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steveagoins
Rookie Topic Starter

6 years ago

Hey all,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I am new to this site, and reading through the boards a bit, ya'll seem like a fun and surly group.

I am retired Navy, from Kentucky, living in Florida now.

Steve

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CarsonTheCat
Aficionado

6 years ago

Welcome to the animal house, brother! We ARE a fun and surly group, which you will soon find out first-hand. Prepare yourself for the ensuing hazing!

Thank you for your service. My grandfather was a Navy man, and I had the great pleasure of being a very close friend to a WWII Navy fighter pilot veteran, who passed away early this year at the age of 97. Boy, did he ever have some stories to tell....

MACS
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

Retired Navy, eh... we already have one of those.

Rank, rate and duty stations, boot.

steveagoins
Rookie Topic Starter

6 years ago

CarsonTheCat wrote:

Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.

steveagoins
Rookie Topic Starter

6 years ago

Retired Navy, eh... we already have one of those.

Rank, rate and duty stations, boot.

MACS wrote:

CTR1

FT Meade MD
Rota Spain
FT Gordon, GA
USS Briscoe
Sugar Grove WV
Stuttgart Germany
Whidbey Island,WA
USS Carl Vinson VAQ-134
Afghanistan VAQ-135
Pensacola FL

CarsonTheCat
Aficionado

6 years ago

Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.

steveagoins wrote:

Absolutely, and it's very sad to see that generation disappearing. My friend was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific, and had taken off with his squadron shortly before it was hit by two Kamikazes.

Gene363
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

Welcome to the asylum.

Thank you for your service.

The escape pod: https://cigarbid.freeforums.net

Notthe1
Aficionado

6 years ago

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Notthe1
Aficionado

6 years ago

NINE... is alot!!

izonfire
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

#10

Takes a helluva man to be in the Kentucky Navy...

Steel Talon
Enthusiast

6 years ago

#11

Hello and welcome....

Steel Talon
Enthusiast

6 years ago

#12

Hello and welcome....

Steel Talon
Enthusiast

6 years ago

#13

Hello and welcome....

Steel Talon
Enthusiast

6 years ago

#14

Triple tap! Lol...

streetrod
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

#15

Thank you for your service.
Welcome to the nut house. Enjoy your stay & don’t take anything to serious😂.

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delta1
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

#16

welcome new guy...your name would be more interesting with a precisely placed "r"

tonygraz
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

#17

You beat me to it, Delta.

JadeRose
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

#18

Welcome Pat MaGroin!

Callewis
Enthusiast

6 years ago

#19

Thanks for your service and welcome

Palama
Herf-A-Holic

6 years ago

#20

Thank you. Yes it is always a pleasure to talk with WWII and other vets. Sadly very few remain as time marches on.

steveagoins wrote:

Aloha from Hawaii and mahalo for your service.

Back in ‘91, for the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was the English voiceover for one of the Japanese pilots. Zenji Abe. While all I did was read the transcript, it felt like I was sitting in the interview. I learned for the first time that when they returned to Japan, the attackers were NOT considered heroes by the Japanese people. The sneak attack went against the Bushido Code thus they were thought to be cowards.

I tried once to talk to my FIL about his WWII experience (...he was an interpreter during the Okinawa campaign...) but all he would say was “You see things you never want to see again.” And that was all he would divulge.

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