[Alberta's Child]

Actually, I got much of my World War II history on the lap of an old relative who served in the South Pacific.

[txroadkill]

Actually, I got much of my World War II history on the lap of an old relative who served in the South Pacific.

So did I, both my grandfathers, and 4 uncles. One of my Grandfathers served in both Europe and in the Pacific and was present at D-Day and Iwo Jima on board a Navy Destroyer. The difference between you and me is that it sparked enough curiosity to study the war so that I could put what they told me into context and understand what they felt and why they fought.

[Zhang Fei]

Actually, I got much of my World War II history on the lap of an old relative who served in the South Pacific.

If the US had not dropped the atomic bombs on Japan, and an invasion of mainland Japan had occurred, you might have gotten your WWII history from somebody else's lap.