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  1. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I'm pretty sure @BrianFromWA is serving our country right now. And @BlazerWookee wore some stars and stripes. Hell, even @HCP did his time. I know there are more I can't think of...
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    I tried to join the VFW but apparently it's Foreign, not Forum. Who knew?
     
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    riverman Writing Team

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    It was the 70s and followed the Whole Earth Festival....now you'll understand if the details are blurry
     
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    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    riverman and UCD were.....

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  6. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    We were actually on the same ship...I got transferred just before your dad came on board...small world
     
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    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    Yeah.... That's what he said. That's pretty crazy, really.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    "See, I did join the army, but I joined a *different* army. I joined the one with the condos and the private rooms."
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    I just now read that the Blue Ridge is currently the oldest operating ship in the US Navy. Now THAT'S crazy......she was the sea going version of a brand spanking new, fully loaded Cadillac when Riverman and I were on her. Time flies......
     
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    Strenuus Well-Known Member

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    That's a really, really small world.
     
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    I just read she was in Hong Kong when the Chinese blocked the port. I spent months watching the sunset and Dolphins leaping after flying fish on the fantail of that ship...man she does look old now. Was sparkling new when I first got on board.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    This was my grandpa's ship. He was an aviator.

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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    A "jeep" carrier. And a flaming coffin even in a minor battle. There's some really interesting history and related war stories behind this class of ships.....Kaiser shipyards at their best...and their worst......
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    This was my grandpa's ship. He was a small child.

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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar

    This was one of the most intense naval battles to include Jeep Carriers.
     
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    And these days we're using these
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    The Oklahoma City Thunder should change their name to the Oklahoma Shitty Cowpens
     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    My great-grandfather was on one of those liberty ships that transported cargo and troops in WW2. My mom kept his journal and he talked about how the Aussies were 40 years behind the times and how people in Brisbane were a bunch of thieves, lol.
     
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    My father was Army Air Corps in WW2 in Scotland
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    Why did you chew the paint off of it though?
     
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