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ColoringFool

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5. Thank you very much! He never spoke of what the Govt called....

Reply to erronis (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 06:04 PM

10 hrs ago

his valor. He worked the PA coal mines, was Penn State '39, fought, came home and worked for Bethlehem Steel, thought John Lennon was a poetic genius, and raised with my mother a die-hard Democratic daughter (moi).

One bit of humor: It's a good thing he was sent to Europe, as with his round wire-rimmed specs he looked like Hirohito! 😄

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Thank you very much! He never spoke of what the Govt called.... ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #5

Nice bit about John Lennon - who also sported round wire-rimmed glasses. erronis 9 hrs ago #6

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