A lot of life condensed into 2 paragraphs..........
Ed
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>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:10:07 -0800
>From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
>Subject: Re: Ancient History (non-LSR)
>To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>, "Albaugh,
Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>Cc: "'W S Potter'" <wester6935@attbi.com>, "Glenn Ridlen"
<gridlen@yahoo.com>, <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>, <jonw@up.net>,
<lsr_man@yahoo.com>, <rtmack@concentric.net>,
<ddahlgren@snet.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>We had moved to North Carolina to stay with my dad's family
and remember my
>mother saying that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. I was 6
and my brother 8
>at the time. Dad was in Northern Ireland at the time. I
remember the scrap
>drives, the paper drives, the blacked out windows, the air
raid sirens and
>the little eye lids put on the cars headlights. There were
lead pennys and
>ration coupons for gas. Oh, there were search lights nightly.
>
>I remember that everyone wanted to go to fight for the
country. I just wated
>to older so I could go.I think because of the radio and a
weekly newspapaer
>we were a lot more aware at that young age then the kids
today.The
>population was a lot smaller and families much closer and we
cared for the
>country. After the war dad came home and we moved back to
Calif. He
>completed 40 years with the Navy and spent 10 more years at
Hughes Aircraft
>in security on the famous flying boat.
>His weekly trip was to see the news reels to keep up on the
world affairs,
>we always went with him until we were older. My brother went
in the Navy and
>I in the Army. We were proud to be part of it. Yes we
remember and will
>never forget. My dads best friend was on the Arizona.
>Glen
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