I wasn't even THOUGHT about then>>>>I was a SURPRISE for everyone!!
However, I do remember my father talking about his experiences in the war effort>>>he was BLESSED>>><<< a land-lubber Navy man who never left the USA.
He was stationed at Norfolk, Virginia for a bit, where he had severe food poisoning from the food they got, and then later was stationed in both Seattle, Washington and Long Beach, Cali.
I recall vividly what he told me about, that by the time he went to Seattle, that the troops traveled a circumspect zig-zag route across the country, through the mountains of Colorado>>>he had BEAUTIFUL pictures he got somehow of the mountains>>>>or maybe they were just post cards, I can't recall exactly any more. I'm thinking they were postcards, because they certainly would not have allowed pictures! Back then security was taken VERY seriously and they DID KILL TRAITORS>>>>unlike the ones holding the top offices in our country today! But I digress>>>
He told me about standing guard with only a baseball bat in Seattle, because there were not enough guns for everyone. He told of one night when he was on guard duty and he clearly heard someone scuffling around. He yelled "Who goes there??">>>>No answer. Again "Who goes there??">>>no answer>>>and again "WHO GOES THERE??!!>>>no answer. He was wound up with his bat and ready to brain the Captain, who came stumbling across the gravel, sot drunk!
Can you imagine what would have happened had my Dad busted him in the head??
I also remember reading the book Hiroshima, by John Hershey in 9th grade and telling him about it and how awful the bombing we had done was>>>>I NEVER saw him so ANGRY!!
He sat me right down and we had a LONG talk about WHY we bombed them and the MILLIONS of lives that were SAVED by the bomb!! I had just never understood what was at stake.
No, my Dad never saw combat, but he was PROUD of his country and willing to fight to save it, no matter what!!
It was a TOTALLY DIFFERENT AMERICA back then!! And actually a much BETTER America!!
Please also allow me to thank and offer gracious BLESSINGS to the men who fought in WWII!! We ALL have benefited from your sacrifice!! A heart felt THANK YOU>>>>and I am GLAD I don't speak Japanese or German because of each of you!!