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Here lies the body of Mary McGee. Died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years, she kept her virginity. Not a bad record for this vicinity.
 
Oh, my apologies then. I was thinking about Pearl Harbor and such.

No problem. I was 6 months and counting on that day (Dec 7th). I obviously can't remember it but I've heard this story so many time it seems real. We had company for Sunday dinner that day. A pleasant meal and an afternoon well spent with aunts and uncles. They left late afternoon and it was only after the dinner dishes were done and put away that 'we' turned on the radio to listen to the 6 o'clock news. Our lives were turned upside down. My father immediately enlisted in the Navy, went through basic in Michigan, and then was stationed in Jacksonville for the duration of the war. We were nearly penniless and moved to Cincinnati to live with family, eventually moving to Jacksonville to be with him until the war ended. My earliest memories are of living on that military base in Florida.

A tragic time for sure, and I am so sorry that my post suggested otherwise. It was insensitive of me.
 
This Thread Now Appears to have the most Posts/Replies EVER
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the only other two Threads over 1000 posts
are Labworm's 2011 & 2012 NHL Playoff Threads
 
No problem. I was 6 months and counting on that day (Dec 7th). I obviously can't remember it but I've heard this story so many time it seems real. We had company for Sunday dinner that day. A pleasant meal and an afternoon well spent with aunts and uncles. They left late afternoon and it was only after the dinner dishes were done and put away that 'we' turned on the radio to listen to the 6 o'clock news. Our lives were turned upside down. My father immediately enlisted in the Navy, went through basic in Michigan, and then was stationed in Jacksonville for the duration of the war. We were nearly penniless and moved to Cincinnati to live with family, eventually moving to Jacksonville to be with him until the war ended. My earliest memories are of living on that military base in Florida.

A tragic time for sure, and I am so sorry that my post suggested otherwise. It was insensitive of me.

Think nothing of it my friend, I see where you were coming from with your post. No apology is needed here.
 
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