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Doodles

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16. Sounds like my dad.

Reply to czarjak (Reply #6)

Sun May 25, 2025, 04:47 PM

May 25

He went in at 17 and was on Iwo 30 days after the invasion. He had 5 uncles who were also in the Navy at the same time. Later as a small farmer, he found out eventually that Republicans were not friends to farmers. Became a strong Dem. He despised Trump and passed in 2019 at 93. But…he had no idea how much more horrible T would become and how he and the Republicans disparage their sacrifices. It makes me ill to think about it.

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You betrayed us: [View all] applegrove May 24 OP

I imagine all the dead WWII soldiers staring down from heaven, looking at us. Irish_Dem May 24 #1

Just think about how many JMCKUSICK May 24 #2

Yes they have betrayed their parents, the sacrifices made by their own family. Irish_Dem May 24 #3

Indeed. JMCKUSICK May 24 #4

My uncle liberated two concentration camps Javaman May 24 #5

My uncle also homegirl May 25 #15

My Daddy and six Uncles served during WWII. czarjak May 24 #6

Sounds like my dad. Doodles May 25 #16

My dad was about the same age as yours when he enlisted. slightlv May 25 #19

I'm going to tell you a harsh truth. ananda May 24 #7

I Had Several Relatives In WW2... GB_RN May 24 #8

Besides my dad, who I wrote about in another reply here, slightlv May 25 #20

Agree. republianmushroom May 24 #9

I really do not understand sdfernando May 24 #10

K&R Blue Owl May 25 #11

Unamerican and Unending Greed. Cha May 25 #13

Chilling Graphic that depics just exactly Cha May 25 #12

I'm a boomer who was raised on reverence for the ideals fought for in WWII. ihaveaquestion May 25 #14

General Patton dispised and distrusted the Russians... Trump kisses their asses Number9Dream May 25 #17

Did They Fight and Die Starbeach May 25 #18

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