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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 251838" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>My dad was on a Navy hospital ship at the time Iwo Jima was taken. He was suffering from malaria and peritonitus.</p><p></p><p>I know very little about his time in the Navy. He wouldn't talk about it, other than things he did while on leave. He had tattoos on both forearms, and he said that was the first and last time he ever got drunk (he only drank coffee, milk and water my whole life). He was a radio tech - and was an amateur radio operator the rest of his life.</p><p></p><p>I do know he would never go swimming. He had told my mom when they were first dating that he had seen too many dead and body parts in water to every enjoy swimming (he would go fishing, however).</p><p></p><p>husband's dad was in Europe, and got lung damage and spent a lot of time in Walter Reed. His uncle was killed in Italy, and his cousin did a lot of research into that and has been to visit his father's grave. husband's dad is still alive (he's 86) and he too won't talk about his time, but he has been worried sick about my son since he decided to join the Navy (and it's only his step-grandson!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 251838, member: 439"] My dad was on a Navy hospital ship at the time Iwo Jima was taken. He was suffering from malaria and peritonitus. I know very little about his time in the Navy. He wouldn't talk about it, other than things he did while on leave. He had tattoos on both forearms, and he said that was the first and last time he ever got drunk (he only drank coffee, milk and water my whole life). He was a radio tech - and was an amateur radio operator the rest of his life. I do know he would never go swimming. He had told my mom when they were first dating that he had seen too many dead and body parts in water to every enjoy swimming (he would go fishing, however). husband's dad was in Europe, and got lung damage and spent a lot of time in Walter Reed. His uncle was killed in Italy, and his cousin did a lot of research into that and has been to visit his father's grave. husband's dad is still alive (he's 86) and he too won't talk about his time, but he has been worried sick about my son since he decided to join the Navy (and it's only his step-grandson!). [/QUOTE]
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