Wow, Doug. The entire Pacific war in prison camp? If he's like most (my
dad too, USAAC, POW in Romania) he didn't talk about it too much, if so too
bad ... over the last couple of years I've finally gotten him to open up a
bit about his war experiences and it's been priceless.
The lightening story had me laughing out loud.
Dale
Subject: Re: Ancient History (non-LSR)
Neil, I was born 4-12-41 so don't remember much. I was
outside playing when
I was 3 or 4 and heard thunder for the first time. Man I ran
for the house as
fast as I could yelling " the japs are coming, the japs are
coming". My mother
never did stop teasing me about that.
Had an Uncle that was on Wake island at the start of the
war. Spent the
entire war in a Japanese prison camp. I remember going down
to the dock with my
mom and aunt when the hospital ship came in. My aunt saw him
and went right up
and over the chain link fence and ran to him. A shore patrol
tried to stop her
and she floored him. I thought it was great. Doug Odom in
big ditch
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