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hokieone

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My Dad was a little older than yours


but seems to have real similar stories. Dad spent a lot of time in the North Atlantic protecting shipping lanes from U-boats. Not a job I would want.

I remember when he passed away, we were looking through his old footlocker for his discharge papers for the VFW. We came across a ton of documents, all in standard black and white ink, including orders to pass through the Panama canal into the Pacific after Germany surrendered. They were sending the entire US fleet into the Pacific. We also found the recall document where the orders were given to return to Norfolk right before Dad's ship went through the canal. The US had dropped the bomb on Japan before they could get into the Pacific.

Dad said they docked in Norfolk and handed them their discharge papers as they left the ship. He hitchhiked back to Giles county.

One single document was in bright colors and stood out from the others. It documented their service above the Arctic circle and the dates they entered that zone and left it. Just a beautiful document that was so much different than all the rest we found.

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Posted: 12/07/2016 at 4:36PM



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