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Re: Stories

To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>, <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>,
Subject: Re: Stories
From: "Dale H. Pulju" <dpulju@usintouch.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:11:14 -0700
How many of you vets have put your story to print?
not me and i have shoe boes full of slides and pics.
dale
ssuunnyy and 65 in pahrump

Subject: RE: Stories


> I have a rather large collection of photos of Europe looking out the bomb
> bay doors with the bombs dropping and hitting, some of aircraft in
> formation,some shot and wrecked planes in the north african desert as
well.
> Asked Dad about them. Not a word other than shrug and 'You would have to
be
> there to understand it.' After he died found some medals and campain
ribbons
> squirrled away in a dresser. Sure wish he told me about it. I would have
> learned how to understand him better. He was always a pretty quiet kind of
> guy. I suspect the new delayed stress cyndrome preceded Vietnam...
> Dave
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it's kind of funny, the true warriors seem to seldom talk
> > about these
> > things, especially to those who haven't "seen the elephant."
> >
> > DC
> >
> >
> > Subject: Re: Stories
> >
> >
> > You are both lucky..... My Dad served in WWII & Korea
> > in Naval Intelligence and never opened his mouth....
> > would have loved to hear and know what he did & where.
> > My sister ( a published English professor) begged him
> > often to let her write a book. All she got was a dirty
> > look too. I suspect there is some history lost there
> > somewhere..... They were truly the Greatest
> > Generation.
> > Ed






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