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[StartQuote] My dad is 90 years old. He never talked about his year in the Solomon's much to us kids. Combat isn't fun. Being bombed and shot at nightly isn't fun. War is not something a combat vet wants to glorify to his kids. I have spent the last two years learning everything I can about his experience in Ron 9. I have learned how to research at the National Archives. I have sent 100 pages of emails to the only other surviving member of his crew who has lovingly answered all my questions ... thank-you Pat. Every time I visit may dad we talk. I can talk with him with a lot of knowledge about what he experienced in 1943. Even more important ... he can talk with me. He has held in his stories, his fears, his memories, his regrets for 60 years. We both are enjoying this conversation immensely. Thanks to this blog, the modelers, the vets, the 2nd Generation people I have opened up a line of conversation with my dad that will be paramount in my memory of him. We just never talked sports. While my dad loves to talk Civil War generals ... it has never been my interest. My brother loves to talk Civil War with him. I recently brought my first cousin to visit my dad. He wrote me after the visit that he just loved to listen in as my dad and I talked details about Rendova, and Tulagli, Treasury and Lever Harbor. He told a chilling story about being straffed by our own bombers. My cousin never had this kind of dialog with his dad (my dad's brother) and he was very impressed. I want to thank the vets on this blog who share their stories, the researchers who discuss the fine details of every question, the modelers who see the most minute details and the 2nd Generationers who share my interest. You have given me a chance to know my dad that I will never forget. You have given my dad a chance to know his son that he will never forget. natsmith[EndQuote]
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