Bad luck! 8^(. Do you know what boat your Uncle was on?
I count the military as an excellent experience though I was ready to get back to the "real world" when my time was up.
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Doug
My mother might know the sub names. He retired from the navy before I was born, with 20 or 25 years. He passed away 15 years ago from cancer.
There was a group of them from my little town that all served together down at newport news VA. The one still living was an airplane mechanic. He only went into a sub once at the dock and hated it; but one time he took my uncle for a plane ride down to Florida and back, and my uncle swore he'd never fly again and he never did.
Another weird thing, my uncle was at least 6'2", if not taller. I'm sure that was big for those subs during WWII and even later.
Heck, I only knew my father served in the coast guard during the war. When I took my mother to see Saving Private Ryan she said dad drove a landing ship during D-day. I have his personal stuff now and found a frameable notation when he crossed the equator. Mom said she never saw it before and knew nothing about it.
The services were the only way for me to go to college, I thought. My mother had re-married when I was 15 and my step father's income completely threw off my chances for low income loans and grants and stuff. I was in a college-bound program so I was able to get a late admission, but my first year was horrible, I practically flunked out. I just was not ready to be in college. I switched to a community college and got a AS, and now have a BS, but still know I messed myself up back then.
Kevin T. - VRWC Just realized: that was half my life ago.
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