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Issue 19.12 Every male human remembers when it happens or looks forward to the experience that caused him to realize that he was no longer a boy but was in fact a man. There are many different types of happenings that could trigger that feeling. To some it is a graduation,a physical [...] Issue 18.12 I recently wrote to an old high school buddy of mine who was a World War 2 submariner. He now lives in the house in my old neighborhood that he grew up in. With the help of a Conscientious mail person,I got a letter to him. He told me that [...] Issue 17.12 I enjoy writing these short articles about my and others experiences of World War II and one of my benefits are the phone calls received from all over this nation. I received a phone call from Paul Robson who lives at Broken Bow,Nebraska. His cousin who lives in Cedar City [...] Issue 16.12 As World War II was ending and about fifteen million people were awaiting their turn to get out of uniform and into civilian clothes again,there was a certain amount of marking time. Separation from the service was awarded on a point system with the highest number of points getting out [...] Issue 15.12 I think this incident happened about November 1944 when 1picked up a copy of the European Theatre,American serviceman’s weekly newspaper,“The Stars and Stripes”and read the following described article. The reporter interviewed an American ground forces general. (I wish 1could remember which general) but never the less 1can never [...] Issue 14.12 Even though I have an 801 phone number,I do live in Hurricane. I get quite a few phone calls,mostly from Utah but also from other states. I recently received a call from Dan Worthington,an ex Air Force person who told me some new things concerning my “First Girl [...] Issue 13.12 After taking off in the late evening from Goose Bay,Labrador,in our B-17 on our way to Reykjavik,Iceland to join the war,we encountered cloud coverage. A5navigator I needed to see the stars in order to get a celestial fix with my sextant. I called Joe,our pilot,on [...] Issue 12.12 We spent Christmas with our daughter and her family of all boys. Santa brought some of them state of the art video games,which in turn they played all of the waking hours. When I saw these games being played,most violent,it caused my memory to drift back to my [...] Issue 11.12 When a flyer has finished his training and is ready to fly his first wartime combat mission,he seems to suddenly have in his possession,two suitcases;one is full and one is empty. One is labeled “luck” and the other labeled “number of missions to fly”. The number on my [...] Issue 10.12 I was recently speaking with my brother-in-law about my writing short articles about WW2. I asked him many questions about his experiences in that war and he opened up to me. Many times in the past we flew a few hanger missions together or took care of some engineering problems. He [...] |    | |||||
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