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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 474130, member: 5233&quot;]Well, being that today is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor...the event that brought the US into the second world war.&nbsp; I thought I would share a piece of family history that has been handed down to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>On December 7, 1941, my grandfather (whom I am named after) was on a troop ship heading to Baatan in the Philippines where he was to be stationed.&nbsp; I believe the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred a little more than a week into his journey.&nbsp; Following the attack, the ships in his group were turned around and set elsewhere to prepare for the events to become.</p><p><br /></p><p>My grandfather ended up fighting in the Pacific throughout the duration of the war with the 25th Infantry Division.&nbsp; When he was sent home, he had served for over 2 years in combat and was well decorated including earning a Silver Star during the retaking of the Philippines.</p><p><br /></p><p>He passed away a couple years before I was born so I never met the man.&nbsp; My dad always spoke very highly of him.&nbsp; One day, my dad was going through some papers and he found a few notes that my grandpa had acquired while in the Army.&nbsp; Being a collector, he felt I was the member of the family who would appreciate them the most.&nbsp; So, he gave them to me.&nbsp; They&#039;re in rough shape and not worth anything to anyone else...but they are very special to me.&nbsp; So, here are those notes:</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/PhillippinesUSTerritory1PesoVictory.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Japanese10CentavosPhillippineOccupa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Japanese10PesosPhillippineOccupatio.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/JapaneseWWIINote194310yen.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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