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apis mellifera · 02-16-2009, 04:40 PM

Thanks guys. So that's an Army outfit, right?

Both my grandfathers are still alive and doing reasonably well. Unfortunately, neither have any desire to sit down and revisit that part of their past and I can respect that. Every once in a while they will make an interesting comment, but not expound on it. One of them said about the gasoline shortage, "During the war the Japanese had little cars that ran on charcoal because they didn't have gas." That's it and the subject is closed. They aren't purposefully evasive, I just get the sense that although those were monumental times, they've moved on and defining modesty, what they did was "no big deal". My grandfather's older sister is still alive too and she enlisted as well. She entertained my wife and I with her war stories last summer at her 90th birthday party. Anyway, thanks for the responses.

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02-16-2009, 04:40 PM	#4
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 150 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Thanks guys. So that's an Army outfit, right? Both my grandfathers are still alive and doing reasonably well. Unfortunately, neither have any desire to sit down and revisit that part of their past and I can respect that. Every once in a while they will make an interesting comment, but not expound on it. One of them said about the gasoline shortage, "During the war the Japanese had little cars that ran on charcoal because they didn't have gas." That's it and the subject is closed. They aren't purposefully evasive, I just get the sense that although those were monumental times, they've moved on and defining modesty, what they did was "no big deal". My grandfather's older sister is still alive too and she enlisted as well. She entertained my wife and I with her war stories last summer at her 90th birthday party. Anyway, thanks for the responses.