Friday, August 7, 2009

A little family history...

My grandfather was in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He made several long-range patrols of the major shipping lanes, and was known and feared far and wide.

Photograph of my grandfather, on patrol in 1945


2 comments:

  1. Very nice picture of your grandfather. I'm a bit of a WWII buff myself (my dad was in the Pacific Theater, also, on Iwo Jima)...came home with 14 shrapnel wounds.

    What can you tell us about your grandfather's service?

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  2. Well, he was one of the good guys. I was always in awe of him as a child, and I looked up to him as a hero. But he once told me something, which I've carried with me to this day.

    "I wasn't any more brave than anyone else out there - I just didn't think. I operated on pure instinct."

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