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Knew a guy in WW2 he was in 5 major landings including Normandy. Right before he passed he sat down and talked to me about WW2. We talked for like 4 hrs about WW2 and all of what he did.
 
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My grandfather died a couple years ago from what happened in Nam. He is 1 of only a few thousand that have died because of complications resulting from agent orange.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
Hell to the yeah!! Not only that, got a new job last week so I can't get too blown out.
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Congrats on the new job! Hope you're liking it so far. Can you get "too blown" on PBR? Was that all you had been drinking the night of the "Limo"?
 
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I have a really close friend whos brother in law was a ranger. His chute didn't open up all the way one time and he hears ringing in his ears, part of the reason he is no longer in the service. He has never talked to me about anything but I know he has talked to his father in law and said a story about how one time they went in with night vision and picked people off left and right.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
That's really cool 14.
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I was the only person he would talk to about it beyond family. He went to my church and he didn't like to talk about it which I respected. But he knew how much I loved to read up on WW2 so he talk to me about it here and there. And then right before he passed on I went over to his house and we talked about WW2 for 4 hrs. I realize it was bad but it was pretty crazy what he told me. To be almost 90 and he was able to recant most of his time in WW2 down to a t...
 
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dembewbs said:
I was the only person he would talk to about it beyond family. He went to my church and he didn't like to talk about it which I respected. But he knew how much I loved to read up on WW2 so he talk to me about it here and there. And then right before he passed on I went over to his house and we talked about WW2 for 4 hrs. I realize it was bad but it was pretty crazy what he told me. To be almost 90 and he was able to recant most of his time in WW2 down to a t...
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its not uncommon for vets to do that as they are approaching the end, some recent research is backing the fact that it's almost a cleansing thing for them, letting go of things too horrible to take along with them.

one of my biggest regrets is not sitting down with my pap before he got dementia and finding some things out, not just about the war, but about everything he did/saw/experienced growing up. i bought my grandma a book that allows her to fill it out and tell her story to me, for our family in the future. i can't wait to give it to her and then receive it back from her to learn about what her life was growing up.
 
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