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He does love the life obviously such an experience . I wish he had told us more about it on here.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 28, 2022 at 10:26 AM
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I love how he tells his story - and that you also tell his story just as he would. This one is very poignant. Thank you again.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 27, 2022 at 7:41 PM
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Re: Kabu
Oh yeah, he was never sorry he was in the U.S. Navy. He just really loved his few leaves home.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM
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I understans what Markmeans here. Boarding school taught me to appreciate home so much. Still I am sure, back in Port they all had a great time.
posted by
Kabu
on July 27, 2022 at 4:57 PM
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Good afternoon
That is so very true that you never appreciate what you had until it's no longer there.
posted by
Sherri_G
on July 27, 2022 at 11:31 AM
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Re: FSI
By that time, all three of his brothers were married and living elsewhere, one in FL, one in OR, one here in KC, and his Dad and I were separated and things were not the same for him. But he adapted and soon met Patti and began a home of his own.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 27, 2022 at 8:45 AM
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I imagine when he got out of the military, that life felt like a dream as well.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 27, 2022 at 8:19 AM
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Years ago I worked in the housing office at SIUE and used to see the kids
who were away from home for the first time. About six weeks into the term there'd be a big increase of roommate trouble, kids ticked off about this and that, as they experienced homesickness. How much worse it must have been for our service men as they served aboard the big ships for a year or longer. Mark's letters home are so inspirational. They ought to be compiled into a book and shared with everyone.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 27, 2022 at 5:29 AM
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At this time it was a little less than two years. He still had a long way to go.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 26, 2022 at 8:22 PM
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How long was Ribcage gone? Although it doesn't take a lot of time before we begin to daydream about the comfort things, does it? Not too long after being moved from the farm, my brother and I would walk a couple of miles just to stand at a fence and gaze at cows grazing in a field, nostalgic as all get out.
posted by
adnohr
on July 26, 2022 at 8:01 PM
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