Dated the granddaughter of the Berlin Airlift Candy Bomber -- Burruss Writer 12/08/2020 09:51AM
Pearl Harbor Day ??? Any Loungers have any still living WWII Vet relatives? ** -- Tuckahokie 12/07/2020 5:03PM
Unfortunately, all are now gone. ** -- Atlee Hokie 12/08/2020 03:51AM
My dad (RIP) was a mechanic for the Flying Tigers and drove the supplies -- TechMomof2 12/07/2020 8:35PM
I always think - if you were 18 at Pearl, you would be ___ years old. -- 3011Cochrane 12/07/2020 8:02PM
Not I. My wife's great-grandfather died on ARIZONA -- 3011Cochrane 12/07/2020 7:41PM
Not won....earned -- MAHokie69 12/08/2020 08:23AM
Yes, you are correct ** -- 3011Cochrane 12/08/2020 09:07AM
Wow. ** -- MP4VT2004 12/07/2020 7:47PM
Yep...CMOH winner is impressive ** -- Tuckahokie 12/07/2020 8:40PM
I was telling my dentist the story today. All that was found of him after -- 3011Cochrane 12/07/2020 8:42PM
My dad (RIP) dropped out of high school to enlist in the Navy. -- EDGEMAN 12/07/2020 7:23PM
Sadly, no. -- MP4VT2004 12/07/2020 7:23PM
Nope. Grandfather was a Marine on the USS California. Survived thankfully -- HwoodHokie 12/07/2020 7:17PM
My dad (RIP) was a radio operator on a B29, flew 8 missions. ** -- 7Hokie1 12/07/2020 6:26PM
Nope. All 5 of ours are quite long gone🇺🇸😔❤️ ** -- PhotoHokieNC 12/07/2020 6:13PM
...also gone. All served in the Pacific... -- chumley 12/07/2020 6:16PM
Are you familiar with Shifty Shofner's story? Also captured on Corregidor. -- Hokie360 12/07/2020 7:51PM
...not familiar, but will check it out... -- chumley 12/07/2020 8:55PM
My Dad served in Iceland and Guadal Canal. It appears -- PhotoHokieNC 12/07/2020 6:21PM
Damn ** -- PhotoHokieNC 12/07/2020 6:19PM
Mom was a WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service -Navy) -- Coach McGuirk 12/07/2020 5:33PM
My M-I-L was a Women's Marine. -- Atlee Hokie 12/08/2020 04:19AM
Correction - just spoke with my Mom. Had to be 20 to sign up. -- Coach McGuirk 12/07/2020 6:49PM
Yep, knew a few of those when I was younger -- `lag 12/07/2020 5:42PM
Oh...I can say I actually hesitated mentioning that, ha. ** -- Coach McGuirk 12/07/2020 5:46PM
It was then. This is not then. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 12/07/2020 6:14PM
My Dad...Navy Vet (RIP) He was the same way about cars, he would ride in -- Tuckahokie 12/07/2020 5:37PM
My gradfather was similar. He was a Marine, fought at Guam, Bougainville, -- 3011Cochrane 12/07/2020 7:43PM
Dang. I can see how "Mitsubishi" might get him going, for sure. ** -- Coach McGuirk 12/07/2020 5:47PM
I am or was kinda surprised that they weren't broken up after the war.. -- `lag 12/07/2020 6:16PM
Yep...we let Germany keep "The People's Car" ** -- Tuckahokie 12/07/2020 6:17PM
Fighting the commies at the time... -- `lag 12/07/2020 6:19PM
Dad, USN Minesweeper in Pearl a few years afterwards (updated) -- `lag 12/07/2020 5:17PM
Dad. USN CVE-60 ** -- Nelsonia Hokie 12/07/2020 5:07PM