on his ship during WWII. Volunteered the night of Peral Harbor at the age of 40. Survived getting kamikazied and lived to be 92.


2 posted on 05/28/2019 7:27:02 AM PDT by dirtboy
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115...my dad is still living at 92


3 posted on 05/28/2019 7:28:28 AM PDT by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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118. He was the oldest man on his ship during WWII.

My paternal GF was 35 but and he enlisted 12-08-41. They called him 'old man' on his ship. He didn't live long after the war though. Died of lung cancer in 1959.

71 posted on 05/28/2019 8:58:17 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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