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Jimbo,

We were very sheltered living in an inland area of Pennsylvania. We did have air raid rehersals and neighborhood men were air raid wardens (checking lights, etc. during drills). However no real action, but lots of following the news.

I was 7 when war broke out and 12 when it was over. We did lose one neighbor from across the street who was in the air force. My dad had a handicap--4F, but worked in a machine shop 12/7. I had 2 cousins in the war, both made it back.

News pictures were often sickening as were reports of the Holocast at the end of the war. We were thankful for the A-bomb no matter what the later protesters thought.

Remember these veterans. Many lived under extreme hardship (unbathed, slept in a hole, ate from a can, etc.) for 5 years--and then there were the prisoners.

Remember these vets and respect them.