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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 290947" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>The Solomon Islands! That's it!</p><p> </p><p>Both GPas are listed on the online memorial. I also was sent to Difficult Child for training the year after the WWII Memorial opened. As luck would have it, father in law lived up there, so he took me through the National Mall.</p><p> </p><p>The WWII Memorial slapped me upside the head. I wandered through and took a ton of pictures. When I got to the field of stars, I lost it... Knelt down in front of the field and cried.</p><p> </p><p>When I stood up, there was an old man behind me. He had tears streaming down his face and a ball cap that said "WWII Veteran". I looked at him for a moment, then took his hands and said, "Sir, thank you." His face lit up for just a moment and he hugged me and told me I looked like his granddaughter. I told him about both GPas, and that GPa B passed in 2003. He told me thank you, too - for appreciating and rememberign them.</p><p> </p><p>The Vietnam Memorial meant less to me - but more to father in law, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 290947, member: 6705"] The Solomon Islands! That's it! Both GPas are listed on the online memorial. I also was sent to Difficult Child for training the year after the WWII Memorial opened. As luck would have it, father in law lived up there, so he took me through the National Mall. The WWII Memorial slapped me upside the head. I wandered through and took a ton of pictures. When I got to the field of stars, I lost it... Knelt down in front of the field and cried. When I stood up, there was an old man behind me. He had tears streaming down his face and a ball cap that said "WWII Veteran". I looked at him for a moment, then took his hands and said, "Sir, thank you." His face lit up for just a moment and he hugged me and told me I looked like his granddaughter. I told him about both GPas, and that GPa B passed in 2003. He told me thank you, too - for appreciating and rememberign them. The Vietnam Memorial meant less to me - but more to father in law, of course. [/QUOTE]
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