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Post by illinoisfisherman on Jun 6, 2024 7:42:49 GMT -5
My dad lied about his age two months before his 17th birthday and was on a troop transport a day out of Guam when they dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima, after they deployed the next one on Nagasaki the transport turned around and made way back to Hawaii. Often wonder what it would be like to be in his position at that age. Most 17 year old adolescents in this day and age won't even cut the grass. My dad signed up when he was 16. They waited until he graduated high school. They were all very patriotic.
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Post by conchydong on Jun 6, 2024 7:47:53 GMT -5
It's one of the few important dates that I can remember each year thanks to a Jr. High teacher. He would use the phrase "66 44" and tell us to remember that as the date of the Normandy invasion. I still sometimes have to dig up my wedding certificate to remember bow long I've been married so I know what year's anniversary it is.
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