[Osage Orange]

My pop....was in the USMC. He recalled to me once...about talking to another Marine, who happened to be a mormon..while crossing the Pacific during WWII in a ship headed for some island.

Don't know why the conversation came up...it was many, many years ago.

[Chainmail]

Now if that was Mitt’s Dad on his way to Iwo, I would be very impressed but I suspect it wasn’t.. Nonetheless, I am proud of your Dad and his Mormon fellow Marine and if they are still with us, please pass my warmest salute and Semper Fidelis to them.

[ansel12]

The massive draft and service of WWII created a level of unusual diversity.

The Marines, Navy, and Coast Guard drafted 1,730,000, 93% of the Army of WWII was draftees.