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I watched "Victory at Sea" and "Twentieth Century" with my father, a Navy veteran and tool and die maker. I read library books about the war in the Pacific in the fifth and sixth grade. I had tears while watching the D-Day Memorial this morning.

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My father was the adjutant, and a Warrant officer, of the 1st Joint Assault Signal Company, 4th Marine Division, 5th Amphibious corp, during the re taking of Roi Namur, Saipan and Tinian. He caught a Chicom 61 MM between the legs at the Hwanchon Dam, after surviving he Chosin reservoir.

I did my time in Vietnam and don't watch memorials. I don't need reminders, but the general public does.

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Thank you for your service, your dad should be proud!

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