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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe  I didn't know that so many people, like myself, were even interested in the history of World War II. I could read and talk with you people on this topic forever; from the politics in Germany at the time, to the commanders and their battles and campaigns. | WWII has always fascinated me.
My mom was 15 when we entered the war, and both her brothers and her husband went off. Our family was lucky, of all my mom's cousins, brothers, uncles, etc, that went off to war, she only had 1 cousin that was injured.
My Uncle Jim was on Bataan, and walked the death march. Before the war, he was 5'10" and weighed 160, after the war, he could never get above 140 and was an alcoholic for the rest of his life.
I had another uncle that was on the USS Wasp when it sunk and survived. USS Wasp (CV-7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) |