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2010-05-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Mike 2010-05-07 06:43|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 V-E Day was a bittersweet one for GIs in Europe (my father among them) who knew they would be transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations, to take part in the invasion of the Japanese home islands.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-07 07:15|| 2010-05-07 07:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Dad and his buddies on Okinawa were pretty bitter about everyone going apesh*t in the states over at V-E day. There was still a lot of dying going on over there on the island.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-05-07 23:48|| 2010-05-07 23:48|| Front Page Top

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