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Aug 26, 2021
He's in the Navy now, not behind a plow!
This picture was taken in 1946 (spring I think) at the home of my uncle John and aunt Cecil's home in Gardner, Ill. I was in the navy...
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Sep 26, 2019
Navy Pier
At the end of the three months in Gulfport I was transferred back to Chicago Navy Pier. Training there concerned the specific devices...
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Sep 26, 2019
Great Lakes Navy Center
My military career was centered on a program set up by a Captain Eddy to train young novices in electronics. I think my brother had heard...
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Sep 26, 2019
VJ Day!
I recall several important events of the war but few details. Across the Pacific, battles at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guam Iwo Jima, Midway,...
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Sep 26, 2019
Walter Vest, Dunbar Dickey
Over the period from 1942 until 1945 many casualties and deaths occurred and it was traumatic to hear of people you knew being lost in...
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Sep 26, 2019
Victory Speed Limit!
At the beginning of 1943 my family moved to Florida for three months. We drove a bit over thirty five miles per hour and made it in three...
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Sep 26, 2019
Jeepers, Creepers, Where'd you get those Sneekers!
Very quickly in 1942, rationing of food, gasoline, tires, shoes and other consumer products became prevalent. Local rationing boards were...
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Sep 26, 2019
Remember Pearl Harbor!
Pearl Harbor changed everything very quickly and dramatically. I recall listening to the radio the day it was announced and rushing to...
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Sep 26, 2019
Aunt Ann Gets out of Dodge!
The first event to attract family attention was the invasion of Holland/Belgium in 1940. Ann Meyers (an aunt of my mother) and her family...
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Sep 26, 2019
Jesse Owens
As a typical teenager, I do not recall paying much attention to what was going on in world events. Most folks during this period had not...
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Sep 26, 2019
Reel News
Today on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, I was reminded of several requests that I have had with regard to the war and my...
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