jimeritano, Skeezix will celebrate his 89th birthday on Feb. 14. Nina is presumably about the same age, since they were in the same class as teenagers.
My uncle was killed in the Battle of the Bulge, no pun intended in reference to the story. Seriously, his body was buried in France but they sent his uniform. For many years it was stored away in a trunk in the attic. When we moved in 1964 it had lain in the trunk for 20 years at that time. It was wrapped in a newspaper a 1944 edition of the Journal American. We were told not to throw away the uniform but hand it to the American Legion where like old flags they would burn it respectfully.
2.) My old dad, MSgt Chas.H.Roberts USMC, was in on an oral-history project through UT-Austin; he had started in Shanghai, guarding the foreign compound as the Japanese were bombing and shelling around SooChow(sp?) Creek. He and his bride Rommie were at Kaneohe Bay on Dec. 7th, just moved into the new base housing.
K-Bay, the new Navy seaplane base (now MCAS), was about ten minutes before Pearl on their route in, so they were hit first. He went on to Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa, and was quite relieved when he heard about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
If the home islands had been as nasty as the Oki caves, they thought it would have been hard slogging all the way. Served occupation duty for about six months, and met me near my first birthday.
Got to spend a couple reunions with the Kaneohe Klippers, all from around that time, and the stories! They’d jog each other’s memories every time, and we heard a lot of “I haven’t thought about that in thirty years!” The group dynamic can be valuable in collecting oral history, but I’ve noticed that the memories can be - unreliable, shall we say?
axe-grinder almost 15 years ago
Nina is being very smug! She doesn’t have her 1940s figure either.
Plods with ...™ almost 15 years ago
She’s not the one trying to get in her 1940’s clothes.
axe-grinder almost 15 years ago
If she were, she’d lose that smirk!
jimeritano almost 15 years ago
What are they, in their 80’s at least?
alondra almost 15 years ago
LOL Joe! Seems many others have had this problem so they had to come up with a way of helping them get into their old uniforms.
BigGrouch almost 15 years ago
Nina’s eyes are scary.
Paul1963 almost 15 years ago
jimeritano, Skeezix will celebrate his 89th birthday on Feb. 14. Nina is presumably about the same age, since they were in the same class as teenagers.
harebell almost 15 years ago
Nina’s in good shape for 80something…in better shape than he is!
EarlWash almost 15 years ago
Nina, that is definately a HAR, HAR, HAR….
Ravenswing almost 15 years ago
Aren’t too many WWII vets out there NOT in their eighties, short of Hitler Youth and teens who lied big time about their ages.
436rge almost 15 years ago
My uncle was killed in the Battle of the Bulge, no pun intended in reference to the story. Seriously, his body was buried in France but they sent his uniform. For many years it was stored away in a trunk in the attic. When we moved in 1964 it had lain in the trunk for 20 years at that time. It was wrapped in a newspaper a 1944 edition of the Journal American. We were told not to throw away the uniform but hand it to the American Legion where like old flags they would burn it respectfully.
willofark almost 15 years ago
It’s amazing, but there is only one surviving WWI combatant, and he is 109 years old.
Darrell Francis Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Maybe the town Army Navy Store has a pair for him his size. Or maybe get a camo uniform that will fit.
axe-grinder almost 15 years ago
Susan001 said, You have a beautiful smile, Nina. Are those your own teeth?
You must be a new reader, Susan, because the dailies of March 3 – 16, 2002 gave all the details on Nina’s dental implants.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 15 years ago
ScurvyDog1 , that’s what bothers me about this arc. They only seem interested in money, not personal [oral] histories, not artifacts…
I’m a museum professional, and find the one-sided message offensive and short-sighted.
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
1.) They’re hers; even mostly paid-for.
2.) My old dad, MSgt Chas.H.Roberts USMC, was in on an oral-history project through UT-Austin; he had started in Shanghai, guarding the foreign compound as the Japanese were bombing and shelling around SooChow(sp?) Creek. He and his bride Rommie were at Kaneohe Bay on Dec. 7th, just moved into the new base housing.
K-Bay, the new Navy seaplane base (now MCAS), was about ten minutes before Pearl on their route in, so they were hit first. He went on to Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa, and was quite relieved when he heard about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
If the home islands had been as nasty as the Oki caves, they thought it would have been hard slogging all the way. Served occupation duty for about six months, and met me near my first birthday.
Got to spend a couple reunions with the Kaneohe Klippers, all from around that time, and the stories! They’d jog each other’s memories every time, and we heard a lot of “I haven’t thought about that in thirty years!” The group dynamic can be valuable in collecting oral history, but I’ve noticed that the memories can be - unreliable, shall we say?