During WWII, my Dad was in the navy in the south Pacific. His brother-in-law was with the 4th marine division. I heard this banter for 30 years. Dad's ship had UDT teams on board so he always told Uncle Joe that the navy was on the beach first. Uncle Joe was in some ugly places, Tinian, SaiPan, Roi Namur and Iwo Jima . He was wounded on Iwo,and dad's ship was ferrying wounded ..they just missed each other. Dad's ship took a kamikaze thru the bow a bit later and barely made it to port.

Miss them both. Would have loved to hear what they would have had to say about my son joining the army . And my son would have loved to hear more about their experience after his deployments.

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Robert
SWCA #2906, SWHF #760