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Offline Jayhawk

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Veteran recalls experiences as WWII prisoner
« on: September 11, 2010, 01:14:38 PM »
A cool story about a local guy celebrating his 90th birthday today.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/sep/11/veteran-recalls-experiences-wwii-prisoner/
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Offline ozrocker

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Re: Veteran recalls experiences as WWII prisoner
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2010, 01:49:40 PM »
 :salute  Mr. Kelley!


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Offline Maverick

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Re: Veteran recalls experiences as WWII prisoner
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 02:13:50 PM »
 :salute Mr. Kelley, and thank you Sir.
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DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Re: Veteran recalls experiences as WWII prisoner
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 07:07:52 PM »
Wow, there's no stopping this guy- Japanese prisons, old age, but he still keeps on spreading the word!

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Offline bravoa8

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Re: Veteran recalls experiences as WWII prisoner
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 10:02:06 PM »
That's interesting. :salute
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