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Thank you Aqua and thanks for the info on your family. Do you have a pix of your dad & maybe do a little write up about him? I am hoping FReepers will feel excited about being able to share about their special WW2 people with stories & pix.

I wish I knew more about my dad's WW2 experiences. Like many men of the era, they didn't relish talking about the actual battle/war related stories..

Gratefully some have & we do have good records,

I am going to put together a tribute to my dad w/ pix hopefully sometime today or tomorrow for this thread & for "the record".

An aside, we share an interest in jewels, cabs, geodes etc.. and we all know that "diamonds are a girl's best friend".. Did you see the movie Blood Diamond? VERY graphic movie/violence but a story that needs to be out there.

My friend Mark used to invest heavily in diamonds before he was aware of the situation in early 90s.. He saw the movie on my recommendation & said also it made a powerful impression on him

Yes, I guess, one could say it is an "agenda" movie, but to a degree they all are.

Thank you Aqua and thanks for the info on your family. Do you have a pix of your dad & maybe do a little write up about him?

His picture is in the Military Monday collage. I've talked about it here so most everyone already knows that he was stationed at different ports along the east coast, worked in the gunnery and not involved in any fighting. He did meet my mother while stationed in Jacksonville, Florida.

Did you see the movie Blood Diamond? VERY graphic movie/violence but a story that needs to be out there.

Yes, I did see it and as you say it was very violent. It probably was an agenda movie but did not make me feel responsible for they're sorry behavior.