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TheBigManFunk7997 t1_j4yimzg wrote

Did he happen to serve as an engineer to the Radar Corps in Alaska? My grandfather was attached to that unit and this gentleman looks similar to one in photos my grandfather had. Just curious.

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stsparky OP t1_j4yjlms wrote

No. My friend’s dad was a Coastie up there then. A family friend was a radar man in Hawaii. Another survived Pearl Harbor in the Raleigh.

Dad served at Fort Ordnance designing amphibious tanks for the Pacific Theater. He had a visit from Eisenhower when he came down with chickenpox. I spend time with him trying to trigger his memories.

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TheBigManFunk7997 t1_j4ykl9v wrote

That is so amazing. I lost granddad in 1995. I was too young to pick his brain at the time, but I desperately wish I could/would have. Happy birthday to your father and a huge thank you to him.

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